Re: KDE/Plasma 6.5.0 upgrade experiences
On Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM Aurélien COUDERC <libre@coucouf.fr> wrote:
> >
> > Le jeudi 23 octobre 2025, 11:44:31 heure d’été d’Europe centrale Sedat Dilek a écrit :
> > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > [ kwin-wayland crash ]
> > > >
> > > > When starting for the first time in the new KDE/Plasma 6.5.0 I
> > > > encountered a KWin (Wayland) (k)crash.
> > > > Send the generated report to upstream.
> > > > ( Looks like I stored the output *.krash file in a temp directory - no
> > > > more available. )
> > >
> > > Attached 2nd output after reboot.
> >
> > There’s a fix in upstream git for an issue in plasma-activities that could look like your crash.
> >
> > I’ve backported the commit and built the packages with it here [1], could you give them a try and see if it fixes your issue ?
> >
> > *Please* verify the changes file with :
> > gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg --verify plasma-activities_6.5.0-3~pre0_amd64.changes
> > to check that it’s really signed with my key from the debian keyring and install with :
> > sudo apt install ./plasma-activities_6.5.0-3~pre0_amd64.changes
> > to ensure the packages have not been tampered with.
> >
> > [1] https://people.debian.org/~coucouf/plasma-activities_6.5.0-3~pre0/
> >
> > If it works I’ll do a proper upload.
> >
> >
>
> Dear Aurelien,
>
> yes, this makes the crash go away.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
> -Sedat-
>
> P.S.: Addendum
>
> # cd plasma-activities_6.5.0-3~pre0/
>
> # LC_ALL=C apt install ./plasma-activities_6.5.0-3~pre0_amd64.changes
> Error: Could not open file ./plasma-activities_6.5.0-3~pre0.dsc - open
> (2: No such file or directory)
> Error: Unable to determine file size for fd -1 - fstat (9: Bad file descriptor)
> Error: The file ./plasma-activities_6.5.0-3~pre0.dsc does not match
> with the hashes in the ./plasma-activities_6.5.0-3~pre0_amd64.changes
> file!
>
> ^^ Looks like DSC file missing
>
> # git diff packages_3987.txt packages.txt
> diff --git a/packages_3987.txt b/packages.txt
> index 1a754bb..10400fe 100644
> --- a/packages_3987.txt
> +++ b/packages.txt
> @@ -2956,8 +2956,11 @@ ii libplasma-geolocation-interface6:amd64 4:6.5.0-1
> ii libplasma5support-data 4:6.5.0-1
> ii libplasma5support6:amd64 4:6.5.0-1
> ii libplasma6:amd64 6.5.0-1
> -ii libplasmaactivities-data 6.5.0-2
> -ii libplasmaactivities7:amd64 6.5.0-2
> +ii libplasmaactivities-data 6.5.0-3~pre0
> +ii libplasmaactivities-dev 6.5.0-3~pre0
> +ii libplasmaactivities-qt6-doc 6.5.0-3~pre0
> +ii libplasmaactivities7:amd64 6.5.0-3~pre0
> +ii libplasmaactivities7-dbgsym:amd64 6.5.0-3~pre0
> ii libplasmaactivitiesstats1:amd64 6.5.0-1
> ii libplasmaquick6:amd64 6.5.0-1
> ii libplasmaweatherdata6:amd64 4:6.5.0-1
> @@ -4175,7 +4178,8 @@ ii pkg-config:amd64 1.8.1-4
> ii pkg-kde-tools 0.19.0
> ii pkgconf:amd64 1.8.1-4
> ii pkgconf-bin 1.8.1-4
> -ii plasma-activities-bin 6.5.0-2
> +ii plasma-activities-bin 6.5.0-3~pre0
> +ii plasma-activities-bin-dbgsym 6.5.0-3~pre0
> ii plasma-browser-integration 6.5.0-1
> ii plasma-dataengines-addons:amd64 4:6.5.0-1
> ii plasma-desktop 4:6.5.0-2
> @@ -4543,7 +4547,8 @@ ii qml-module-qtquick-window2:amd64 5.15.17+dfsg-3
> ii qml-module-qtquick2:amd64 5.15.17+dfsg-3
> ii qml-module-qtwebengine:amd64 5.15.19+dfsg2-1
> ii qml6-module-assets-downloader:amd64 6.9.2+dfsg-4
> -ii qml6-module-org-kde-activities:amd64 6.5.0-2
> +ii qml6-module-org-kde-activities:amd64 6.5.0-3~pre0
> +ii qml6-module-org-kde-activities-dbgsym:amd64 6.5.0-3~pre0
> ii qml6-module-org-kde-baloo:amd64 6.18.0-1
> ii qml6-module-org-kde-bluezqt:amd64 6.18.0-1
> ii qml6-module-org-kde-breeze 6.5.0-1
>
> ^^ Will remove dev/doc/dbgsym packages later
[ Removed ]
-ii libplasmaactivities-data 6.5.0-2
-ii libplasmaactivities7:amd64 6.5.0-2
+ii libplasmaactivities-data 6.5.0-3~pre0
+ii libplasmaactivities7:amd64 6.5.0-3~pre0
-ii plasma-activities-bin 6.5.0-2
+ii plasma-activities-bin 6.5.0-3~pre0
-ii qml6-module-org-kde-activities:amd64 6.5.0-2
+ii qml6-module-org-kde-activities:amd64 6.5.0-3~pre0
[ Restored ]
cp -av ~/dot-config_ksmserverrc ~/.config/ksmserverrc
[ Debian-Kernels ]
Tested with above 2 settings and ...
ii linux-image-6.16.12+deb14+1-amd64 6.16.12-2
ii linux-image-6.17.2-amd64 6.17.2-1~exp1
GN8,
-sed@-
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