Gwenview failing to start

vassari · February 21, 2026, 8:17pm

Gwenview is failing to start.

This is what I get if I run it from command line:

[vassari@acer-nitro: ~]$ gwenview
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::setOpacity: Painter not active
QPainter: Painter not active, aborted

This is kinfo output:

[vassari@acer-nitro: ~]$ kinfo
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.18.9-zen1-2-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.7 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti

This is gwenview -v output:

[vassari@acer-nitro: ~]$ gwenview -v
gwenview 25.12.2
QThreadStorage: entry 1 destroyed before end of thread 0x561c095ea4a0
QThreadStorage: entry 0 destroyed before end of thread 0x561c095ea4a0

I’m running Arch linux with Labwc as window manager (in Wayland). However, the same issue also happens when running a full Plasma 6 session.

The system is fully updated.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards.

ben2talk · February 22, 2026, 5:13am

QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb QT_QUICK_BACKEND=software gwenview

If this works, then it’s a GPU or OpenGL issue…

glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer"

Is nVidia good?

nvidia-smi

How about Gwenview, is it fresh?

mv ~/.config/gwenviewrc ~/.config/gwenviewrc-FORKED

vassari · February 22, 2026, 1:43pm

Hi there…..

this is the output of the commands you propose:



[vassari@acer-nitro: ~]$ QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb
[vassari@acer-nitro: ~]$ QT_QUICK_BACKEND=software
[vassari@acer-nitro: ~]$ gwenview
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::setOpacity: Painter not active
QPainter:
 Painter not active, aborted
^C
[vassari@acer-nitro: ~]$ glxinfo | grep “OpenGL renderer”
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi, renoir, ACO, DRM 3.64, 6.18.9-zen1-2-zen)
[vassari@acer-nitro: ~]$ nvidia-smi
Sun Feb 22 10:38:42 2026
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 590.48.01              Driver Version: 590.48.01      CUDA Version: 13.1     |
±----------------------------------------±-----------------------±---------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti     Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   44C    P8              1W /   50W |       8MiB /   4096MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
±----------------------------------------±-----------------------±---------------------+

±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A            1057      G   /usr/lib/Xorg                             4MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            1595      G   labwc                                     1MiB |
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[vassari@acer-nitro: ~]$ mv ~/.config/gwenviewrc ~/.config/gwenviewrc-FORKED
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/vassari/.config/gwenviewrc’: No such file or directory
[vassari@acer-nitro: ~]$

I already moved .config/gwenviewrc…..

Any ideas?

poljpocket · February 22, 2026, 2:15pm

Hi everyone,

I just ran gwenview from the terminal and my output is exactly the same, but actually, Gwenview runs just fine. I think your output doesn’t have anything to do with Gwenview failing to start:

And at least my system’s the same software-wise (well.. I’m on stock kernel):

% kinfo
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.18.9-arch1-2 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GB of RAM (31.3 GB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

vassari · February 22, 2026, 2:56pm

Ok! Interesting.

can you tell me if you get something similar to me when running QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 gwenview 2>&1|head -500 ?

Here’s mine output:

