How can I restart PlasmaShell, without logging off?

rokejulianlockhart · October 10, 2026, 12:32pm

Strangely, when I attempt to invoke the Notification plasmoid, from my applet, whilst thunderbird-0:157.0-2.fc44 submits notifications to it, it ANRs:

I have waited PT15M, yet it has not recovered. Additionally, killall and kquitapp5 appear to be insufficient:

RokeJulianLockhart@beedell:~$ time strace -Ttr -- kquitapp5 plasmashell
13:03:14 (+     0.000000) execve("/usr/bin/kquitapp5", ["kquitapp5", "plasmashell"], 0x7ffcf4521ca8 /* 87 vars */) = 0 <0.000264>
13:03:14 (+     0.000379) brk(NULL)     = 0x55d069ebf000 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000090) mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1cf227000 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000069) access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000175) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000052) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=161419, ...}) = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000057) mmap(NULL, 161419, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1cf1ff000 <0.000079>
13:03:14 (+     0.000126) close(3)      = 0 <0.000029>
13:03:14 (+     0.000079) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libQt5DBus.so.5", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000033>
13:03:14 (+     0.000084) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000029>
13:03:14 (+     0.000128) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=624168, ...}) = 0 <0.000011>
13:03:14 (+     0.000056) mmap(NULL, 607928, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1cf16a000 <0.000023>
13:03:14 (+     0.000044) mmap(0x7fb1cf1d1000, 172032, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x67000) = 0x7fb1cf1d1000 <0.000020>
13:03:14 (+     0.000038) mmap(0x7fb1cf1fb000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x90000) = 0x7fb1cf1fb000 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000071) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000038) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libQt5Core.so.5", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000020>
13:03:14 (+     0.000042) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0@\357\4\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000029) pread64(3, "\6\0\0\0\4\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 784, 64) = 784 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000029) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=5788944, ...}) = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000026) pread64(3, "\6\0\0\0\4\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 784, 64) = 784 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000031) mmap(NULL, 5657536, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1cec00000 <0.000013>
13:03:14 (+     0.000031) mmap(0x7fb1ceefc000, 2428928, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2fc000) = 0x7fb1ceefc000 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000031) mmap(0x7fb1cf14d000, 86016, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x54c000) = 0x7fb1cf14d000 <0.000018>
13:03:14 (+     0.000045) mmap(0x7fb1cf162000, 13248, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1cf162000 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000055) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000042) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000015>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\2408\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000026) pread64(3, "\6\0\0\0\4\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 784, 64) = 784 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000024) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=2482096, ...}) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000031) pread64(3, "\6\0\0\0\4\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 784, 64) = 784 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000024) mmap(NULL, 2067312, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1cea07000 <0.000013>
13:03:14 (+     0.000031) mmap(0x7fb1ceb79000, 495616, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x172000) = 0x7fb1ceb79000 <0.000015>
13:03:14 (+     0.000032) mmap(0x7fb1cebf2000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1eb000) = 0x7fb1cebf2000 <0.000017>
13:03:14 (+     0.000041) mmap(0x7fb1cebf8000, 31600, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1cebf8000 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000041) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libdbus-1.so.3", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000013>
13:03:14 (+     0.000030) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000027) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=364808, ...}) = 0 <0.000018>
13:03:14 (+     0.000039) mmap(NULL, 357072, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1ce9af000 <0.000013>
13:03:14 (+     0.000032) mmap(0x7fb1ce9e5000, 126976, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x36000) = 0x7fb1ce9e5000 <0.000025>
13:03:14 (+     0.000043) mmap(0x7fb1cea04000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x54000) = 0x7fb1cea04000 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000055) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libstdc++.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000028) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=2884696, ...}) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000027) mmap(NULL, 2822848, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1ce600000 <0.000023>
13:03:14 (+     0.000040) mmap(0x7fb1ce771000, 1224704, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x171000) = 0x7fb1ce771000 <0.000025>
13:03:14 (+     0.000042) mmap(0x7fb1ce89c000, 73728, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x29c000) = 0x7fb1ce89c000 <0.000018>
