I just performed a fresh install with the latest ISO about a week ago now, and I have a small list of problems I can’t seem to locate solutions for. Anyone able to help me out with some or all of these? Please go easy on me, still learning Linux as a whole.
Setup details:
Lenovo E490 with Lenovo Dock, connected to External 32" Display over DisplayPort
Panel(s) do not load upon fresh boot
Happens with any themes including default
Can restore using a script I built to kill plasmashell and restart
Tried placing this script in Settings > Autostart but does not work at login
– ** Seems to only happen when connected to external display **
Konsole only loads default color profile
Have created my own color profile, but does not load by default (setting somewhere?)
Sorry, perhaps I was not clear enough. I have removed the laptop from the dock to test (after posting) and was confirming that yes, undocked the desktop panels load fine. It appears to be related to when I have an external display connected. I have also tried to enable both laptop and external displays and rebooted only to have the same missing panel effect.
I think there may be a way to script this into a solution but I am not smart enough to do so. Maybe I should simply alter my routine and boot up un-docked, then connect and see what happens. Idk.
I am due to get my new Surface Laptop 4 soon, scared to try and dual boot with it (EndeavorOS and Win10/Win11).
My t480s does not work well at all coming from a full shut down while on the dock on kde either. It’s fine from hibernation or sleep, but I also need to do the initial start up off the dock for some reason. I never really looked into it since it was easy enough to just do. And realistically I rarely have my computer cold. It’s almost always asleep or in hibernate.
I’m using a Lenovo dock with my T450 with Gnome with no issue. Its not a fair comparison because your E490 uses either a USB-C or Thunderbolt dock which is a different technology then my laptops.
I was wondering if you could look at the below article and let us know which specific Lenovo dock you are using.
Additionally I am assuming you are using Windows 10 (dual boot). Did you install the Lenovo Vantage software and make sure your laptop and docking station have the latest firmware?
So, the dock I am using is the USB C Gen 2. I am not dual booting with Windows (though the next laptop will be if I can pull it off). This one just has ArchCraft on another partition.
The display issue is def related to being connected to the dock. The panels load just fine if I am only on the laptop display. My script to kill and restart works well enough - however, I haven’t gotten the disown command to work correctly - causing me to kill the terminal session while tasks are still being executed.
As for the Konsole color thing, I finally located some documentation to address this and all is well there.
I actually purchased a very specific NVME drive to go into my WWLAN slot on my 480. So I have Windows on that 256GB drive and Arch on my 1TB NVME in the normal slot and dual boot using the boot manager.
So, I figured I would post the log that generates after I run this script to correct the Plasma panel issue I have been dealing with - hoping someone sees something that leads to a fix. If not, any tips on getting this script to run automatically upon log in would be helpful. It wont run when I put it in the Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Autostart
Here is the output after launching the script manually.
🕙 07:01:14 ❯❯❯ cd Documents/```
```~/Documents
🕙 07:01:20 ❯❯❯ bash plasma_fix.sh ```
```~/Documents
🕙 07:01:24 ❯❯❯ Icon theme "gnome" not found.
kf.plasma.quick: Applet preload policy set to 1
Both point size and pixel size set. Using pixel size.
Both point size and pixel size set. Using pixel size.
Both point size and pixel size set. Using pixel size.
Both point size and pixel size set. Using pixel size.