[vassari@acer-nitro: ~]$ QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 gwenview 2>&1|head -500
qt.core.library: “pipewire-0.3” loaded library
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kiconthemes6/platforms” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqeglfs.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqeglfs.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“eglfs”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QEglFSIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“eglfs”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqlinuxfb.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqlinuxfb.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“linuxfb”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QLinuxFbIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“linuxfb”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqminimal.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqminimal.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“minimal”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QMinimalIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“minimal”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqminimalegl.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqminimalegl.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“minimalegl”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QMinimalEglIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“minimalegl”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqoffscreen.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqoffscreen.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“offscreen”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QOffscreenIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“offscreen”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqvkkhrdisplay.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqvkkhrdisplay.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“vkkhrdisplay”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QVkKhrDisplayIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“vkkhrdisplay”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqvnc.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqvnc.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“vnc”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QVncIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“vnc”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqwayland.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqwayland.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“wayland”,
“wayland-egl”,
“wayland-brcm”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QWaylandIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“wayland”, “wayland-egl”, “wayland-brcm”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqxcb.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“xcb”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QXcbIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“xcb”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/bin/platforms” …
qt.core.library: “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqwayland.so” loaded library
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kiconthemes6/wayland-shell-integration” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libfullscreen-shell-v1.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/libfullscreen-shell-v1.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.WaylandClient.QWaylandShellIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“fullscreen-shell-v1”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QWaylandFullScreenShellV1IntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“fullscreen-shell-v1”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libwl-shell-plugin.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/libwl-shell-plugin.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.WaylandClient.QWaylandShellIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“wl-shell”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QWaylandWlShellIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“wl-shell”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libxdg-shell.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/libxdg-shell.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.WaylandClient.QWaylandShellIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“xdg-shell”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QWaylandXdgShellIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“xdg-shell”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libivi-shell.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/libivi-shell.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.WaylandClient.QWaylandShellIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“ivi-shell”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QWaylandIviShellIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“ivi-shell”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqt-shell.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/libqt-shell.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.WaylandClient.QWaylandShellIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“qt-shell”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QWaylandQtShellIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“qt-shell”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “liblayer-shell.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/liblayer-shell.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.WaylandClient.QWaylandShellIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“layer-shell”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QWaylandLayerShellIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“layer-shell”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/bin/wayland-shell-integration” …
qt.core.library: “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/libxdg-shell.so” loaded library
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kiconthemes6/platformthemes” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platformthemes” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqgtk3.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platformthemes/libqgtk3.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformThemeFactoryInterface.5.1”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“gtk3”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QGtk3ThemePlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“gtk3”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqxdgdesktopportal.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platformthemes/libqxdgdesktopportal.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformThemeFactoryInterface.5.1”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“xdgdesktopportal”,
“flatpak”,
“snap”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QXdgDesktopPortalThemePlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“xdgdesktopportal”, “flatpak”, “snap”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqtlxqt.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platformthemes/libqtlxqt.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformThemeFactoryInterface.5.1”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“lxqt”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “LXQtPlatformThemePlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“lxqt”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqt6ct.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platformthemes/libqt6ct.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformThemeFactoryInterface.5.1”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“qt6ct”,
“qt5ct”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “Qt6CTPlatformThemePlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“qt6ct”, “qt5ct”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “KDEPlasmaPlatformTheme6.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platformthemes/KDEPlasmaPlatformTheme6.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformThemeFactoryInterface.5.1”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“kde”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “KdePlatformThemePlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“kde”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/bin/platformthemes” …
qt.core.library: “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platformthemes/libqt6ct.so” loaded library
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kiconthemes6/styles” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/styles” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqt6ct-style.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/styles/libqt6ct-style.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QStyleFactoryInterface”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“qt6ct-style”,
“qt5ct-style”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “Qt6CTStylePlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“qt6ct-style”, “qt5ct-style”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “breeze6.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/styles/breeze6.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QStyleFactoryInterface”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“Breeze”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “StylePlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“breeze”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “oxygen6.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/styles/oxygen6.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QStyleFactoryInterface”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“Oxygen”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “StylePlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“oxygen”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/bin/styles” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kiconthemes6/iconengines” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “KIconEnginePlugin.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kiconthemes6/iconengines/KIconEnginePlugin.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QIconEngineFactoryInterface”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“KIconEngine”,
“svg”,
“svgz”,
“svg.gz”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “KIconEnginePlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“kiconengine”, “svg”, “svgz”, “svg.gz”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/iconengines” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqsvgicon.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/iconengines/libqsvgicon.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QIconEngineFactoryInterface”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“svg”,
“svgz”,
“svg.gz”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QSvgIconPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“svg”, “svgz”, “svg.gz”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libQt6XdgIconPlugin.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/iconengines/libQt6XdgIconPlugin.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QIconEngineFactoryInterface”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“XdgIconLoaderEngine”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “XdgIconEnginePlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“xdgiconloaderengine”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/bin/iconengines” …
qt.core.library: “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/styles/libqt6ct-style.so” loaded library
qt.core.library: “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/styles/breeze6.so” loaded library
qt.core.library: “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kiconthemes6/iconengines/KIconEnginePlugin.so” loaded library
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kiconthemes6/imageformats” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path “/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats” …
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqgif.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqgif.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QImageIOHandlerFactoryInterface”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“gif”
],
“MimeTypes”: [
“image/gif”
]
},
“archlevel”: 1,
“className”: “QGifPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 395776
}

qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“gif”)
qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: looking at “libqico.so”
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqico.so, metadata=
{

