Sometimes when I open the start menu, it closes itself right away. I see it open, but then it closes before I can do anything. If it happens once, it keeps happening until I run plasmashell --replace. Sometimes it’s like that as soon as I boot in, and sometimes it seems to start happening a while after booting.
Here is the journalctl output for plasma from my current boot, which does have the issue currently:
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-kcminit.service - KDE Config Module Initialization...
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian kcminit_startup[1595]: Initializing "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/plasma/kcms/systemsettings/kcm_style.so"
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian kcminit_startup[1595]: Initializing "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/plasma/kcms/systemsettings/kcm_fonts.so"
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian kcminit_startup[1595]: Initializing "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/plasma/kcms/systemsettings/kcm_mouse.so"
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-kcminit.service - KDE Config Module Initialization.
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian dbus-daemon[1385]: [session uid=1000 pid=1385] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.kde' unit='plasma-xdg-desktop-portal-kde.service' requested by ':1.22' (uid=1000 pid=1535 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal")
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-ksmserver.service - KDE Session Management Server...
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-kwallet-pam.service - Unlock kwallet from pam credentials.
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-kded.service - KDE Daemon...
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-kwin_x11.service - KDE Window Manager...
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-kded.service - KDE Daemon.
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-kcminit-phase1.service - KDE Configuration Module Initialization (Phase 1)...
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian kcminit_startup[1595]: Initializing "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/plasma/kcms/systemsettings/kcm_kgamma.so"
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian kcminit_startup[1595]: Initializing "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/plasma/kcms/systemsettings/kcm_touchpad.so"
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian systemd[1358]: Finished plasma-kcminit-phase1.service - KDE Configuration Module Initialization (Phase 1).
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian dbus-daemon[1385]: [session uid=1000 pid=1385] Activating via systemd: service name='org.kde.kglobalaccel' unit='plasma-kglobalaccel.service' requested by ':1.32' (uid=1000 pid=1619 comm="/usr/bin/ksmserver")
Apr 23 15:54:11 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-kglobalaccel.service - KDE Global Shortcuts Server...
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-kglobalaccel.service - KDE Global Shortcuts Server.
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-ksmserver.service - KDE Session Management Server.
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-plasmashell.service - KDE Plasma Workspace...
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-kwin_x11.service - KDE Window Manager.
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian dbus-daemon[1385]: [session uid=1000 pid=1385] Activating via systemd: service name='org.kde.ActivityManager' unit='plasma-kactivitymanagerd.service' requested by ':1.30' (uid=1000 pid=1621 comm="/usr/bin/kded5")
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-kactivitymanagerd.service - KActivityManager Activity manager Service...
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian plasmashell[1660]: Checking screens: available: (QScreen(0x557c34e800e0, name="HDMI-0")) redundant: QHash() fake: QSet() all: (QScreen(0x557c34e800e0, name="HDMI-0"))
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian plasmashell[1660]: Checking screens: available: (QScreen(0x557c34e800e0, name="HDMI-0")) redundant: QHash() fake: QSet() all: (QScreen(0x557c34e800e0, name="HDMI-0"))
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-plasmashell.service - KDE Plasma Workspace.
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian systemd[1358]: Reached target plasma-core.target - KDE Plasma Workspace Core.
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-gmenudbusmenuproxy.service - Proxies GTK DBus menus to a Plasma readable format.
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-polkit-agent.service - KDE PolicyKit Authentication Agent...
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-powerdevil.service - Powerdevil...
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-xdg-desktop-portal-kde.service - Xdg Desktop Portal For KDE...
Apr 23 15:54:12 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-xembedsniproxy.service - Handle legacy xembed system tray icons.
Apr 23 15:54:13 debian dbus-daemon[1385]: [session uid=1000 pid=1385] Activating via systemd: service name='org.kde.KScreen' unit='plasma-kscreen.service' requested by ':1.30' (uid=1000 pid=1621 comm="/usr/bin/kded5")
Apr 23 15:54:13 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-kscreen.service - KScreen...
Apr 23 15:54:13 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-kactivitymanagerd.service - KActivityManager Activity manager Service.
Apr 23 15:54:13 debian plasmashell[1660]: Aborting shell load: The activity manager daemon (kactivitymanagerd) is not running.
Apr 23 15:54:13 debian plasmashell[1660]: If this Plasma has been installed into a custom prefix, verify that its D-Bus services dir is known to the system for the daemon to be activatable.
Apr 23 15:54:13 debian plasmashell[1660]: Aborting shell load: The activity manager daemon (kactivitymanagerd) is not running.
Apr 23 15:54:13 debian plasmashell[1660]: If this Plasma has been installed into a custom prefix, verify that its D-Bus services dir is known to the system for the daemon to be activatable.
