[Bug] No overlays on Fedora 43

[solariz]

Description

I see the daemon running and in Settings Windows Management therere is PlasmaZones also marked as Running. But When I drag a Windows with ALT Key pressed, I only see the native tiling as soon as the window reach an screen edge. No matter how and where, I can't get any PlasmaZones to show.

Tried to move ALT to Meta Key, same. Hotkey changing the layout Meta+Alt+1 to e.g. Fibonachi show a short overlay that the layout got changed, but thats it.

Expected Behavior

Pressing ALT Key moving a window and get the "drop zones"

Steps to Reproduce

1. Installed on Fedora 43
2. Activated via systemctl --user enable --now plasmazones.service
3. Checked Service is running, yes
4. Fully restartet the PC
5. After login service is still running
6. Checked Settings, PlasmaZone settings are there and it seems running
7. Dragged a window while pressing ALT key; No zones show

PlasmaZones Version

739e5de

Display Server

Wayland

Desktop Environment

Plasma 6.5.5

Distribution

Fedora 43

Relevant Logs

Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity systemd[2307]: Started plasmazones.service - PlasmaZones Window Snapping Daemon.
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: Shader effects enabled (Qt6::ShaderTools available at build time)
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: Loaded 11 shaders
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: D-Bus service registered successfully: "org.plasmazones" at "/PlasmaZones"
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: Started successfully
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: Overlay service ready - 2 screens available (windows created on-demand)
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: Navigation shortcuts registered
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: Swap window shortcuts registered (Meta+Ctrl+Alt+Arrow)
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: Snap-to-zone shortcuts registered (Meta+Ctrl+1-9)
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: Rotate windows shortcuts registered (Meta+Ctrl+[ / Meta+Ctrl+])
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: Cycle windows shortcuts registered (Meta+Alt+. / Meta+Alt+,)
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: Autotile shortcuts registered (Meta+T, Meta+Space, Meta+M, etc.)
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: Settings synced - enabled: false algorithm: "master-stack"
Jan 30 14:10:24 infinity plasmazonesd[125528]: Autotile engine connected to settings

➤ systemctl --user status plasmazones.service
● plasmazones.service - PlasmaZones Window Snapping Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/plasmazones.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-01-30 14:19:32 CET; 7s ago
 Invocation: d5c095927a3a4f8a9c7ff69987ebee52
       Docs: https://github.com/fuddlesworth/PlasmaZones
   Main PID: 128383 (plasmazonesd)
      Tasks: 6 (limit: 76468)
     Memory: 23M (peak: 25.6M)
        CPU: 159ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/plasmazones.service
             └─128383 /usr/bin/plasmazonesd

Jan 30 14:19:32 infinity plasmazonesd[128383]: Started successfully
Jan 30 14:19:32 infinity plasmazonesd[128383]: Overlay service ready - 2 screens available (windows created on-demand)
Jan 30 14:19:32 infinity plasmazonesd[128383]: Navigation shortcuts registered
Jan 30 14:19:32 infinity plasmazonesd[128383]: Swap window shortcuts registered (Meta+Ctrl+Alt+Arrow)
Jan 30 14:19:32 infinity plasmazonesd[128383]: Snap-to-zone shortcuts registered (Meta+Ctrl+1-9)
Jan 30 14:19:32 infinity plasmazonesd[128383]: Rotate windows shortcuts registered (Meta+Ctrl+[ / Meta+Ctrl+])
Jan 30 14:19:32 infinity plasmazonesd[128383]: Cycle windows shortcuts registered (Meta+Alt+. / Meta+Alt+,)
Jan 30 14:19:32 infinity plasmazonesd[128383]: Autotile shortcuts registered (Meta+T, Meta+Space, Meta+M, etc.)
Jan 30 14:19:32 infinity plasmazonesd[128383]: Settings synced - enabled: false algorithm: "master-stack"
Jan 30 14:19:32 infinity plasmazonesd[128383]: Autotile engine connected to settings

❯ qdbus org.plasmazones /PlasmaZones org.plasmazones.ScreenManager.getScreens
{"devicePixelRatio":2,"geometry":{"height":1200,"width":1920,"x":3440,"y":240},"name":"eDP-1","refreshRate":120}
{"devicePixelRatio":1,"geometry":{"height":1440,"width":3440,"x":0,"y":0},"name":"DP-3","refreshRate":100}

❯ plasmashell --version
plasmashell 6.5.5
QThreadStorage: entry 7 destroyed before end of thread 0x55b8ad8de850
QThreadStorage: entry 2 destroyed before end of thread 0x55b8ad8de850
QThreadStorage: entry 1 destroyed before end of thread 0x55b8ad8de850
❯ qmake --version
QMake version 3.1
Using Qt version 6.10.1 in /usr/lib64

Configuration

default

Checklist

• I searched existing discussions and issues
• I can reproduce this with default settings

[solariz]

Also; If I press any of the Shortcuts in the log like Meta+Space or Meta+M nothing happens.

If I manually do qdbus org.plasmazones /PlasmaZones org.plasmazones.Overlay.showOverlay I see the overlay. So it renders succesful. Looks like "just" the keyboard shortcuts are ignored.