Thank you!

poljpocket · February 22, 2026, 4:29pm

Sure. It is similar. It isn’t the same though since my ordering is quite a bit different to yours. I then distilled down the output a bit to show only what I think is relative.

% QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 gwenview 2>&1 | grep "Found metadata"

This is the output:

qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqoffscreen.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqminimalegl.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqeglfs.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqvnc.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqminimal.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqvkkhrdisplay.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqwayland.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqlinuxfb.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/libxdg-shell.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/libwl-shell-plugin.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/liblayer-shell.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/libivi-shell.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/libqt-shell.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/libfullscreen-shell-v1.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platformthemes/KDEPlasmaPlatformTheme6.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platformthemes/libqxdgdesktopportal.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/platformthemes/libqgtk3.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-graphics-integration-client/libdmabuf-server.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-graphics-integration-client/libshm-emulation-server.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-graphics-integration-client/libvulkan-server.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-graphics-integration-client/libqt-plugin-wayland-egl.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/wayland-graphics-integration-client/libdrm-egl-server.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kiconthemes6/iconengines/KIconEnginePlugin.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/iconengines/libqsvgicon.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/styles/breeze6.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/styles/oxygen6.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_pfm.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqwbmp.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_ani.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqpdf.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_heif.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_pcx.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqicns.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqgif.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_jp2.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_xcf.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_iff.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqico.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_qoi.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_hdr.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqtga.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_kra.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_tga.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_ora.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_eps.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_jxr.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_psd.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_sct.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_pxr.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqjpeg.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqwebp.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_ras.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqtiff.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_rgb.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqmng.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_avif.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_exr.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_dds.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_jxl.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_raw.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqjp2.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/kimg_pic.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats/libqsvg.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_kateexec.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/timeline.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/archive.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/activities.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/desktop.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/sftp.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/baloosearch.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/nfs.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_filenamesearch.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/info.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/man.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_trash.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_ftp.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_file.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_ghelp.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_remote.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_http.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/tags.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/mtp.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_obexftp.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/thumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/smb.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/applications.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_help.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/afc.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_fonts.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_bluetooth.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/fish.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/filter.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/recentlyused.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/tags.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/kio_file.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/appimagethumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/djvuthumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/audiothumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/textthumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/opendocumentthumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/mltpreview.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/svgthumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/directorythumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/fontthumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/jpegthumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/comicbookthumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/exrthumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/imagethumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/windowsexethumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/ebookthumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/cursorthumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/kraorathumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/thumbcreator/windowsimagethumbnail.so, metadata=
qt.core.plugin.loader: Found metadata in lib /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kio/thumbnail.so, metadata=

vassari · February 22, 2026, 7:52pm

Yeah…. I see.

Anyway, I found the problem (and the solution):

Problem:

[root@acer-nitro: /home/vassari]$ journalctl -xe|grep gwenview
Feb 22 15:49:46 acer-nitro systemd[1]: proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount: Got automount request for /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc, triggered by 4736 (gwenview)
Feb 22 15:49:46 acer-nitro systemd[1]: run-media-vassari-backup.automount: Got automount request for /run/media/vassari/backup, triggered by 4736 (gwenview)
Feb 22 15:58:18 acer-nitro systemd[1]: run-media-vassari-backup.automount: Got automount request for /run/media/vassari/backup, triggered by 9782 (gwenview)
Feb 22 16:38:33 acer-nitro systemd[1]: run-media-vassari-backup.automount: Got automount request for /run/media/vassari/backup, triggered by 23475 (gwenview)

Solution:

[root@acer-nitro: /home/vassari]$ systemctl stop run-media-vassari-backup.automount

Thank you for your help!