journalctl -xe|grep gwenview
Feb 25 12:03:57 t14 systemd[1]: mnt-Serienarchiv.automount: Got automount request for /mnt/Serienarchiv, triggered by 26345 (gwenview)
worked before last (Feb) update
not sure if it still worked before switching from sddm to plasma-login-manager
any ideas?
Gwenview launches without issue for me — launching via the command-line produces the same warning messages you indicated, however it still launches as expected.
Note that many applications may produce warnings when launched from the command-line. This doesn’t necessarily indicate a problem for the User.
As Gwenview doesn’t launch at all for you, then the problem might be elsewhere – one of the first things to rule out is that the problem is due to local configuration;
Please create a new User account for testing purposes, reboot and login to that account, and launch Gwenview normally and via the command-line to see if the problem persists.
Also note any differences in the warning messages that appear, if any. Report back with your findings.
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from commandline I get this:
gwenview ✔
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::setOpacity: Painter not active
QPainter::end: Painter not active, aborted
I see the same message - then the GUI appears.
Perhaps the window is behind another one? 
with new user gwenview starts, both ways from command line (same messages) and from GUI …
here’s system info:
inxi -zv8
System:
Kernel: 6.19.2-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.19-x86_64
root=UUID=91660225-4931-4ac7-a964-9ccb573ac93c rw quiet splash
resume=UUID=d77979e3-95ca-42d5-946c-5f652ae4eb65 udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.23.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 3 dm: N/A Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 21HD0043GE v: ThinkPad T14 Gen 4
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 21HD0043GE v: SDK0T76530 WIN
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: LENOVO_MT_21HD_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad
T14 Gen 4 uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: LENOVO
v: N3QET51W (1.51 ) date: 10/16/2025
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 36.1 Wh (79.5%) condition: 45.5/52.5 Wh (86.6%)
volts: 16.05 min: 15.44 model: Celxpert 5B10W51866 type: Li-poly
serial: <filter> charging: status: not charging control: start: 75%
end: 80% cycles: 120
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.28 GiB used: 3.75 GiB (24.5%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 1 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Controller0-ChannelA type: DDR5 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB
speed: spec: 5600 MT/s actual: 5200 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: M425R1GB4DB0-CWMOL
serial: N/A
Device-2: Controller1-ChannelA/B-DIMM0 type: no module installed
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i5-1335U bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Raptor Lake level: v3 note: check built: 2022+ process: Intel 7 (10nm)
family: 6 model-id: 0xBA (186) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x6134
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 10 threads: 12 mt: 2 tpc: 2
st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 928 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 2x48 KiB; i-2x32
KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 6.5 MiB desc: 2x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 12 MiB
desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 562 min/max: 400/4600:3400 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 562 2: 562 3: 562 4: 562 5: 562 6: 562 7: 562
8: 562 9: 562 10: 562 11: 562 12: 562 bogomips: 59904
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_lbr arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2
bts clflush clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8
de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni hfi ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibt ida intel_pt
invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri
msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm
pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed
rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep serialize sha_ni smap smep smx split_lock_detect
ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip user_shstk vaes vme vmx
vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves
xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-P [UHD Graphics] vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:a721 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Bison Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-4:2 chip-ID: 5986:118c
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0xd291 built: 2020 res:
mode: 1920x1200 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 162 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
x: 0.655 y: 0.333 green: x: 0.294 y: 0.616 blue: x: 0.137 y: 0.051 white:
x: 0.322 y: 0.345 size: 301x188mm (11.85x7.4") diag: 355mm (14")
ratio: 16:10 modes: 1920x1200
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
drv: iris x11: drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.3.5-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-U)
device-ID: 8086:a721 memory: 14.92 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 layers: 2 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Graphics (RPL-U) driver: mesa intel v: 25.3.5-arch1.1
device-ID: 8086:a721 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-P/U/H cAVS vendor: Lenovo
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl alternate: snd_soc_avs,
snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl, snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51ca
