Made a fresh install of Kubuntu 26.04.1. After installing the Nvidia proprietary driver and letting the machine go to sleep, woke the machine to find:
“The screen locker is broken and unlocking is not possible anymore…”
After rebooting the machine, found that plasmashell would crash repeatedly after logging in and never recover, even after multiple reboots and clearing the user .config directory.
pg-tips
September 25, 2026, 10:52am
2
What version of the driver? Versions above 580 don’t support the GTX 1000 series cards.
nvidia-driver-580 precisely
pg-tips
September 25, 2026, 11:55am
4
The driver version shouldn’t be a problem then.
Richard_Copperwaite:
woke the machine to find:
“The screen locker is broken and unlocking is not possible anymore…”
After rebooting the machine, found that plasmashell would crash repeatedly after logging in and never recover,
Can you share more details of the logs you see, in case that helps to pinpoint the issue better?
I’ve been able to work around the issue by reinstalling and sticking with the xserver-xorg-video-nouveau driver, but I fear I may encounter different compatibility issues or feature limitations with that one. I can try to reproduce the issue and share the log if you can let me know the location of the log file of interest?
for the plasmashell crash loop grab these:
journalctl --user -b -u plasma-plasmashell.service --no-pager | tail -100
journalctl --user -b | grep -iE ‘kwin|plasma|nvidia|segfault|crash’ | tail -80
also:
nvidia-smi
cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
if ~/.xsession-errors exists paste the tail of that too.
reproduce once on the proprietary driver then paste those. the plasmashell user unit log is the useful one when the locker dies with it.
Interestingly, it seems I’m not able to reproduce the issue when I install the driver through apt instead of ubuntu-drivers
Never mind. Reproduced after the monitor was blacked out after timeout, then was stuck in crash loop on wake.
plasmashell crash log
#6 0x000077e30cd185a6 n/a (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x3185a6)
#7 0x000077e30c2a3dfa start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xa3dfa)
#8 0x000077e30c3375cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1375cc)
Stack trace of thread 3504:
#0 0x000077e30c2ac802 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0xac802)
#1 0x000077e30c2a030c __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xa030c)
#2 0x000077e30c2a06e7 __futex_abstimed_wait_common64 (libc.so.6 + 0xa06e7)
#3 0x000077e30c2a3382 __pthread_cond_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0xa3382)
#4 0x000077e30cd12533 _ZN14QWaitCondition4waitEP6QMutex14QDeadlineTimer (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x312533)
#5 0x000077e30cc7ffae n/a (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x27ffae)
#6 0x000077e30cd185a6 n/a (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x3185a6)
#7 0x000077e30c2a3dfa start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xa3dfa)
#8 0x000077e30c3375cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1375cc)
Stack trace of thread 3503:
#0 0x000077e30c2ac802 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0xac802)
#1 0x000077e30c2a030c __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xa030c)
#2 0x000077e30c2a06e7 __futex_abstimed_wait_common64 (libc.so.6 + 0xa06e7)
#3 0x000077e30c2a3382 __pthread_cond_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0xa3382)
#4 0x000077e30cd12533 _ZN14QWaitCondition4waitEP6QMutex14QDeadlineTimer (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x312533)
#5 0x000077e30cc7ffae n/a (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x27ffae)
#6 0x000077e30cd185a6 n/a (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x3185a6)
#7 0x000077e30c2a3dfa start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xa3dfa)
#8 0x000077e30c3375cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1375cc)
Stack trace of thread 3524:
#0 0x000077e30c2ac802 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0xac802)
#1 0x000077e30c2a039c __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xa039c)
#2 0x000077e30c327c0e __GI___poll (libc.so.6 + 0x127c0e)
#3 0x000077e2d8e97d48 n/a (libpulse.so.0 + 0x33d48)
#4 0x000077e2d8e814c1 pa_mainloop_poll (libpulse.so.0 + 0x1d4c1)
#5 0x000077e2d8e8bd41 pa_mainloop_iterate (libpulse.so.0 + 0x27d41)
#6 0x000077e2d8e8be00 pa_mainloop_run (libpulse.so.0 + 0x27e00)
#7 0x000077e2d8e9cd2d n/a (libpulse.so.0 + 0x38d2d)
#8 0x000077e2d80d4d7b n/a (libpulsecommon-17.0.so + 0x5bd7b)
#9 0x000077e30c2a3dfa start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xa3dfa)
#10 0x000077e30c3375cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1375cc)
Stack trace of thread 3525:
#0 0x000077e30c2ac802 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0xac802)
#1 0x000077e30c2a039c __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xa039c)
#2 0x000077e30c327c0e __GI___poll (libc.so.6 + 0x127c0e)
#3 0x000077e30c508cbb n/a (libKF6GuiAddons.so.6 + 0x3bcbb)
#4 0x000077e30cd185a6 n/a (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x3185a6)
#5 0x000077e30c2a3dfa start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xa3dfa)
#6 0x000077e30c3375cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1375cc)
Stack trace of thread 3498:
#0 0x000077e30c2ac802 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0xac802)
#1 0x000077e30c2a030c __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xa030c)
#2 0x000077e30c2a06e7 __futex_abstimed_wait_common64 (libc.so.6 + 0xa06e7)
#3 0x000077e30c2a3382 __pthread_cond_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0xa3382)
#4 0x000077e30cd12533 _ZN14QWaitCondition4waitEP6QMutex14QDeadlineTimer (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x312533)
#5 0x000077e30cc7ffae n/a (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x27ffae)
#6 0x000077e30cd185a6 n/a (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x3185a6)
#7 0x000077e30c2a3dfa start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xa3dfa)
#8 0x000077e30c3375cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1375cc)
Stack trace of thread 3507:
#0 0x000077e30c2ac802 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0xac802)
#1 0x000077e30c2a030c __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xa030c)
#2 0x000077e30c2a06e7 __futex_abstimed_wait_common64 (libc.so.6 + 0xa06e7)
#3 0x000077e30c2a3382 __pthread_cond_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0xa3382)
#4 0x000077e30cd12533 _ZN14QWaitCondition4waitEP6QMutex14QDeadlineTimer (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x312533)
#5 0x000077e30cc7ffae n/a (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x27ffae)
#6 0x000077e30cd185a6 n/a (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x3185a6)
#7 0x000077e30c2a3dfa start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xa3dfa)
#8 0x000077e30c3375cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1375cc)
Stack trace of thread 3497:
#0 0x000077e30c2ac802 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0xac802)
#1 0x000077e30c2a030c __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xa030c)
#2 0x000077e30c2a06e7 __futex_abstimed_wait_common64 (libc.so.6 + 0xa06e7)
#3 0x000077e30c2a30c7 __pthread_cond_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0xa30c7)
#4 0x000077e304140ccc n/a (libEGL_nvidia.so.0 + 0xc1ccc)
#5 0x000077e30410ca29 n/a (libEGL_nvidia.so.0 + 0x8da29)
#6 0x000077e3041469fe n/a (libEGL_nvidia.so.0 + 0xc79fe)
#7 0x000077e30c2a3dfa start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xa3dfa)
#8 0x000077e30c3375cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1375cc)
Stack trace of thread 3505:
#0 0x000077e30c2ac802 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0xac802)
#1 0x000077e30c2a030c __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xa030c)
#2 0x000077e30c2a06e7 __futex_abstimed_wait_common64 (libc.so.6 + 0xa06e7)
#3 0x000077e30c2a3382 __pthread_cond_wait_common (libc.so.6 + 0xa3382)
#4 0x000077e30cd12533 _ZN14QWaitCondition4waitEP6QMutex14QDeadlineTimer (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x312533)
#5 0x000077e30cc7ffae n/a (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x27ffae)
#6 0x000077e30cd185a6 n/a (libQt6Core.so.6 + 0x3185a6)
#7 0x000077e30c2a3dfa start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xa3dfa)
#8 0x000077e30c3375cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1375cc)
ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64
Sep 25 16:30:21 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: plasma-plasmashell.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=11/SEGV
Sep 25 16:30:21 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: plasma-plasmashell.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
Sep 25 16:30:21 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: plasma-plasmashell.service: Consumed 1.555s CPU time over 3.203s wall clock time, 226M memory peak.
Sep 25 16:30:21 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: plasma-plasmashell.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Sep 25 16:30:21 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: plasma-plasmashell.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Sep 25 16:30:21 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: plasma-plasmashell.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
Sep 25 16:30:21 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: Failed to start plasma-plasmashell.service - KDE Plasma Workspace.
