# Desktop icons unresponsive **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** plasma, wayland\ **Created:** [October 27, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336 "2026-10-27T06:41:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![evieamity](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/evieamity/32/37841_2.png) [@evieamity](https://discuss.kde.org/u/evieamity)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/1 "2026-10-27T06:41:40Z")
When logging into a KDE Plasma session, desktop icons appear on the left monitor (secondary monitor - not where they are supposed to be) and the desktop icons become unresponsive. Right-clicking works, but dragging does not show the multi-select highlight, and icons are unresponsive. Restarting plasmashell using “systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell.service” fixes this problem, but the issue returns upon each login. The icons even return to their proper positions on my right monitor (primary monitor). I suspect a recent update may have been the cause, but I do not know where to begin looking to troubleshoot this particular issue without reinstalling my OS. I’m a bit new to making posts as I usually rely upon what I can find on the internet, so please let me know if there is etiquette that I am lacking or additional information I should provide. Please go easy on me. **Operating System:** Fedora Linux 44 **KDE Plasma Version:** 6.7.5 **KDE Frameworks Version:** 6.31.0 **Qt Version:** 6.11.2 **Kernel Version:** 7.2.11-200.fc44.x86\_64 (64-bit) **Graphics Platform:** Wayland **Processors:** 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz **Memory:** 32 GiB of RAM (31.3 GiB usable) **Graphics Processor:** NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti **Monitor Count** : 2 (2560x1440-primary, 1920x1080-secondary) ---
**Author:** ![Rei\_Kurosawa](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rei\_Kurosawa](https://discuss.kde.org/u/Rei_Kurosawa)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/2 "2026-10-27T08:09:45Z")
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**Author:** ![barryascott](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@barryascott](https://discuss.kde.org/u/barryascott)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/3 "2026-10-27T09:25:43Z")
Check the system and user journals for errors when this happens. In particular see if there are logs from kwin and plamashell. I use this command to check the user journal: ```auto journalctl --user -b 0 -g 'kwin|plasmashell' ``` Are you using the RPMfusion nvidia drivers for your GPU? You can check with inxi (you may need to install inxi): ```auto inxi -G ``` ---
**Author:** ![barryascott](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@barryascott](https://discuss.kde.org/u/barryascott)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/4 "2026-10-27T09:40:03Z")
> [@evieamity](#): > > but I do not know where to begin looking to troubleshoot this particular issue without reinstalling my OS. It is almost never needed to reinstall the OS to work on an issue like this. ---
**Author:** ![evieamity](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/evieamity/32/37841_2.png) [@evieamity](https://discuss.kde.org/u/evieamity)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/5 "2026-10-27T17:49:16Z")
> [@barryascott](#): > > `journalctl --user -b 0 -g 'kwin|plasmashell'` Hiya, thanks for the reply. I also forgot to mention that my shell is frozen upon logging in for about a minute or two before I can use my taskbar or anything. Output from command: journalctl --user -b 0 -g ‘kwin|plasmashell’ > Oct 27 13:42:47 meower-supply systemd[1657]: Starting plasma-kwin\_wayland.service - KDE Wayland Compositor… > Oct 27 13:42:47 meower-supply systemd[1657]: Started plasma-kwin\_wayland.service - KDE Wayland Compositor. > Oct 27 13:42:49 meower-supply systemd[1657]: Starting plasma-plasmashell.service - KDE Plasma Workspace… > Oct 27 13:42:49 meower-supply systemd[1657]: Started plasma-plasmashell.service - KDE Plasma Workspace. > Oct 27 13:43:51 meower-supply drkonqi-coredump-launcher[5662]: Unable to find file for pid 2105 expected at “kcrash-metadata/plasmashell.c840a10cfe644db0932050fdcda7f0ac.2105.ini” > Oct 27 13:43:52 meower-supply drkonqi-coredump-launcher[5695]: Unable to find file for pid 2135 expected at “kcrash-metadata/plasmashell.1708fc22d623483c8785b794674419a7.2135.ini” > Oct 27 13:43:52 meower-supply drkonqi-coredump-launcher[5702]: Unable to find file for pid 2277 expected at “kcrash-metadata/plasmashell.7719dbb4b2b44afb8620f3160bb0b15f.2277.ini” Output from command: inxi -G > **Graphics:** > **Device-1:** NVIDIA GP102 [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] **driver:** nvidia **v:** 580.178.04 > **Device-2:** Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam **driver:** snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo > **type:** USB > **Device-3:** MacroSilicon USB Video > **driver:** hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo **type:** USB > **Display:** wayland **server:** X .org **v:** 1.21.1.25 **with:** Xwayland **v:** 24.1.14 > **compositor:** kwin\_wayland **driver:** **X:** **loaded:** nvidia **unloaded:** modesetting > **gpu:** nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch **resolution:** **1:** 2560x1440~144Hz > **2:** 1920x1080~60Hz > **API:** EGL **v:** 1.5 **drivers:** nvidia,swrast > **platforms:** gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device > **API:** OpenGL **v:** 4.6.0 **compat-v:** 4.6 **vendor:** nvidia mesa **v:** 580.178.04 > **renderer:** NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 > **API:** Vulkan **v:** 1.4.341 **drivers:** nvidia,llvmpipe **surfaces:** N/A > **Info:** **Tools:** **api:** clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo > **de:** kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor **gpu:** lact, nvidia-settings, nvidia-smi > **wl:** wayland-info,wlr-randr **x11:** xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr ---
**Author:** ![barryascott](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@barryascott](https://discuss.kde.org/u/barryascott)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/6 "2026-10-27T18:15:07Z")
You have plasmashell crashing. Does `coredumpctl list` have an entry for plasmashell? If so try `coredumpctl dump plasmashell`. What do you see? Also can you confirm if you have the RPMfusion drivers for the nvidia card installed? ---
**Author:** ![evieamity](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/evieamity/32/37841_2.png) [@evieamity](https://discuss.kde.org/u/evieamity)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/7 "2026-10-27T18:30:06Z")
> [@barryascott](#): > > coredumpctl dump plasmashell Ah, sorry I thought RPMFusion would be in the output of that command. I’m pretty sure I’m using the RPMFusion drivers. If they’re the proprietary ones, then yes. I have the newest that my GPU supports which is 580.178.04 (my GPU lost support at the beginning of this year). There are entries for plasmashell in coredumpctl list, however trying “coredumpctl dump plasmashell” gives an incredibly long output ending with (in red): > **Refusing to dump core to tty (use shell redirection or specify --output).** I also tried coredumpctl dump --output plasmashell in response to that, which also had a crazy long output ending with (in blue) > **More than one entry matches, ignoring rest.** As I’m not quite sure how to make sense of the output nor how to provide it here in a small enough package here is at least what the end of it looks like before the blue text > ``` > Stack trace of thread 2945: > #0 0x00007f4cdf682352 \__syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0x7b352) > #1 0x00007f4cdf67654c \__internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0x6f54c) > #2 0x00007f4cdf676594 \__syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0x6f594) > #3 0x00007f4cdf6f0466 ppoll (libc.so.6 + 0xe9466) > #4 0x00007f4cde571165 g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x48165) > #5 0x00007f4cde571223 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x48223) > #6 0x00007f4ce005defd \_ZN20QEventDispatcherGlib13processEventsE6QFlagsIN10QEventLoop17ProcessEventsFlagEE (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x45defd) > #7 0x00007f4cdfd1a78b \_ZN10QEventLoop4execE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x11a78b) > #8 0x00007f4cdfe4b34a \_ZN7QThread4execEv (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x24b34a) > #9 0x00007f4ce1af4e5a \_ZN18QQuickPixmapReader3runEv (libQt6Quick.so.6 + 0x2f4e5a) > #10 0x00007f4cdff0788f \_ZN14QThreadPrivate5startEPv (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x30788f) > #11 0x00007f4cdf679c42 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x72c42) > #12 0x00007f4cdf6fd5ac \__clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0xf65ac) > ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64 > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![barryascott](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@barryascott](https://discuss.kde.org/u/barryascott)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/8 "2026-10-27T18:49:16Z")
You should raise a bug in the kde bug tracker with the full output of the `coredumpctl` command. It says redirect to a file to get the full output. You can add that to the bug report. Then a plasmashell maintainer can comment on why it’s crashing. ---
**Author:** ![evieamity](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/evieamity/32/37841_2.png) [@evieamity](https://discuss.kde.org/u/evieamity)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/9 "2026-10-27T19:12:48Z")
Understood. I am in the process of making an account there, and posting a bug report (I searched the current bugs and did not find anything that matches this issue). ---
**Author:** ![evieamity](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/evieamity/32/37841_2.png) [@evieamity](https://discuss.kde.org/u/evieamity)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/10 "2026-10-27T20:54:55Z")
They closed it as duplicate but what they linked it to didn’t seem very similar. I hope they plan on fixing this. They say they fixed it, but didn’t say which version fixes it. All I know is I don’t have the fix yet am I’m on the newest version that Fedora KDE gets. > **[527900 – Unresponsive desktop icons](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527900)** ---
