Widget Woes

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I’ve had many problems since the last big update: slow boot, chrome failing to start, nearly every window crashing. As mentioned in another thread, my disk monitor widget was coming up blank: no data, no graphic. I tried other similar widgets and created a problem rather than fix one.

Whenever I reboot, I get four instances of the disk monitor loading. This must have happened when I tried to correct the original problem. The graphic presentation in each reflects the different versions I tried to get working. Now, I can’t stop them from loading! After each reboot, I have to close each individually and they return on the next boot. I tried uninstalling but that doesn’t work either. I don’t know if its related but my disk hasn’t stopped spinning in 2 days and programs are barely responsive if they don’t crash immediately.

But, one problem at a time. How do I get rid of these widgets permanently?

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I do not use that widget, but reading about your massive problems I realy ask myself if your system is sound.

Assuming you already know that you must update Tumbleweed with

zypper dup

I am wondering about your active repos. Maybe people can have a look at it when you post

zypper lr -d
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I zypper dup a couple of times a week…so long as there 100 updates or more.

zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                                  | Name                        | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                            
            | Service
---+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------------
------------+--------
 1 | google-chrome                          | google-chrome               | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64            
            |  
 2 | hardware                               | hardware                    | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | No      |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/hardware/openSUSE_Tu
mbleweed/   |  
 3 | openSUSE-20171231-0                    | openSUSE-20171231-0         | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | yast2  | cd:/?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TSSTcorp_DVD+_-RW_SH-216BB_R8U
46GAC204JSD |  
 4 | openSUSE_Tumbleweed                    | KDE Extra                   | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_T
umbleweed/  |  
 5 | opensuse-guide.org-openSUSE_Tumbleweed | libdvdcss repository        | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/            
            |  
 6 | packman.inode.at-openSUSE_Tumbleweed   | Packman Repository          | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/              
            |  
 7 | repo-debug                             | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug   | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/tumbleweed/repo/oss/        
            |  
 8 | repo-non-oss                           | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Non-Oss | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/          
            |  
 9 | repo-oss                               | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss     | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/              
            |  
10 | repo-source                            | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Source  | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss/       
            |  
11 | repo-update                            | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Update  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed/                
            |  
12 | skype-stable                           | skype (stable)              | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | https://repo.skype.com/rpm/stable/                             
            |  
13 | x86_64                                 | x86_64                      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/musicmanager/rpm/stable/x86_64      
            |

I don’t skype. So I guess I can get rid of that one. I used just a few widgets: latte dock and a calendar/weather widget. Sometimes kde connect; but that’s about it.

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I do not see any particular things to worry about either. But you having so many problems, I think it was worth checking.

Maybe others also have ideas about this.

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I have been reading about problems with the Plasma update and the latest kernel. Do you think that could be connected?

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I will leave that to the TW users (I am not one). Just asked for the most obvious, but this seems to go deeper.

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What video card driver and display manager are you using? I’ve found that Plasma and Plasma (Wayland) work fine for me, but Plasma (Full Wayland) wreaks havoc on my system with the nouveau and mesa video drivers.

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Not using nvidia. I tried all versions of Plasma with same result.

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System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Desktop Session > On Login: Restore manually saved session. Then save your session and reboot.

BTW: I tidied up my system some time ago. dup works like a charm (there are no “big” updates), disks spin down when idle, boot is really fast, Plasma is snappy, typical load average: 0.26, 0.35, 0.35 when browsing the forums, Startup finished in 4.099s (firmware) + 3.614s (loader) + 698ms (kernel) + 2.230s (initrd) + 3.059s (userspace) = 13.702s.

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Don’t see my reply to karlmistelberger, so I’ll repeat it.

Your fix didn’t work. I now have 5 instances of the Hard Disk Monitor appearing after every reboot. I have to manually remove them. I would like to PERMANENTLY remove them. I wish I could get them out of my system, not just off the desktop.

I’ve used KDE since my suse version was in single digits. Now, I’m thinking of ditching KDE but don’t know how to get gnome without a re-install. People here know every dot and backslash in the linux, opensuse and KDE code! Someone must know how to ditch this widget.

BTW, karlmistelberger, I am SOOO jealous of your start up time!

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Examine ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc, and perhaps you’ll find the repeated applet sections there? Easy enough to edit if need be.

Alternatively, you can have that file back at default with

mv ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc  ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc.old

then log out and back in. It will get recreated, and you can always re-invoke the former file if desired. You’ll need to add back the widgets, desktop settings as required.

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Regarding your comment…

Now, I’m thinking of ditching KDE but don’t know how to get gnome without a re-install.

It’s very easy to add another desktop environment (no re-install necessary).
You can use Yast Software Manager and select the “GNOME Desktop Environment” (ok to install Basic, Wayland, and X11) in the ‘Patterns’ tab.

Or check/install with zypper…

zypper se patterns-gnome

To install…

zypper in patterns-gnome

You can choose the preferred desktop at the login screen.