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Another thing I found is when I open the PlasmaZones System Settings from the cli I get a bunch of warnings:

❯ systemsettings kcm_plasmazones
kf.coreaddons: The plugin "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kwin/effects/plugins/kwin_effect_plasmazones.so" explicitly states an 'Id' in the embedded metadata. This value should be removed, the resulting pluginId will not be affected by it
kf.coreaddons: The plugin "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kwin/effects/plugins/kwin_effect_plasmazones.so" explicitly states an 'Id' in the embedded metadata. This value should be removed, the resulting pluginId will not be affected by it
kf.coreaddons: The plugin "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kwin/effects/plugins/kwin_effect_plasmazones.so" explicitly states an 'Id' in the embedded metadata. This value should be removed, the resulting pluginId will not be affected by it
plasmazones.kcm: D-Bus call failed: "org.plasmazones.Screen" :: "getScreens" - "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownInterface" : "No such interface 'org.plasmazones.Screen' at object path '/PlasmaZones'"
qrc:/kcm/kcm_plasmazones/main.qml:666:13: QML Connections: Detected function "onEditorSaveShortcutChanged" in Connections element. This is probably intended to be a signal handler but no signal of the target matches the name.
qrc:/kcm/kcm_plasmazones/main.qml:666:13: QML Connections: Detected function "onEditorDeleteShortcutChanged" in Connections element. This is probably intended to be a signal handler but no signal of the target matches the name.
qrc:/kcm/kcm_plasmazones/main.qml:666:13: QML Connections: Detected function "onEditorCloseShortcutChanged" in Connections element. This is probably intended to be a signal handler but no signal of the target matches the name.
qrc:/kcm/kcm_plasmazones/KeySequenceInput.qml:284:9: Unable to assign [undefined] to QColor
qrc:/kcm/kcm_plasmazones/KeySequenceInput.qml:284:9: Unable to assign [undefined] to QColor
qrc:/kcm/kcm_plasmazones/KeySequenceInput.qml:284:9: Unable to assign [undefined] to QColor
qrc:/kcm/kcm_plasmazones/KeySequenceInput.qml:284:9: Unable to assign [undefined] to QColor
qrc:/kcm/kcm_plasmazones/KeySequenceInput.qml:284:9: Unable to assign [undefined] to QColor
qrc:/kcm/kcm_plasmazones/KeySequenceInput.qml:284:9: Unable to assign [undefined] to QColor
qrc:/kcm/kcm_plasmazones/KeySequenceInput.qml:284:9: Unable to assign [undefined] to QColor
qrc:/kcm/kcm_plasmazones/KeySequenceInput.qml:284:9: Unable to assign [undefined] to QColor
plasmazones.kcm: D-Bus call failed: "org.plasmazones.Screen" :: "getScreens" - "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownInterface" : "No such interface 'org.plasmazones.Screen' at object path '/PlasmaZones'"
qt.qpa.services: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Connection already associated with an application ID")
kf.bluezqt: InitManagerJob Error: Job was deleted before finished!

[solariz]

Documented Journey here :) But I really love the way you build that Tiling Manager so I want to get it running 👍🏻

I got it "working" somehow. In quotes because it is still not fully working.

1. Uninstalled the service completely
2. reboot
3. detached 2nd Screen and reinstalled everythig
4. reboot
5. Settings > Window Management > Desktop Effects > Disable PlasmaZone > Apply > Enable PlasmaZone > Apply
   [Crash]

At that point when I enabled the plasmazone Desktop effects again my whole Plasma freeze, no update anymore nothing. After reboot I found the full system froze there wasn't even a log anymore in the journal. Complete Death.

BUT; Now it was enable and if I press ALT Key and move a window I see the default two col layout, it snaps and works. If I move the window with ALT to the top I see the layout selector.

So Basically it is working; BUT; Everytime I go to the PlasmaZone Settings and try to change something (for example just Appereance > Higlight Color > Apply [CRASH]

So every time I do anything within the setting panel and hit apply it freeze my whole system.

Log doesnt show anything specific unfortunately because it really fully freeze the system.

Im on a Intel Gen12 iGPU only

Intel Meteorlake (Gen12) @ /dev/dri/card1
mesa-libGLU-9.0.3-7.fc43.x86_64
terra-release-mesa-43-7.noarch
mesa-filesystem-25.3.3-2.x86_64
mesa-dri-drivers-25.3.3-2.x86_64
mesa-libgbm-25.3.3-2.x86_64
mesa-libEGL-25.3.3-2.x86_64
mesa-libGL-25.3.3-2.x86_64
mesa-vulkan-drivers-25.3.3-2.x86_64
mesa-va-drivers-25.3.3-2.x86_64

Any Idea?

[solariz]

And another Update... It is actually not fully crashing the system. It just comes to a complete Freeze, I now put a bit Patience in and got myself a coffee while the system was frozen. Turns out it doing something. After 1-2 Minutes it "unfreeze" itself and actually applied the changes I made.

Indeed it is fully working but everytime I apply a change it just freeze again for 30-90s, in the log I found this when the freeze happen:

Jan 30 16:17:58 infinity systemsettings[50519]: D-Bus call failed: "org.plasmazones.Screen" :: "getScreens" - "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownInterface" : "No such interface 'org.plasmazones.Screen' at object path '/PlasmaZones'"
Jan 30 16:17:58 infinity plasmazonesd[12327]: Setting key not found: "autotileAnimationsEnabled"
Jan 30 16:17:58 infinity plasmazonesd[12327]: QDBusMarshaller: cannot add a null QDBusVariant
Jan 30 16:17:58 infinity plasmazonesd[12327]: QDBusConnection: error: could not send reply message to service "": Marshalling failed: Invalid QVariant passed in arguments
Jan 30 16:17:58 infinity systemsettings[50519]: D-Bus call failed: "org.plasmazones.Screen" :: "getScreens" - "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownInterface" : "No such interface 'org.plasmazones.Screen' at object path '/PlasmaZones'"

[fuddlesworth]

I'm experiencing this as well. Working on a fix.

[fuddlesworth]

issue has been fixed. please verify and then we can close this discussion :)

[solariz]

Thank you so much! 👍🏻
recompiled, reinstalled => Works!