**Author:** ![barryascott](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@barryascott](https://discuss.kde.org/u/barryascott)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/11 "2026-10-27T21:15:07Z")
> [@evieamity](#): > > newest version that Fedora KDE gets. 6.8.1 or .2 will be in fedora 45 on release. ---
**Author:** ![evieamity](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/evieamity/32/37841_2.png) [@evieamity](https://discuss.kde.org/u/evieamity)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/12 "2026-10-27T21:37:52Z")
Thanks, I didn’t know that. Is it possible to downgrade KDE Plasma versions in the meantime? This and a few other problems I hadn’t even mentioned occurred after an update. ---
**Author:** ![barryascott](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@barryascott](https://discuss.kde.org/u/barryascott)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/13 "2026-10-28T09:27:28Z")
> [@evieamity](#): > > Is it possible to downgrade KDE Plasma versions in the meantime? You can try downgrading plasma shell and see if that helps. ```auto sudo dnf downgrade plasmashell ``` ---
**Author:** ![evieamity](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/evieamity/32/37841_2.png) [@evieamity](https://discuss.kde.org/u/evieamity)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/14 "2026-10-29T15:49:47Z")
Ahh sadly I was met with the following output: > Updating and loading repositories: > Fedora 44 - x86\_64 - Updates 100% | 62.1 KiB/s | 20.9 KiB | 00m00s > Repositories loaded. > Failed to resolve the transaction: > Problem: problem with installed package > > - installed package kf6-kmime-6.31.0-1.fc44.x86\_64 requires libQt6Core.so.6(Qt\_6.11)(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed > - package kf6-kmime-6.31.0-1.fc44.x86\_64 from updates requires libQt6Core.so.6(Qt\_6.11)(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed > - cannot install both qt6-qtbase-6.10.2-2.fc44.x86\_64 from fedora and qt6-qtbase-6.11.2-3.fc44.x86\_64 from @System > - cannot install both qt6-qtbase-6.11.2-3.fc44.x86\_64 from updates and qt6-qtbase-6.10.2-2.fc44.x86\_64 from fedora > - package plasma-desktop-6.6.4-1.fc44.x86\_64 from fedora requires libQt6Core.so.6(Qt\_6.10\_PRIVATE\_API)(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed > - conflicting requests > You can try to add to command line: > –skip-broken to skip uninstallable packages ---
**Author:** ![barryascott](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@barryascott](https://discuss.kde.org/u/barryascott)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/15 "2026-10-29T16:18:49Z")
looks like downgrade will not work. ---
**Author:** ![evieamity](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/evieamity/32/37841_2.png) [@evieamity](https://discuss.kde.org/u/evieamity)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/16 "2026-10-29T16:49:32Z")
That’s alright. My “systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell.service” temporary fix has been suitable in the meantime. I’ve also recently learned _how_ soon the new Fedora update is coming so I’m hoping this, and all of my other issues that seemed to be caused by an update are resolved in this upcoming update. I’ll update this thread with the results. ---
**Author:** ![barryascott](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@barryascott](https://discuss.kde.org/u/barryascott)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/17 "2026-10-29T17:48:45Z")
> [@evieamity](#): > > I’ve also recently learned _how_ soon the new Fedora update Here’s hoping the 6.8.x fixes your issues. ---
**Author:** ![evieamity](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/evieamity/32/37841_2.png) [@evieamity](https://discuss.kde.org/u/evieamity)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/18 "2026-11-02T15:53:28Z")
My OS has not updated to Fedora 45 but I got the Plasma 6.8.2 update. It appears the update did not fix any of the bugs I’ve been dealing with. Is it possible to uninstall and reinstall KDE Plasma without having to reinstall my entire OS? ---
**Author:** ![skyfishgoo](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/skyfishgoo/32/2001_2.png) [@skyfishgoo](https://discuss.kde.org/u/skyfishgoo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/19 "2026-11-02T19:02:26Z")
search your package manager for “plasma-desktop” and reinstall it. ---
**Author:** ![evieamity](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/evieamity/32/37841_2.png) [@evieamity](https://discuss.kde.org/u/evieamity)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336/20 "2026-11-03T01:25:10Z")
I ran the reinstall argument for the dnf command since the remove argument just told me it was a protected package. Sadly, this did not work. Whatever a previous update did to break things, it seems to still persist through the reinstall. Although the reinstall did keep settings and such. [Next page](https://discuss.kde.org/t/desktop-icons-unresponsive/51336.md?page=2)