Sometimes, my KDE starts without the “taskbar”

When I boot my Arch Linux machine, about 1/10 times the “taskbar” is missing. (Do you still call it a taskbar?)

All I see it desktop icons, the background and the mouse cursor. I’m using NVIDIA proprietary drivers.

Do you guys have any idea what’s with that? It’s hard to troubleshoot because it only happens sometimes.

@linux #linux #KDE #plasma #ArchLinux #askfedi #NVIDIA #troubleshoot

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@MsDropbear @linux I am running X11. Wayland is incompatible with the NVIDIA drivers. Last time I ran Wayland I only saw half the screen.

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@MsDropbear @linux I’ll give it a shot. Maybe the information “Wayland doesn’t work with NVIDIA” is outdated.

I got my GPU very cheap from a colleague, otherwise I would never buy NVIDIA again. It works, but ugh it’s such a hassle with #linux.

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@fell @MsDropbear @linux
It’s pretty luck based from my experience. Personally, I’ve had a lot of issues with NVIDIA + Wayland combo.

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