13:03:14 (+     0.000050) mmap(0x7fb1ce8ae000, 12992, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1ce8ae000 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000068) close(3)      = 0 <0.000013>
13:03:14 (+     0.000054) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libsystemd.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000018>
13:03:14 (+     0.000037) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000011>
13:03:14 (+     0.000030) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1304536, ...}) = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000025) mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1cf168000 <0.000013>
13:03:14 (+     0.000033) mmap(NULL, 1284176, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1ce4c6000 <0.000016>
13:03:14 (+     0.000032) mmap(0x7fb1ce596000, 385024, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xd0000) = 0x7fb1ce596000 <0.000018>
13:03:14 (+     0.000035) mmap(0x7fb1ce5f4000, 45056, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x12d000) = 0x7fb1ce5f4000 <0.000016>
13:03:14 (+     0.000041) mmap(0x7fb1ce5ff000, 2128, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1ce5ff000 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000044) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000033) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000033) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000011>
13:03:14 (+     0.000028) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=169544, ...}) = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000025) mmap(NULL, 168056, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1ce985000 <0.000018>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) mmap(0x7fb1ce9a2000, 45056, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1d000) = 0x7fb1ce9a2000 <0.000026>
13:03:14 (+     0.000048) mmap(0x7fb1ce9ad000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x27000) = 0x7fb1ce9ad000 <0.000016>
13:03:14 (+     0.000056) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000024) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libdouble-conversion.so.3", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000016>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000027) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=95024, ...}) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000026) mmap(NULL, 94360, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1ce96d000 <0.000013>
13:03:14 (+     0.000030) mmap(0x7fb1ce97b000, 32768, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe000) = 0x7fb1ce97b000 <0.000018>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) mmap(0x7fb1ce983000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x15000) = 0x7fb1ce983000 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000049) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000027) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libicui18n.so.77", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000031) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000025) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=3836792, ...}) = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000025) mmap(NULL, 3794224, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1ce000000 <0.000013>
13:03:14 (+     0.000030) mmap(0x7fb1ce210000, 1548288, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x210000) = 0x7fb1ce210000 <0.000020>
13:03:14 (+     0.000036) mmap(0x7fb1ce38a000, 81920, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x389000) = 0x7fb1ce38a000 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000045) mmap(0x7fb1ce39e000, 1328, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1ce39e000 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000046) close(3)      = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000038) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libicuuc.so.77", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000018>
13:03:14 (+     0.000035) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000027) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=2239128, ...}) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000030) mmap(NULL, 2217056, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1cdc00000 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000029) mmap(0x7fb1cdd2c000, 901120, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x12c000) = 0x7fb1cdd2c000 <0.000030>
13:03:14 (+     0.000046) mmap(0x7fb1cde08000, 81920, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x208000) = 0x7fb1cde08000 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000038) mmap(0x7fb1cde1c000, 5216, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1cde1c000 <0.000011>
13:03:14 (+     0.000052) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000033) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libpcre2-16.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000033) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000027) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=670880, ...}) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000039) mmap(NULL, 664024, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1ce8ca000 <0.000020>
13:03:14 (+     0.000037) mmap(0x7fb1ce93e000, 184320, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x74000) = 0x7fb1ce93e000 <0.000026>
13:03:14 (+     0.000044) mmap(0x7fb1ce96b000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xa1000) = 0x7fb1ce96b000 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000059) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000030) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libzstd.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000015>
13:03:14 (+     0.000033) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000028) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=959384, ...}) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000027) mmap(NULL, 954416, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1ce3dc000 <0.000015>
