Losing the META key

08 February 2025, 16:46:28

Early during the day (February 8th), I went for an update, and the following packages were updated.

Feb 8 Update

For the rest of the day, I left the desktop on and this evening I rebooted. The first thing I noticed was when I press the Meta key, which is very much an integral part of my compute, blanks the desktop. I panic and started to press more keys and eventually returned to a display on the desktop littered with a few opened apps. I closed all of them and open Konsole to check if I can find clues on the kernel buffer...

sudo dmesg | grep -iE 'warning|error|conflict|invalid|fail|segfault|RIP'

I had my suspicion...

QThreadStorage # destroyed

I can revert back to when the system was before the update with Timeshift so it is not a big deal but if other users are affected then it may be a cause of many headaches.

My machine configuration

Update:
Clicking on the panel's kicker also blanks the screen.

Re: Losing the META key

Reply #1 – 09 February 2025, 12:29:33

My solution was to revert back to a functional system using Timeshift as per QThreadStorage warning in the log [FIXED].

I would keep updating daily until one of the packages gets fixed.

I also realize I cannot do without the Meta key. I lasted several hour without it but force of habit, I'd rather have the use of the key.