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I assembled the box in 2014: Personal Computer Maßanfertigung: Ich bin beeindruckt | Karl Mistelberger With SSDs becoming more affording I added some drives:


System:    Host: hofkirchen Kernel: 5.7.1-1-default x86_64 bits: 64 Console: tty 1 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20200618 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z87 Pro3 serial: M80-3B015801235 UEFI: American Megatrends v: P2.90 
           date: 07/11/2014 
Memory:    RAM: total: 15.30 GiB used: 1.81 GiB (11.8%) 
           Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 4 EC: None 
           Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 size: 8 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s 
           Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 size: No Module Installed 
           Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 size: No Module Installed 
           Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 size: 8 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-4130 bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 801 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.50 TiB used: 1.61 TiB (64.3%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM001-1CH164 size: 1.82 TiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
           ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB

I have a living list of parts considered for updating the system (don’t consider to upgrade soon):

  • Mainboard: Gigabyte B450M S2H
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
  • Memory: Corsair DIMM 32GB DDR4-2666 Kit
  • SSD: A-Data XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 SSD - 2TB

Components with similar specs are available from many vendors. Great build advice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gReOgj0jd3A

I aim at keeping changes to installation defaults small. Leap 15.2 default startup:

:~ # journalctl -b -q --no-hostname -o short-monotonic -u init.scope --grep reached --directory /mnt/@/var/log/journal/
    1.995873] systemd[1]: Reached target System Initialization.
    1.995961] systemd[1]: Reached target Remote File Systems (Pre).
    1.996040] systemd[1]: Reached target Remote File Systems.
    2.028548] systemd[1]: Reached target Paths.
    2.028785] systemd[1]: Reached target Basic System.
    3.047228] systemd[1]: Reached target Initrd Root Device.
    3.074469] systemd[1]: Reached target Initrd Root File System.
    3.194848] systemd[1]: Reached target Initrd File Systems.
    3.194971] systemd[1]: Reached target Initrd Default Target.
    3.254146] systemd[1]: Reached target Switch Root.
    4.226036] systemd[1]: Reached target Local File Systems (Pre).
    4.520510] systemd[1]: Reached target Local File Systems.
    4.810689] systemd[1]: Reached target System Initialization.
    4.812252] systemd[1]: Reached target Paths.
    4.813012] systemd[1]: Reached target Sockets.
    4.813259] systemd[1]: Reached target Basic System.
    4.871032] systemd[1]: Reached target Sound Card.
    5.178714] systemd[1]: Reached target Network.
    5.179952] systemd[1]: Reached target Host and Network Name Lookups.
    5.181615] systemd[1]: Reached target User and Group Name Lookups.
    5.256823] systemd[1]: Reached target System Time Synchronized.
    5.259287] systemd[1]: Reached target Timers.
    5.282495] systemd[1]: Reached target Remote File Systems.
    8.388756] systemd[1]: Reached target Login Prompts.
    8.388928] systemd[1]: Reached target Multi-User System.
    8.918091] systemd[1]: Reached target Graphical Interface.

Tumbleweed optimized startup:

:~ # journalctl -b -q --no-hostname -o short-monotonic -u init.scope --grep reached
    1.398172] systemd[1]: Reached target System Initialization.
    1.398224] systemd[1]: Reached target Basic System.
    2.470336] systemd[1]: Reached target Initrd Root Device.
    2.695338] systemd[1]: Reached target Remote File Systems (Pre).
    2.698341] systemd[1]: Reached target Remote File Systems.
    2.744456] systemd[1]: Reached target Initrd Root File System.
    2.929995] systemd[1]: Reached target Initrd File Systems.
    2.931005] systemd[1]: Reached target Initrd Default Target.
    3.013024] systemd[1]: Reached target Switch Root.
    4.072163] systemd[1]: Reached target System Initialization.
    4.100110] systemd[1]: Reached target Paths.
    4.105452] systemd[1]: Reached target Sockets.
    4.106704] systemd[1]: Reached target Basic System.
    4.809238] systemd[1]: Reached target Network.
    4.809395] systemd[1]: Reached target Network is Online.
    5.030967] systemd[1]: Reached target System Time Synchronized.
    5.188309] systemd[1]: Reached target Timers.
    5.225605] systemd[1]: Reached target Sound Card.
    5.555992] systemd[1]: Reached target Login Prompts.
    5.833137] systemd[1]: Reached target Multi-User System.
    6.412303] systemd[1]: Reached target Graphical Interface.

Tumbleweed additionally starts a mail server, apache and minidlna, but is still faster than Leap default startup.

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This worked! YAY!
Earlier, I looked at that file, found 5 instances of Hard Drive Monitor, but didn’t know how to edit them out. I didn’t know where the specifics began and ended.So, I feared making a catastrophic error. Having removed the original file, I had to do only two things to get where I wanted. I had to replace the wallpaper and remove the task bar at the bottom since I prefer Latte.

Thanks for this easy fix!

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Great! Glad to have been of assistance.