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After upgrading to Chrome 154 on Kubuntu 24.04, users experience plasmashell crashes on login due to corrupted Fontconfig cache. The issue, initially mistaken for a kernel or AMD GPU regression, is common across distributions including Fedora.
After upgrading to Chrome 154 on Kubuntu 24.04, users experience plasmashell crashes on login due to corrupted Fontconfig cache. The issue, initially mistaken for a kernel or AMD GPU regression, is common across distributions including Fedora.
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Posting this in case it saves someone some headache I’m running Kubuntu 24.04 after upgrading Google Chrome from 153 to 154 plasmashell began crashing on every login. It initially looked like a kernel or AMD GPU regression because the problem appeared after suspend and persisted after reboot, but after a bit of...
This problem affects system stability and user experience on KDE Plasma environments after Chrome updates. Understanding the root cause helps users and developers address crashes linked to font cache corruption.
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