Sep 25 16:30:21 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: plasma-plasmashell.service: Consumed 1.555s CPU time over 159ms wall clock time, 226M memory peak.
mixed crash log
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.networkmanagement.so from deb plasma-nm-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.manage-inputmethod.so from deb plasma-workspace-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module libplasmaweatherdata.so.6 from deb kdeplasma-addons-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module libplasmaweatherion.so.6 from deb kdeplasma-addons-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.weather.so from deb kdeplasma-addons-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.clipboard.so from deb plasma-workspace-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.volume.so from deb plasma-pa-4:6.6.5-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.devicenotifier.so from deb plasma-workspace-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.vault.so from deb plasma-vault-6.6.4-0ubuntu1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.systemtray.so from deb plasma-workspace-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.marginsseparator.so from deb plasma-desktop-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module libnotificationmanager.so.1 from deb plasma-workspace-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module libPlasmaActivitiesStats.so.1 from deb plasma-activities-stats-6.6.4-0ubuntu1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.taskmanager.so from deb plasma-desktop-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module libtaskmanager.so.6 from deb plasma-workspace-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.pager.so from deb plasma-desktop-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.kickoff.so from deb plasma-desktop-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.showdesktop.so from deb plasma-desktop-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.plasma.digitalclock.so from deb plasma-workspace-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.panel.so from deb plasma-desktop-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module org.kde.contextmenu.so from deb plasma-workspace-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module plasma_layouttemplate.so from deb plasma-workspace-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module plasma_applet.so from deb libplasma-6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module KF6WindowSystemKWaylandPlugin.so from deb kf6-kwindowsystem-6.24.0-0ubuntu1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module plasma_shell.so from deb libplasma-6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module plasma_lookandfeel.so from deb plasma-workspace-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.1 from deb egl-wayland-1:1.1.21-1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module KDEPlasmaPlatformTheme6.so from deb plasma-integration-6.6.5-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module libPlasmaActivities.so.7 from deb plasma-activities-6.6.4-0ubuntu1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module libKF6WindowSystem.so.6 from deb kf6-kwindowsystem-6.24.0-0ubuntu1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module libPlasma.so.7 from deb libplasma-6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module libKF6Crash.so.6 from deb kf6-kcrash-6.24.0-0ubuntu1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module libkworkspace6.so.6 from deb plasma-workspace-4:6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: Module libPlasmaQuick.so.7 from deb libplasma-6.6.6-0ubuntu0.1.amd64
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #2 0x000077e30f5abd8d _ZN6KCrash19defaultCrashHandlerEi (libKF6Crash.so.6 + 0x8d8d)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #18 0x000077e30f6e077b _ZN11PlasmaQuick15SharedQmlEngine22completeInitializationERK5QHashI7QString8QVariantE (libPlasmaQuick.so.7 + 0x5f77b)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #34 0x000077e30f6e0aaa n/a (libPlasmaQuick.so.7 + 0x5faaa)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #35 0x000077e30f6bc8b0 _ZN11PlasmaQuick15AppletQuickItem13itemForAppletEPN6Plasma6AppletE (libPlasmaQuick.so.7 + 0x3b8b0)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #36 0x000077e30f6ecadf _ZN15ContainmentItem4initEv (libPlasmaQuick.so.7 + 0x6badf)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #40 0x000077e30f6e077b _ZN11PlasmaQuick15SharedQmlEngine22completeInitializationERK5QHashI7QString8QVariantE (libPlasmaQuick.so.7 + 0x5f77b)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #41 0x000077e30f6bd826 _ZN11PlasmaQuick15AppletQuickItem13itemForAppletEPN6Plasma6AppletE (libPlasmaQuick.so.7 + 0x3c826)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #42 0x000077e30f6ecadf _ZN15ContainmentItem4initEv (libPlasmaQuick.so.7 + 0x6badf)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #46 0x000077e30f6e077b _ZN11PlasmaQuick15SharedQmlEngine22completeInitializationERK5QHashI7QString8QVariantE (libPlasmaQuick.so.7 + 0x5f77b)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #47 0x000077e30f6bd826 _ZN11PlasmaQuick15AppletQuickItem13itemForAppletEPN6Plasma6AppletE (libPlasmaQuick.so.7 + 0x3c826)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #48 0x000077e30f6d14a9 n/a (libPlasmaQuick.so.7 + 0x504a9)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #49 0x000057ca0f31a715 n/a (/usr/bin/plasmashell + 0x74715)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #63 0x000057ca0f2dd614 n/a (/usr/bin/plasmashell + 0x37614)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #4 0x000077e304140ccc n/a (libEGL_nvidia.so.0 + 0xc1ccc)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #5 0x000077e30410ca29 n/a (libEGL_nvidia.so.0 + 0x8da29)
Sep 25 16:30:22 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3621]: #6 0x000077e3041469fe n/a (libEGL_nvidia.so.0 + 0xc79fe)
Sep 25 16:30:25 rcopperwaite-kubuntu kwin_wayland_wrapper[1887]: kwin_wayland_drm: atomic commit failed: Permission denied
Sep 25 16:30:25 rcopperwaite-kubuntu kwin_wayland_wrapper[1887]: kwin_core: Failed to open /dev/dri/renderD128 device (No such device)
Sep 25 16:30:25 rcopperwaite-kubuntu kwin_wayland_wrapper[1887]: kwin_wayland_drm: Failed to open drm device /dev/dri/renderD128
Sep 25 16:31:12 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: Started drkonqi-coredump-launcher@3-4098-2015_41085-1000.service - Launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash (PID 2015/UID 1000).