Apr 23 15:54:13 debian plasmashell[1660]: kf.plasma.quick: Applet preload policy set to 1
Apr 23 15:54:13 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-kscreen.service - KScreen.
Apr 23 15:54:13 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-polkit-agent.service - KDE PolicyKit Authentication Agent.
Apr 23 15:54:13 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-xdg-desktop-portal-kde.service - Xdg Desktop Portal For KDE.
Apr 23 15:54:14 debian systemd[1358]: Started plasma-powerdevil.service - Powerdevil.
Apr 23 15:54:14 debian systemd[1358]: Reached target plasma-workspace.target - KDE Plasma Workspace.
Apr 23 15:54:14 debian systemd[1358]: Reached target plasma-workspace-x11.target.
Apr 23 15:54:14 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-ksplash-ready.service - KSplash "ready" Stage...
Apr 23 15:54:14 debian systemd[1358]: Starting plasma-restoresession.service - KDE Session Restoration...
Apr 23 15:54:14 debian systemd[1358]: Finished plasma-ksplash-ready.service - KSplash "ready" Stage.
Apr 23 15:54:14 debian systemd[1358]: Finished plasma-restoresession.service - KDE Session Restoration.
Apr 23 15:54:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.digitalclock/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml:534:9: QML Label: Binding loop detected for property "height"
Apr 23 15:54:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.digitalclock/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml:499:13: QML Label: Binding loop detected for property "height"
Apr 23 15:54:16 debian plasmashell[1660]: Trying to use rootObject before initialization is completed, whilst using setInitializationDelayed. Forcing completion
Apr 23 15:54:17 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.digitalclock/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml:499:13: QML Label: Binding loop detected for property "height"
Apr 23 15:54:17 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.digitalclock/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml:534:9: QML Label: Binding loop detected for property "height"
Apr 23 15:54:17 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.digitalclock/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml:556:5: QML Label: Binding loop detected for property "height"
Apr 23 15:54:17 debian plasmashell[1660]: Cyclic dependency detected between "file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notifications/contents/ui/global/Globals.qml" and "file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notifications/contents/ui/NotificationHeader.qml"
Apr 23 15:54:17 debian plasmashell[1660]: Cyclic dependency detected between "file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notifications/contents/ui/global/Globals.qml" and "file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notifications/contents/ui/ThumbnailStrip.qml"
Apr 23 15:54:18 debian plasmashell[1660]: libkcups: CUPS-Get-Printers last error: 1030 No destinations added.
Apr 23 15:54:18 debian plasmashell[1660]: libkcups: Create-Printer-Subscriptions last error: 0 successful-ok
Apr 23 15:54:18 debian plasmashell[1660]: libkcups: Get-Jobs last error: 0 successful-ok
Apr 23 15:54:18 debian plasmashell[1660]: libkcups: Get-Jobs last error: 0 successful-ok
Apr 23 15:54:18 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.networkmanagement/contents/ui/main.qml:95: TypeError: Cannot read property 'airplaneModeAvailable' of null
Apr 23 15:54:18 debian plasmashell[1660]: libkcups: 0
Apr 23 15:54:18 debian plasmashell[1660]: libkcups: 0
Apr 23 15:54:19 debian plasmashell[1660]: QFont::setPointSizeF: Point size <= 0 (0.000000), must be greater than 0
Apr 23 15:54:19 debian plasmashell[1660]: QQmlVMEMetaObject: Internal error - attempted to evaluate a function in an invalid context
Apr 23 15:54:19 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.taskmanager/contents/ui/main.qml:399: TypeError: Property 'modelIndex' of object Task_QMLTYPE_296(0x557c36c1e570) is not a function
Apr 23 15:54:19 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.battery/contents/ui/CompactRepresentation.qml:61:17: Unable to assign [undefined] to int
Apr 23 15:54:24 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 2005, resource id: 77594628, major code: 3 (GetWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:54:24 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 2006, resource id: 77594628, major code: 142 (Unknown), minor code: 1
Apr 23 15:54:24 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 2007, resource id: 77594628, major code: 143 (Unknown), minor code: 1
Apr 23 15:54:24 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 2008, resource id: 77594628, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:54:24 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 2009, resource id: 77594628, major code: 142 (Unknown), minor code: 3
Apr 23 15:54:24 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 152 (Unknown), sequence: 2010, resource id: 37748826, major code: 143 (Unknown), minor code: 2
Apr 23 15:54:39 debian plasmashell[1660]: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
Apr 23 15:54:39 debian plasmashell[1660]: libpng warning: known incorrect sRGB profile
Apr 23 15:54:39 debian plasmashell[1660]: libpng warning: profile matches sRGB but writing iCCP instead
Apr 23 15:54:49 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.private.systemtray/contents/ui/items/PlasmoidItem.qml:125: TypeError: Cannot read property 'compactRepresentationItem' of null
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kickoff/contents/ui/Kickoff.qml:157:34: QML FullRepresentation (parent or ancestor of QQuickLayoutAttached): Binding loop detected for property "preferredWidth"
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kickoff/contents/ui/Footer.qml:155:5: QML LeaveButtons: Binding loop detected for property "shouldCollapseButtons"