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.19.2-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.4.10 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f1 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:0dc6 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0033
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 111.67 GiB (23.4%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD PC
SN740 SDDQNQD-512G-1201 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 73112101 temp: 29.9 C scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 459.43 GiB (98.20%)
used: 111.67 GiB (24.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: 91660225-4931-4ac7-a964-9ccb573ac93c
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 328 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: 1D78-6BE1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -1
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: swap
uuid: d77979e3-95ca-42d5-946c-5f652ae4eb65
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 3 rev: 3.1
speed: 20 Gb/s (2.33 GiB/s) lanes: 2 mode: 3.2 gen-2x2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-4:2 info: Bison Integrated Camera type: video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
power: 500mA chip-ID: 5986:118c class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 3-8:3 info: Alcor Micro AU9540 Smartcard Reader type: smart card
driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 50mA chip-ID: 058f:9540 class-ID: 0b00
Device-3: 3-10:4 info: Intel AX211 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 0
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1453 libs: 387 tools: pamac
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://ba.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://mirror.truenetwork.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
6: https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
7: https://mirrors.up.pt/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
8: https://manjaro.c3sl.ufpr.br/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 373
1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 5661 mem: 4.01 MiB (0.0%)
2: cpu: 18.5% command: plasmashell pid: 4361 mem: 419.5 MiB (2.6%)
3: cpu: 13.8% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 5084 mem: 261.9 MiB (1.6%)
4: cpu: 11.5% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4917 mem: 500.6 MiB (3.1%)
5: cpu: 6.4% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4977 mem: 276.4 MiB (1.7%)
Memory top: 5 of 373
1: mem: 500.6 MiB (3.1%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4917 cpu: 11.5%
2: mem: 421.1 MiB (2.6%) command: plasmashell pid: 1111 cpu: 0.1%
3: mem: 419.5 MiB (2.6%) command: plasmashell pid: 4361 cpu: 18.5%
4: mem: 276.4 MiB (1.7%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 4977 cpu: 6.4%
5: mem: 262.6 MiB (1.6%) command: kwin_wayland pid: 4197 cpu: 5.8%
Info:
Processes: 373 Power: uptime: 2h 3m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
wakeups: 3 fails: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend,
test_resume image: 6.1 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 259 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 21.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.40
peram:
with new user gwenview starts, both ways from command line (same messages) and from GUI
In that case, you must compare the gwenview configuration files of both accounts. They are under ~/.config and ~/.local/share/gwenview.
uuuhh … thx - that was easy: removed the “recent folders” which contained some smb shares on my NAS, which of course I dont have when I travel …
in general: not very resilient – shouldn’t a reasonably decent application catch such trivial errors instead of endlessly trying to mount a non-existent share?
peram:
shouldn’t a reasonably decent application catch such trivial errors instead of endlessly trying to mount a non-existent share?
That is not up to dolphin, but it may depend on how you mount the Samba shares. If you mount them unconditionally, then dolphin will of course assume that they are always there.
Anecdotal:-
The scenario I’m about to describe doesn’t happen very often – but, it does happen – most recently with LibreOffice, but also with various other applications:
Scenario:
I launch an application and there is no apparent result; I try again, and again with no result.
Then I notice a small vertical line in the center of the screen – maybe 100px high and 2-4px wide – which I initially mistake for screen tearing, and ignore, while working the problem of the application not opening.
After a reboot, the screen tearing artifact is gone (yay, one less thing to be concerned with) and I try to launch the application again, as if the reboot might magically solve the issue.
The screen tearing artifact reappears. This time I hover the mouse over it, and the cursor changes to a sizing icon.
What the…?
I carefully position the mouse (the sizing icon is difficult to make appear again) and finally drag it to the right a little, and to my surprise it reveals the application that I presumes wasn’t starting.
It was starting just fine, only it’s dimensions were too small for me to notice it. 
So, carefully check for this scenario in case it’s actually open but not easily visible.
That’s all, folks!
This reminds me of around the time I finally switched to Wayland, > 2½ years ago; I needed to reset the “Special Window Settings” (or it might have been the application ones). I was getting tiny boxes show up with stuff I tried to show from the panel on hover, etc. and popups appearing in the wrong place (separated from the panel). I wonder if this is related? … if it is, removing those customizations will fix it.
peram:
I mount them through systemd automount/mount units assuming this is the proper way to do it?
No, better would be something like autofs, set up in /etc/fstab. That’s what’s normally used for remotely hosted filesystems.
And better add nofail as a mount option too, so that it won’t stall on boot.