trying to show an empty dialog
trying to show an empty dialog
file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:134:19: QML Loader: Binding loop detected for property "height"
file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:134:19: QML Loader: Binding loop detected for property "height"
Plasma Shell startup completed
kf.service.services: Parsing "exist Exec and ('/usr/bin/yad --window-icon=/usr/share/endeavouros/EndeavourOS-icon.png --notebook --key=886720 --center --title=Welcome v3.16.9-1 --use-interp --expand --tab=General Info --tab=After Install --tab=Assistant --tab=Tips --tab=Add More Apps --active-tab=2 --button= Software News!applications-development!Important news about EndeavourOS software:ImportantNews --button= Changelog!applications-development!Show the changelog of Welcome:WelcomeChangelog --button= Don't show me anymore!face-crying!Don't show me anymore:5 --button= Help!help-contents!:WelcomeHelp' =~ Exec)" gave: syntax error
kf.service.services: Parsing "exist Exec and ('yad --window-icon=/usr/share/endeavouros/EndeavourOS-icon.png --notebook --key=886720 --center --title=Welcome v3.16.9-1 --use-interp --expand --tab=General Info --tab=After Install --tab=Assistant --tab=Tips --tab=Add More Apps --active-tab=2 --button= Software News!applications-development!Important news about EndeavourOS software:ImportantNews --button= Changelog!applications-development!Show the changelog of Welcome:WelcomeChangelog --button= Don't show me anymore!face-crying!Don't show me anymore:5 --button= Help!help-contents!:WelcomeHelp' =~ Exec)" gave: syntax error
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.panelspacer/contents/ui/main.qml:39:5: Unable to assign [undefined] to QQuickGridLayout*
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.panelspacer/contents/ui/main.qml:39:5: Unable to assign [undefined] to QQuickGridLayout*
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.digitalclock/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml:520:9: QML Label: Binding loop detected for property "height"
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.digitalclock/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml:475:13: QML Label: Binding loop detected for property "height"
trying to show an empty dialog
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.panel/contents/ui/main.qml:18:1: QML DropArea (parent or ancestor of QQuickLayoutAttached): Binding loop detected for property "minimumWidth"
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.digitalclock/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml:475:13: QML Label: Binding loop detected for property "height"
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.digitalclock/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml:520:9: QML Label: Binding loop detected for property "height"
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.digitalclock/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml:542:5: QML Label: Binding loop detected for property "height"
trying to show an empty dialog
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.panel/contents/ui/main.qml:18:1: QML DropArea (parent or ancestor of QQuickLayoutAttached): Binding loop detected for property "minimumWidth"
trying to show an empty dialog
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.panel/contents/ui/main.qml:18:1: QML DropArea (parent or ancestor of QQuickLayoutAttached): Binding loop detected for property "minimumWidth"
libkcups: CUPS-Get-Printers last error: 0 successful-ok
libkcups: Create-Printer-Subscriptions last error: 0 successful-ok
libkcups: Get-Jobs last error: 0 successful-ok
libkcups: Get-Jobs last error: 0 successful-ok
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"
libkcups: 3 "PB650"
libkcups: 0
libkcups: 0
trying to show an empty dialog
file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:134:19: QML Loader: Binding loop detected for property "height"
file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:134:19: QML Loader: Binding loop detected for property "height"
trying to show an empty dialog
trying to show an empty dialog
file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:134:19: QML Loader: Binding loop detected for property "height"
file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:134:19: QML Loader: Binding loop detected for property "height"
trying to show an empty dialog
file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:134:19: QML Loader: Binding loop detected for property "height"
file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:134:19: QML Loader: Binding loop detected for property "height"
QFont::setPointSizeF: Point size <= 0 (0.000000), must be greater than 0
Trying to take space not available BasicAppletContainer_QMLTYPE_180(0x561198d05fd0, parent=0x561198be1130, geometry=2432,1360 128x64)
trying to show an empty dialog
trying to show an empty dialog
Both point size and pixel size set. Using pixel size.
trying to show an empty dialog```
I have edited the post as requested (sorry about that, kinda new here).
This started right after the fresh install and connected to the docking station using an external display. This does not happen when I am not connected to another display and simply just laptop screen alone.
The panels do not load at all, just the eos welcome app and a wallpaper. Problem does persist if I remove my panels and replace with default.
The Konsole issue has been sorted out.
