My KDE Plasma5 started up this morning with nothing on the desktop but an empty panel bar. No applications or other features on the panel or icons on the desktop. Just the wallpaper image and empty plasma5 panel.
The 'add widgets' gives no response (yes they are set to 'unlocked').
I can add a new panels but not add widgets to them.
I have tried all manner of things to get KDE working, removing the .kde and .kde4 folders in my home space, also the plasma* files in the .config folder, removing and re-adding the KDE meta packages from rpmdrake, adding and removing the qtquick elements.
Now I would simply like to completely remove and then re-add KDE Plasma5 from the Install/Remove Software in Mageia Control Centre Graphical Desktop/Window Managers meta-packages, but removing the "task-plasma5 - Metapackage for Plasma 5" and "task-plasma5-minimal - Minimal dependencies needed by Plasma 5" (both version 5.12.2) and re-adding them is not refreshing the KDE unless I remove the plasma-desktop pkg as well"plasma-desktop - Plasma 5 application workspace components".... Even when the fresh plasma-desktop pkg is reinstalled no change in the KDE plasma5 system.
A new user added to the system has the same issue, ie empty desktop and no widgets on the default KDE panel and cant add them either ....
Below is the error messages from the broken plasmashell start up and the failure messages from the attempt to 'Add Widgets'.
It looks a lot like there is a mismatch or broken link between plasma versions or elements.
I have installed the mega-update recently but problem only started a days after that update.. Have tried a few different kernel versions (now 4.14.40-server-1.mga6) but they have had no effect on the problem.
What do I need to do to get a clean install of KDE with the newer 5.12.2 version of plasma ?
It would be nice if the remove and add of the meta-packages for the KDE graphical desktop in rpmdrake would refresh the entire KDE stack in magiea !
Any suggestions welcome.
Greg
Shutdown and restart of plasma shell with error messages :-
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[greg@newport ~]$ kquitapp5 plasmashell
[greg@newport ~]$ plasmashell
Warning: all files used by qml by the plasmoid should be in ui/. The file in the path "file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/contents/code/LayoutManager.js" was expected at QUrl("file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/contents/ui/LayoutManager.js")
Warning: all files used by qml by the plasmoid should be in ui/. The file in the path "file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/contents/code/FolderTools.js" was expected at QUrl("file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/contents/ui/FolderTools.js")
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/contents/ui/FolderViewLayer.qml:210:9: Type FolderView unavailable
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/contents/ui/FolderView.qml:527:9: Type PlasmaExtras.ScrollArea unavailable
file:///usr/lib/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/extras/ScrollArea.qml:22:1: module "QtQuick.Controls.Styles.Plasma" is not installed
trying to show an empty dialog
kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/mga/backgrounds/"
kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/mga/backgrounds/"
kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/mga/backgrounds/"
"file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/applet/AppletError.qml"
"Error loading QML file.\n41: Type PlasmaComponents.TextArea unavailable\n23: module \"QtQuick.Controls.Styles.Plasma\" is not installed\n"
"file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/applet/AppletError.qml"
"Error loading QML file.\n41: Type PlasmaComponents.TextArea unavailable\n23: module \"QtQuick.Controls.Styles.Plasma\" is not installed\n"
Warning: all files used by qml by the plasmoid should be in ui/. The file in the path "file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.lock_logout/contents/code/data.js" was expected at QUrl("file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.lock_logout/contents/ui/data.js")
"file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/applet/AppletError.qml"
"Error loading QML file.\n41: Type PlasmaComponents.TextArea unavailable\n23: module \"QtQuick.Controls.Styles.Plasma\" is not installed\n"
"file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/applet/AppletError.qml"
"Error loading QML file.\n41: Type PlasmaComponents.TextArea unavailable\n23: module \"QtQuick.Controls.Styles.Plasma\" is not installed\n"
Trying to use rootObject before initialization is completed, whilst using setInitializationDelayed. Forcing completion
Warning: all files used by qml by the plasmoid should be in ui/. The file in the path "file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.panel/contents/code/LayoutManager.js" was expected at QUrl("file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.panel/contents/ui/LayoutManager.js")
"file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/applet/AppletError.qml"
"Error loading QML file.\n41: Type PlasmaComponents.TextArea unavailable\n23: module \"QtQuick.Controls.Styles.Plasma\" is not installed\n"
file:///usr/share/plasma/packages/org.kde.paneltoolbox/contents/ui/main.qml:31: ReferenceError: plasmoid is not defined
file:///usr/share/plasma/packages/org.kde.paneltoolbox/contents/ui/main.qml:76: ReferenceError: plasmoid is not defined
file:///usr/share/plasma/packages/org.kde.paneltoolbox/contents/ui/main.qml:76: ReferenceError: plasmoid is not defined
file:///usr/share/plasma/packages/org.kde.paneltoolbox/contents/ui/main.qml:68: ReferenceError: plasmoid is not defined
file:///usr/share/plasma/packages/org.kde.paneltoolbox/contents/ui/main.qml:31: ReferenceError: plasmoid is not defined
file:///usr/share/plasma/packages/org.kde.paneltoolbox/contents/ui/main.qml:32: ReferenceError: plasmoid is not defined
file:///usr/share/plasma/packages/org.kde.paneltoolbox/contents/ui/main.qml:67:5: QML Connections: Cannot assign to non-existent property "onUserConfiguringChanged"
Plasma Shell startup completed
trying to show an empty dialog
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Error Messages when trying to add a widget to the panel :-
file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/explorer/WidgetExplorer.qml:221:13: Type PlasmaComponents.TextField unavailable
file:///usr/lib/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/components/TextField.qml:24:1: module "QtQuick.Controls.Styles.Plasma" is not installed
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