[SOLVED] KDE crashes when mounting USB drive, -current ( Sat Jul 17 17:55:10 UTC 2021)

Hi,

today I updated to Sat Jul 17 17:55:10 UTC 2021, before the update I had the KDE stack at least from before Sat Jul 10 18:45:01 UTC 2021, i.e. from before the recent bigger KDE update ( Sat Jul 10 18:45:01 UTC 2021).

And now, after the update, KDE crashes when I try to use it to mount a USB drive.
Not everything crashes, e.g. kwin still works, but panels dissappar.

Anyone observing something similar?

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Andrzej Telszewski

This is at least the third thread about this problem, and no solution emerged. It's unclear why this happens for some but not all users.
Discussion happened mainly here, where you can find a workaround (downgrade to solid 5.83).
One might be able to get their "KDE" back by pressing alt-F2 and typing `plasmashell` <RET>.

I think it would be good to move discussion of the issue to this thread here as it has a good title and the other one moved on, though it has most info (at the link above).

Originally Posted by atelszewski Hi, today I updated to Sat Jul 17 17:55:10 UTC 2021, before the update I had the KDE stack at least from before Sat Jul 10 18:45:01 UTC 2021, i.e. from before the recent bigger KDE update ( Sat Jul 10 18:45:01 UTC 2021). And now, after the update, KDE crashes when I try to use it to mount a USB drive. Not everything crashes, e.g. kwin still works, but panels dissappar. Anyone observing something similar? -- Best regards, Andrzej Telszewski

Did you bothered to read the Plasma5 thread before posting this?

Probably not, because you have been known already that the last pages discuss this issue and many are affected.

There is still know only one workaround: rolling back to solid-5.83

Interesting. I tried unsuccessfully to replicate the crashing issue with KDE-plasma. MY KDE work stations are fully updated. I was able to mount and open my USB drive and safely remove it.

Originally Posted by atelszewski Hi, today I updated to Sat Jul 17 17:55:10 UTC 2021, before the update I had the KDE stack at least from before Sat Jul 10 18:45:01 UTC 2021, i.e. from before the recent bigger KDE update ( Sat Jul 10 18:45:01 UTC 2021). And now, after the update, KDE crashes when I try to use it to mount a USB drive. Not everything crashes, e.g. kwin still works, but panels dissappar. Anyone observing something similar? -- Best regards, Andrzej Telszewski

Maybe related may not be, I put it down to kernel 5.13, since that update I have had lots of stack errors the biggest machine killer is with rsync and external usb disks.

(edited, added): rsync runs ok machine to machine, its fine, but try to usb and bam machines stack errors and becomes useless requiring hard power internvention

note: this is on a pentium 4 CPU
Before I start my tangents I'll await another kernel

Hi,

thank you for pointing me out in the correct direction.

Closed as a duplicate of this post.

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Best regards,
Andrzej Telszewski