Sep 25 16:31:13 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3847]: Unable to find file for pid 13686 expected at "kcrash-metadata/pcoip-client.caee5a35ce7e495380dc294157446067.13686.ini"
Sep 25 16:31:13 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: Started drkonqi-coredump-launcher@4-4099-2015_41085-1000.service - Launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash (PID 2015/UID 1000).
Sep 25 16:31:13 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3847]: KCrash metadata not marked complete. Please file a bug at bugs.kde.org giving as much detail about the crash as possible and maybe include the file ""
Sep 25 16:31:13 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3885]: Unable to find file for pid 13861 expected at "kcrash-metadata/pcoip-client.caee5a35ce7e495380dc294157446067.13861.ini"
Sep 25 16:31:13 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: Started drkonqi-coredump-launcher@5-4100-2015_41085-1000.service - Launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash (PID 2015/UID 1000).
Sep 25 16:31:13 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3928]: Unable to find file for pid 13991 expected at "kcrash-metadata/pcoip-client.caee5a35ce7e495380dc294157446067.13991.ini"
Sep 25 16:31:13 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: Started drkonqi-coredump-launcher@6-24577-2015_41085-1000.service - Launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash (PID 2015/UID 1000).
Sep 25 16:31:14 rcopperwaite-kubuntu org.freedesktop.Notifications[2306]: org.kde.plasma.waitforname: WaitForName: Service was not registered within timeout
Sep 25 16:31:14 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: Started drkonqi-coredump-launcher@7-24578-2015_41085-1000.service - Launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash (PID 2015/UID 1000).
Sep 25 16:31:14 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[3968]: Unable to find file for pid 14203 expected at "kcrash-metadata/pcoip-client.caee5a35ce7e495380dc294157446067.14203.ini"
Sep 25 16:31:14 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[4010]: Unable to find file for pid 14588 expected at "kcrash-metadata/pcoip-client.caee5a35ce7e495380dc294157446067.14588.ini"
Sep 25 16:31:14 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: Started drkonqi-coredump-launcher@8-24579-2015_41085-1000.service - Launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash (PID 2015/UID 1000).
Sep 25 16:31:14 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-launcher[4050]: Unable to find file for pid 16923 expected at "kcrash-metadata/pcoip-client.caee5a35ce7e495380dc294157446067.16923.ini"
Sep 25 16:31:14 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: Started drkonqi-coredump-launcher@9-24580-2015_41085-1000.service - Launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash (PID 2015/UID 1000).
Sep 25 16:31:15 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-processor[2015]: "/usr/bin/plasmashell" 1986 "/var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.plasmashell.1000.b847a2858ec842ed83709e3ac5ca21ec.1986.1790350214000000.zst"
Sep 25 16:31:15 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: Started drkonqi-coredump-launcher@10-28673-2015_41085-1000.service - Launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash (PID 2015/UID 1000).
Sep 25 16:31:15 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-processor[2015]: "/usr/bin/plasmashell" 3262 "/var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.plasmashell.1000.b847a2858ec842ed83709e3ac5ca21ec.3262.1790350217000000.zst"
Sep 25 16:31:15 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: Started drkonqi-coredump-launcher@11-4101-2015_41085-1000.service - Launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash (PID 2015/UID 1000).