13:03:14 (+     0.000031) mmap(0x7fb1ce4a5000, 122880, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xc9000) = 0x7fb1ce4a5000 <0.000019>
13:03:14 (+     0.000035) mmap(0x7fb1ce4c3000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe6000) = 0x7fb1ce4c3000 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000035) mmap(0x7fb1ce4c5000, 48, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1ce4c5000 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000033) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000017>
13:03:14 (+     0.000035) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000011>
13:03:14 (+     0.000028) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1469632, ...}) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000026) mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1cf166000 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000033) mmap(NULL, 1446568, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1cde9e000 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000030) mmap(0x7fb1cdf4b000, 729088, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xad000) = 0x7fb1cdf4b000 <0.000022>
13:03:14 (+     0.000038) mmap(0x7fb1cdffd000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x15f000) = 0x7fb1cdffd000 <0.000023>
13:03:14 (+     0.000047) mmap(0x7fb1cdfff000, 680, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1cdfff000 <0.000011>
13:03:14 (+     0.000052) close(3)      = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000040) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000015>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000011>
13:03:14 (+     0.000035) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1153848, ...}) = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000026) mmap(NULL, 1138704, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1cdae9000 <0.000019>
13:03:14 (+     0.000035) mmap(0x7fb1cdb78000, 548864, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x8f000) = 0x7fb1cdb78000 <0.000019>
13:03:14 (+     0.000036) mmap(0x7fb1cdbfe000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x114000) = 0x7fb1cdbfe000 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000070) close(3)      = 0 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000039) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000015>
13:03:14 (+     0.000039) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000030) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=186512, ...}) = 0 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000029) mmap(NULL, 180680, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1ce3af000 <0.000018>
13:03:14 (+     0.000035) mmap(0x7fb1ce3d3000, 28672, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x24000) = 0x7fb1ce3d3000 <0.000022>
13:03:14 (+     0.000039) mmap(0x7fb1ce3da000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2b000) = 0x7fb1ce3da000 <0.000011>
13:03:14 (+     0.000028) mmap(0x7fb1ce3db000, 456, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1ce3db000 <0.000011>
13:03:14 (+     0.000043) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000037) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libicudata.so.77", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000017>
13:03:14 (+     0.000039) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000026) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=31906520, ...}) = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000025) mmap(NULL, 31907848, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1cbc00000 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000029) mmap(0x7fb1cbc01000, 31899648, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1000) = 0x7fb1cbc01000 <0.000015>
13:03:14 (+     0.000032) mmap(0x7fb1cda6d000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1e6c000) = 0x7fb1cda6d000 <0.000013>
13:03:14 (+     0.000030) mmap(0x7fb1cda6e000, 8, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1cda6e000 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000039) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000028) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libpcre2-8.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000029) read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000025) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=724280, ...}) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000026) mmap(NULL, 721368, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1cbb4f000 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000028) mmap(0x7fb1cbbd0000, 188416, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x81000) = 0x7fb1cbbd0000 <0.000016>
13:03:14 (+     0.000033) mmap(0x7fb1cbbfe000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xae000) = 0x7fb1cbbfe000 <0.000011>
13:03:14 (+     0.000046) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000045) mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1ce8c8000 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000081) mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1ce8c6000 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000044) mmap(NULL, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1ce8c3000 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000066) arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7fb1ce8c38c0) = 0 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000029) set_tid_address(0x7fb1ce8c3ee8) = 22314 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000025) set_robust_list(0x7fb1ce8c3ba0, 24) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000024) rseq({cpu_id_start=0, cpu_id=RSEQ_CPU_ID_UNINITIALIZED, rseq_cs=NULL, flags=0, node_id=0, mm_cid=0, slice_ctrl={request=0, granted=0, __reserved=0}, __reserved=0}, 33, 0, 0x53053053) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000247) mprotect(0x7fb1cebf2000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000030>