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 4690, resource id: 0, major code: 53 (CreatePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4691, resource id: 37748853, major code: 55 (CreateGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4692, resource id: 37748853, major code: 72 (PutImage), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 4693, resource id: 0, major code: 53 (CreatePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4694, resource id: 37748855, major code: 55 (CreateGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4695, resource id: 37748855, major code: 72 (PutImage), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 4696, resource id: 0, major code: 53 (CreatePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4697, resource id: 37748857, major code: 55 (CreateGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4698, resource id: 37748857, major code: 72 (PutImage), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 4699, resource id: 0, major code: 53 (CreatePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4700, resource id: 37748859, major code: 55 (CreateGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4701, resource id: 37748859, major code: 72 (PutImage), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 4702, resource id: 0, major code: 53 (CreatePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4703, resource id: 37748861, major code: 55 (CreateGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4704, resource id: 37748861, major code: 72 (PutImage), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 4705, resource id: 0, major code: 53 (CreatePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4706, resource id: 37748863, major code: 55 (CreateGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4707, resource id: 37748863, major code: 72 (PutImage), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 4708, resource id: 0, major code: 53 (CreatePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4709, resource id: 37748865, major code: 55 (CreateGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4710, resource id: 37748865, major code: 72 (PutImage), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 4711, resource id: 0, major code: 53 (CreatePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4712, resource id: 37748867, major code: 55 (CreateGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 15:55:58 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 4713, resource id: 37748867, major code: 72 (PutImage), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kickoff/contents/ui/Footer.qml:155:5: QML LeaveButtons: Binding loop detected for property "shouldCollapseButtons"
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 4 (BadPixmap), sequence: 12959, resource id: 37748857, major code: 54 (FreePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 13 (BadGC), sequence: 12960, resource id: 37748858, major code: 60 (FreeGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 4 (BadPixmap), sequence: 12961, resource id: 37748859, major code: 54 (FreePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 13 (BadGC), sequence: 12962, resource id: 37748860, major code: 60 (FreeGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 4 (BadPixmap), sequence: 12963, resource id: 37748861, major code: 54 (FreePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 13 (BadGC), sequence: 12964, resource id: 37748862, major code: 60 (FreeGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 4 (BadPixmap), sequence: 12965, resource id: 37748863, major code: 54 (FreePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 13 (BadGC), sequence: 12966, resource id: 37748864, major code: 60 (FreeGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 4 (BadPixmap), sequence: 12967, resource id: 37748865, major code: 54 (FreePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 13 (BadGC), sequence: 12968, resource id: 37748866, major code: 60 (FreeGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 4 (BadPixmap), sequence: 12969, resource id: 37748867, major code: 54 (FreePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 13 (BadGC), sequence: 12970, resource id: 37748868, major code: 60 (FreeGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 4 (BadPixmap), sequence: 12971, resource id: 37748853, major code: 54 (FreePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 13 (BadGC), sequence: 12972, resource id: 37748854, major code: 60 (FreeGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 4 (BadPixmap), sequence: 12973, resource id: 37748855, major code: 54 (FreePixmap), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:37:15 debian plasmashell[1660]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 13 (BadGC), sequence: 12974, resource id: 37748856, major code: 60 (FreeGC), minor code: 0
Apr 23 16:52:38 debian plasmashell[1660]: libkcups: Renew-Subscription last error: 0 successful-ok
Apr 23 16:56:40 debian plasmashell[1660]: trying to show an empty dialog
Apr 23 16:57:00 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.taskmanager/contents/ui/Task.qml:286: Unable to assign [undefined] to QString
Apr 23 16:57:00 debian plasmashell[1660]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.taskmanager/contents/ui/Task.qml:286: Unable to assign [undefined] to QString
Apr 23 16:57:00 debian plasmashell[12538]: kf.xmlgui: Shortcut for action "" "Show Quick Commands" set with QAction::setShortcut()! Use KActionCollection::setDefaultShortcut(s) instead.
Apr 23 16:57:00 debian plasmashell[12538]: kf.xmlgui: Shortcut for action "" "Show SSH Manager" set with QAction::setShortcut()! Use KActionCollection::setDefaultShortcut(s) instead.
I don’t know enough about plasma to say which of these logs is related to the problem, I would greatly appreciate help.