Sep 25 16:31:15 rcopperwaite-kubuntu drkonqi-coredump-processor[2015]: "/usr/bin/plasmashell" 3447 "/var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.plasmashell.1000.b847a2858ec842ed83709e3ac5ca21ec.3447.1790350219000000.zst"
Sep 25 16:31:15 rcopperwaite-kubuntu systemd[1705]: Started drkonqi-coredump-launcher@12-32769-2015_41085-1000.service - Launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash (PID 2015/UID 1000).
Sep 25 16:31:16 rcopperwaite-kubuntu org.kde.KSplash[3333]: org.kde.plasma.waitforname: WaitForName: Service was not registered within timeout
Sep 25 16:31:34 rcopperwaite-kubuntu kwin_wayland_wrapper[1887]: kwin_core: Failed to open /dev/dri/renderD128 device (No such device)
Sep 25 16:31:34 rcopperwaite-kubuntu kwin_wayland_wrapper[1887]: kwin_wayland_drm: Failed to open drm device /dev/dri/renderD128
Sep 25 16:33:13 rcopperwaite-kubuntu kded6[1966]: foundCrashFile true foundAutoUpload false
Sep 25 16:33:13 rcopperwaite-kubuntu kded6[4475]: plasmashell
Sep 25 16:34:13 rcopperwaite-kubuntu org.freedesktop.Notifications[4477]: org.kde.plasma.waitforname: WaitForName: Service was not registered within timeout
nvidia-smi
Fri Sep 25 16:36:19 2026
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.178.04 Driver Version: 580.178.04 CUDA Version: 13.0 |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| 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 1060 6GB Off | 00000000:03:00.0 On | N/A |
| 33% 32C P8 8W / 120W | 201MiB / 6144MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 1766 G /usr/bin/ksecretd 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 1887 G /usr/bin/kwin_wayland 9MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 1924 G /usr/bin/Xwayland 2MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 1964 G /usr/bin/ksmserver 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 1966 G /usr/bin/kded6 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2017 G /usr/bin/kaccess 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2018 G ...it-kde-authentication-agent-1 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2168 G /usr/bin/kdeconnectd 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2185 G ...-gnu/libexec/DiscoverNotifier 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2271 G ...ibexec/xdg-desktop-portal-kde 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2275 G /opt/google/chrome/chrome 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2938 C+G ...rack-uuid=3190708988185955192 71MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3079 G /usr/bin/kwalletd6 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3196 G ...asma-browser-integration-host 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3261 G ...xec/drkonqi-coredump-launcher 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3286 G ..._64-linux-gnu/libexec/drkonqi 9MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3417 G ...xec/drkonqi-coredump-launcher 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3452 G ..._64-linux-gnu/libexec/drkonqi 9MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3565 G ...xec/drkonqi-coredump-launcher 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3585 G ..._64-linux-gnu/libexec/drkonqi 9MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
nvidia version
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 580.178.04 Tue Jul 7 12:38:21 UTC 2026
GCC version: gcc version 15.2.0 (Ubuntu 15.2.0-16ubuntu1)
i think the dpms timeout is killing nvidia memory on wake and plasmashell falls over with it. your log has libEGL_nvidia stuck in a cond wait, then kwin cant reopen /dev/dri/renderD128 (No such device). thats the classic proprietary sleep path, not a random plasmashell bug.
try doin this:
enable the nvidia sleep helpers:
sudo systemctl enable nvidia-suspend.service nvidia-hibernate.service nvidia-resume.service
sudo systemctl start nvidia-suspend.service nvidia-hibernate.service nvidia-resume.service
add to /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-power.conf :
options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1 NVreg_TemporaryFilePath=/var/tmp
then:
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo reboot
as a quick test b4 that, System Settings → Power Management → turn screen energy saving / turn off screen off, leave the box idle, wake it. if it holds with blanking disabled, the sleep path is confirmed.
if wayland keeps dying after the modprobe bits, log into Plasma (X11) once with the 580 driver and see if wake survives there.
paste systemctl is-enabled nvidia-suspend nvidia-hibernate nvidia-resume after step 1 if anything fails to enable.
Followed the steps as described but the issue is still occurring.
Systemctl shows all 3 services are enabled
enabled
enabled
enabled
Also Plasma X11 shows the same crash loop.
if the 3 services are on and it still dies on x11 too, check the preserve flag actually loaded
-cat /proc/driver/nvidia/params | rg -i Preserve
-/var/tmp needs free space (that TemporaryFilePath)
-id try rolling nvidia back to 550 for a bit on a 1060. 580 has been rough on older cards for me after blanking
also kill screen blank totally for a day:
System Settings → Energy → screen off / sleep = Never