13:03:14 (+     0.000100) mprotect(0x7fb1cbbfe000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000036) mprotect(0x7fb1cda6d000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000076) mprotect(0x7fb1ce3da000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000085) mprotect(0x7fb1cdbfe000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000013>
13:03:14 (+     0.000221) mprotect(0x7fb1cdffd000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000024>
13:03:14 (+     0.000270) mprotect(0x7fb1ce4c3000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000015>
13:03:14 (+     0.000055) mprotect(0x7fb1ce96b000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000016>
13:03:14 (+     0.001297) mprotect(0x7fb1ce89c000, 69632, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000035>
13:03:14 (+     0.000234) mprotect(0x7fb1cde08000, 77824, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000019>
13:03:14 (+     0.000760) mprotect(0x7fb1ce38a000, 77824, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000022>
13:03:14 (+     0.000061) mprotect(0x7fb1ce983000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000014>
13:03:14 (+     0.000043) mprotect(0x7fb1ce9ad000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000020>
13:03:14 (+     0.000289) mprotect(0x7fb1ce5f4000, 40960, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000019>
13:03:14 (+     0.000198) mprotect(0x7fb1cea04000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000017>
13:03:14 (+     0.001721) mprotect(0x7fb1cf14d000, 81920, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000020>
13:03:14 (+     0.000294) mprotect(0x7fb1cf1fb000, 12288, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000019>
13:03:14 (+     0.000066) mprotect(0x55d05fc41000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000016>
13:03:14 (+     0.000041) mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1ce8c1000 <0.000023>
13:03:14 (+     0.000093) mprotect(0x7fb1cf268000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 <0.000091>
13:03:14 (+     0.000227) prlimit64(0, RLIMIT_STACK, NULL, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM64_INFINITY}) = 0 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000096) getrandom("\xaf\x10\x77\x74\x20\x92\x5c\xd3", 8, GRND_NONBLOCK) = 8 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000050) munmap(0x7fb1cf1ff000, 161419) = 0 <0.000122>
13:03:14 (+     0.000217) brk(NULL)     = 0x55d069ebf000 <0.000024>
13:03:14 (+     0.000052) brk(0x55d069ee0000) = 0x55d069ee0000 <0.000015>
13:03:14 (+     0.000136) futex(0x7fb1ce8ae6bc, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000222) geteuid()     = 1000 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) getuid()      = 1000 <0.000010>
13:03:14 (+     0.000028) futex(0x7fb1cf162288, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000068) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 <0.000025>
13:03:14 (+     0.000067) fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=233380912, ...}) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000032) mmap(NULL, 233380912, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fb1bdc00000 <0.000033>
13:03:14 (+     0.000064) close(3)      = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000152) futex(0x7fb1cde1d258, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000149) futex(0x7fb1cdfff008, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000032) eventfd2(0, EFD_CLOEXEC|EFD_NONBLOCK) = 3 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000032) futex(0x7fb1cdfff008, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000054) futex(0x7fb1cdfff260, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000028) getpid()      = 22314 <0.000007>
13:03:14 (+     0.000028) gettid()      = 22314 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000174) rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {sa_handler=0x7fb1cea77240, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER|SA_ONSTACK|SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO, sa_restorer=0x7fb1cea20fb0}, NULL, 8) = 0 <0.000011>
13:03:14 (+     0.000058) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) mmap(NULL, 8392704, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_STACK, -1, 0) = 0x7fb1bd3ff000 <0.000016>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) madvise(0x7fb1bd3ff000, 4096, MADV_GUARD_INSTALL) = 0 <0.000023>
13:03:14 (+     0.000055) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, ~[], [], 8) = 0 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000034) clone3({flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_SETTLS|CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID, child_tid=0x7fb1bdbffce8, parent_tid=0x7fb1bdbff990, exit_signal=0, stack=0x7fb1bd3ff000, stack_size=0x7ffe00, tls=0x7fb1bdbff6c0} => {parent_tid=[22315]}, 88) = 22315 <0.000130>
13:03:14 (+     0.000169) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 <0.000008>
13:03:14 (+     0.000027) futex(0x55d069ed7af8, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1 <0.000009>
13:03:14 (+     0.000036) futex(0x7ffc0032f218, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 0, NULL) = 0 <0.000750>
13:03:14 (+     0.000855) write(3, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8) = 8 <0.000103>
13:03:14 (+     0.000195) write(4, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8) = 8 <0.000012>
13:03:14 (+     0.000048) futex(0x55d069ed8498, FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET_PRIVATE|FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME, 0, NULL, FUTEX_BITSET_MATCH_ANY) = 0 <24.757310>
13:03:38 (+    24.757389) futex(0x55d069ed8450, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0 <0.000014>
13:03:38 (+     0.000123) write(4, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8) = 8 <0.000019>
13:03:38 (+     0.000060) futex(0x7ffc0032f018, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 0, NULL) = 0 <0.000034>
