On 08-18-2024 01:40AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 8/18/24 1:17 AM, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
pj> #[QtQuickRendererSettings] pj> #SceneGraphBackend=software
pj> Powercycled.
pj> Both entries have now vanished from the file completely. Just curious if pj> I can gain access/install/create the "QT Quick renderer settings module" pj> somehow, for quick adjusts. This could be very helpful across machines.
I couldn't figure it out.
Neither could I, but I think pj has it solved - whoop!
kcmshell6 qtquicksettings Try kcmshell4 qtquicksettings with KDE4 or whichever, see if it works maybe.
The problem was the setting:
[QtQuickRendererSettings] SceneGraphBackend=software
was disabling hardware acceleration in plasma until he found and removed it from kdeglobals.
I pruned this from a prior post by Michael Hamilton. Under the title "Glitches in Plasma6" to openSUSE factory mailing list Saturday 04 May 2024. - Quote > It's hard to say for sure from reading the symptoms, but it reads a bit like a problem I encountered. When plasma errors it sometimes silently switches to a software renderer. If this has happend, check ~/.config/kdeglobals and remove: [QtQuickRendererSettings] SceneGraphBackend=software I've posted concerning this on KDE Discuss: https://discuss.kde.org/t/on-error-kde6-x11-switched-to-the-software-rendere... https://discuss.kde.org/t/wayland-kwin-crashes-when-i-alt-tab/12730/10?u=dig... I run the script quoted in the second link that checks for this on each login. Michael - The sad part about it all is I had taken down the information. Finally after my efforts a final search entry of 'hardware acceleration' into keepassxc - pulled it up. Then decent browser searches got me really back on track.
I'd never heard of that setting before, and apparently it has caught a number of people off-guard based on the reddit post.
It's in the wild actually. I feel bad for innocent people firing up a game that may or may not work, (jamming up the desktop). Powercycling and then dealing with the *explosive* aftermath. The Flathub Total Chaos game software isn't anything to be taken lightly when using KDE for that matter.
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1dld272/plasma_61_feels_like_a_step_ba...
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1bacog7/plasma_6_all_my_icons_move_to_... There is a simple solution out there it just smacks the user real hard because they don't necessarily know what to look for so they can fix it.🫥