Output for plasmoids:
🕙 07:34:37 ❯❯❯ ls -al ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 5 jerry jerry 4096 Nov 1 14:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 jerry jerry 4096 Nov 1 14:27 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 jerry jerry 4096 Nov 1 14:27 launchpadPlasma
drwxr-xr-x 3 jerry jerry 4096 Nov 1 14:27 org.kde.plasma.splitdigitalclock
drwxr-xr-x 3 jerry jerry 4096 Nov 1 14:27 SimplePager
~
🕙 07:34:54 ❯❯❯ ```
-- Journal begins at Fri 2021-10-22 09:03:37 EDT, ends at Fri 2021-11-05 08:07:33 EDT. --
Nov 05 07:00:31 endeavor kernel: ucsi_acpi USBC000:00: con1: failed to register alternate modes
Nov 05 07:00:31 endeavor kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: command 0xfc01 tx timeout
Nov 05 07:00:39 endeavor kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: FW download error recovery failed (-110)
Nov 05 07:00:40 endeavor kernel: usb 1-2.3.2: 1:1: cannot set freq 48000 to ep 0x3
Nov 05 07:00:40 endeavor kernel: usb 1-2.3.3.3.1: 3:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x84
Nov 05 07:01:10 endeavor kernel: usb 1-2.3.3.3.1: 3:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x84
Nov 05 07:01:10 endeavor kernel: usb 1-2.3.3.3.1: 3:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x84
Nov 05 07:19:47 endeavor pulseaudio[1447]: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there>
Nov 05 07:19:47 endeavor pulseaudio[1447]: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_usb_audi>
Nov 05 07:19:47 endeavor pulseaudio[1447]: We were woken up with POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent >
~ took 15s
🕙 08:07:51 ❯❯❯
xrandr output:
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 2560 x 1440, maximum 32767 x 32767
eDP1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
1920x1080 60.01 + 59.93
1680x1050 59.88
1400x1050 59.98
1600x900 60.00 59.95 59.82
1280x1024 60.02
1400x900 59.96 59.88
1280x960 60.00
1368x768 60.00 59.88 59.85
1280x800 59.81 59.91
1280x720 59.86 60.00 59.74
1024x768 60.00
1024x576 60.00 59.90 59.82
960x540 60.00 59.63 59.82
800x600 60.32 56.25
864x486 60.00 59.92 59.57
640x480 59.94
720x405 59.51 60.00 58.99
640x360 59.84 59.32 60.00
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP1-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP1-2 connected primary 2560x1440+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 700mm x 390mm
2560x1440 59.95*+ 74.93
1920x1440 75.00 60.00
2560x1080 60.00 59.94 50.00
1856x1392 75.00 60.00
1792x1344 75.00 60.00
2048x1152 60.00
1920x1200 74.93 59.88
1920x1080 60.00 50.00 59.94
1600x1200 75.00 70.00 65.00 60.00
1680x1050 74.89 59.95
1680x945 60.02
1400x1050 74.87 59.98
1600x900 60.00
1280x1024 75.02 60.02
1440x900 74.98 59.89
1280x960 60.00
1366x768 59.79
1360x768 60.02
1280x800 74.93 59.81
1152x864 75.00
1280x768 74.89 59.87
1280x720 60.00 50.00 59.94
1440x576 50.00
1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00
1440x480 60.00 59.94
1024x576 59.97
832x624 74.55
800x600 72.19 75.00 60.32 56.25
720x576 50.00
848x480 60.00
720x480 60.00 59.94
640x480 75.00 72.81 66.67 60.00 59.94
720x400 70.08
DP1-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
A manual plasmashell restart post boot works fine, but plasmashell starting during boot process doesn’t. Weird race condition-ish type behavior. PITA to diagnose.
Maybe try the KDE forum, or create a bug on KDE bugtracker … but that may gather dust. Arch forum could maybe help as last resort, but if they sniff out a EOS install you’ll probably be insta-banned.
If it were me I’d rule out silly stuff, like changing dock DP ports and / or using the HDMI ports instead. Try re-installing KDE again whilst docked. Try latte-dock.
If this is a deal breaker you coud also try Gnome () , they supposedly have good ThinkPad dock support OOTB.
It’s tuned to run Windows I’m sure.
) , they supposedly have good ThinkPad dock support OOTB.