13:03:38 (+     0.000083) write(4, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8) = 8 <0.000009>
13:03:38 (+     0.000033) futex(0x55d069ed8498, FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET_PRIVATE|FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME, 0, NULL, FUTEX_BITSET_MATCH_ANY) = 0 <0.000136>
13:03:38 (+     0.000159) futex(0x55d069ed8450, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0 <0.000009>
13:03:38 (+     0.000047) write(4, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8) = 8 <0.000011>
13:03:38 (+     0.000037) futex(0x7fb1b8010fc8, FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET_PRIVATE|FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME, 0, NULL, FUTEX_BITSET_MATCH_ANY) = 0 <24.999408>
13:04:03 (+    24.999462) futex(0x7fb1b8010f80, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0 <0.000010>
13:04:03 (+     0.000211) getpid()      = 22314 <0.000010>
13:04:03 (+     0.000050) access("/proc/22314/exe", F_OK) = 0 <0.000027>
13:04:03 (+     0.000062) statx(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/22314/exe", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT|AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW|AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_BASIC_STATS|STATX_MNT_ID, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, stx_size=0, ...}) = 0 <0.000013>
13:04:03 (+     0.000051) readlink("/proc", 0x7ffc0032e9c0, 1023) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) <0.000009>
13:04:03 (+     0.000034) readlink("/proc/22314", 0x7ffc0032e9c0, 1023) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) <0.000008>
13:04:03 (+     0.000029) readlink("/proc/22314/exe", "/usr/bin/kquitapp5", 1023) = 18 <0.000012>
13:04:03 (+     0.000034) readlink("/usr", 0x7ffc0032e9c0, 1023) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) <0.000008>
13:04:03 (+     0.000027) readlink("/usr/bin", 0x7ffc0032e9c0, 1023) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) <0.000008>
13:04:03 (+     0.000027) readlink("/usr/bin/kquitapp5", 0x7ffc0032e9c0, 1023) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) <0.000009>
13:04:03 (+     0.000036) access("/usr/bin/qt.conf", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) <0.000011>
13:04:03 (+     0.000051) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/qt5/qtlogging.ini", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 6 <0.000014>
13:04:03 (+     0.000036) statx(6, "", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT|AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT|AT_EMPTY_PATH, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFREG|0644, stx_size=56, ...}) = 0 <0.000009>
13:04:03 (+     0.000062) statx(6, "", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT|AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT|AT_EMPTY_PATH, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFREG|0644, stx_size=56, ...}) = 0 <0.000008>
13:04:03 (+     0.000034) read(6, "[Rules]\n*.debug=false\nqt.qpa.xcb"..., 16384) = 56 <0.000021>
13:04:03 (+     0.000053) read(6, "", 16328) = 0 <0.000012>
13:04:03 (+     0.000044) read(6, "", 16384) = 0 <0.000008>
13:04:03 (+     0.000030) close(6)      = 0 <0.000009>
13:04:03 (+     0.000034) statx(AT_FDCWD, "/home/RokeJulianLockhart/.config/QtProject/qtlogging.ini", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT|AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT, STATX_ALL, 0x7ffc0032efa0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) <0.000016>
13:04:03 (+     0.000038) statx(AT_FDCWD, "/home/RokeJulianLockhart/.config/kdedefaults/QtProject/qtlogging.ini", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT|AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT, STATX_ALL, 0x7ffc0032efa0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) <0.000010>
13:04:03 (+     0.000032) statx(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/xdg/QtProject/qtlogging.ini", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT|AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT, STATX_ALL, 0x7ffc0032efa0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) <0.000010>
13:04:03 (+     0.000032) statx(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/kde-settings/kde-profile/default/xdg/QtProject/qtlogging.ini", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT|AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT, STATX_ALL, 0x7ffc0032efa0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) <0.000012>
13:04:03 (+     0.000037) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/tty", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 6 <0.000016>
13:04:03 (+     0.000034) close(6)      = 0 <0.000010>
13:04:03 (+     0.000037) write(2, "\"Quitting application plasmashel"..., 128"Quitting application plasmashell failed. Error reported was:\n\n     org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply : Did not receive a rep) = 128 <0.000010>
13:04:03 (+     0.000030) write(2, "ly. Possible causes include: the"..., 128ly. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the) = 128 <0.000011>
13:04:03 (+     0.000029) write(2, " reply timeout expired, or the n"..., 63 reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken."
) = 63 <0.000011>
13:04:03 (+     0.000036) write(4, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8) = 8 <0.000010>
13:04:03 (+     0.000030) futex(0x7ffc0032f118, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 0, NULL) = 0 <0.000073>
13:04:03 (+     0.000131) write(4, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8) = 8 <0.000008>
13:04:03 (+     0.000026) futex(0x55d069ed7b88, FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET_PRIVATE|FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME, 0, NULL, FUTEX_BITSET_MATCH_ANY) = 0 <0.000057>
13:04:03 (+     0.000075) futex(0x55d069ed7b40, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0 <0.000049>
13:04:03 (+     0.000237) exit_group(1) = ?
13:04:03 (+     0.000728) +++ exited with 1 +++

real    0m49.781s
user    0m0.007s
sys     0m0.017s

My Environment

hostnamectl status returns:

     Static hostname: beedell.rokeJulianLockhart.skqy07
   Chassis Asset Tag: FRANMZCPA74331003E
          Machine ID: 427143abd98046a4b2c750e2ca0036ea
             Boot ID: 6a2e060edd43448f8bcd913ed507f119
    Operating System: Fedora Linux 44 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)
         CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44
      OS Support End: Wed 2027-05-19
OS Support Remaining: 7month 1w
              Kernel: Linux 7.2.9-200.fc44.x86_64
        Architecture: x86-64
     Hardware Vendor: Framework
      Hardware Model: Laptop 16 _AMD Ryzen 7040 Series_
        Hardware SKU: FRANMZCP07
    Hardware Version: A7
    Firmware Version: 04.05

olivierbelleux · October 10, 2026, 1:23pm

I think that running systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell should sort out your problem; Herzenschein (KDE Developer) suggests this solution in this post: How to restart plasma panel? - #3 by kenning

chineduokafor · October 10, 2026, 3:59pm

If your session uses systemd startup, restart the service with:

systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell

If the process is completely hung and ignoring normal termination or D-Bus calls, force kill it and start a new instance:

killall -9 plasmashell
kstart5 plasmashell &

For Plasma 6, replace kstart5 with kstart.

ben2talk · October 10, 2026, 5:09pm

I do prestart in krunner:

~/local/bin/prestart

#!/usr/bin/env bash

systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell.service

morsmortium · October 10, 2026, 8:05pm

I usually use plasmashell --replace

ben2talk · October 11, 2026, 8:41am

I used to, some years ago… However, my approach is a cleaner and more correct approach, made easier by only having to type ‘prestart’.

I mean, who wants to type ‘plasmashell --replace’ when they can type ‘prestart’ (meaning ‘plasmashell restart’).

plasmashell --replace is a relic of t he Plasma5 era - asking plasmashell to exit and a new process to take over.

It can still work, but it sometimes fails - if a systemd user unit owns the shell, for example.

morsmortium · October 11, 2026, 8:55am

No systemd here, so I cannot comment on that. If plasmashell froze, I usually kill the process and just run it again

ben2talk · October 12, 2026, 5:26am

OP is using FEDORA.

morsmortium · October 12, 2026, 6:24am

Yes, so killing the process and rerunning it should also work.

ben2talk · October 12, 2026, 10:03am

I think you mean ‘CAN also work’.

On a systemd Plasma session, killing it and re-running it manually is not equivalent to using systemd to restart the service.

systemd owns the process. The plasmashell you start from a shell is not tracked by systemd.
A user unit sets the correct environment, but a manual run inherits whatever your shell has, which could in some cases be different.
Plasma 6 ties more of the session to systemd user units, so you keep plasma-workspace.target and related units consistent.
plasmashell --replace is a Plasma 5 era fallback… sure, it CAN work, but it races with systemd and is not as robust.
The only time killinig is appropriate is for recovery - if plasmashell is so badly frozen that restarting the service hangs.

This is the reasoning behind me stopping using plasmashell --restart and creating my prestart script.

RossDv8 · October 12, 2026, 11:05am

When I was running Mint,and after they dropped KDE, I set up a Hot Swap that Toggled between Miint Xfce, and what a mate called ‘FrankenMint’, which was Xfce one mooment and Mint Plasma 5 a second later.

I wrote a .desktop file to toggle it, so I could just have a Kill icon and the Plasma icon side by side on the panel. Everything worked fine except Avtivities, which only ‘mostly’ worked.

If I was going to do something like kill and restart Plasma fairly often for some reason - these days I would simply use .inputrc and put whichever bash commands I was planning to use. So a couple of lines in a hidden file called .inputrc (must have the leading dot) in ~/home that look like:
Control-i: “sudo systemctl restart cups.service”
Control-j: “sudo systemctl enable cups.service”

Means instead of typing all that twice in the Terminal, I just do for example
Control and the i key, Enter (and PWD) then Control and the j key Enter.
If I needed to just stop cups first I would use ‘h’, another key I don;t use much

I have a raft of commands in .inputrc but the one thing people not used to it have to remember is the changes don;t take place until a new Terminal window is started.
And, because it reassigns shortcuts a lot of Bash script writers ‘need’ it doesn;t really suit programmers. But for a tool to save fingers or prevent tarpal cunnel syndrome it can be handy.