this is two images before and after
https://ibb.co/HF1sKfB
https://ibb.co/09cgmcN

Hello, I'm having exactly the same problem with KDE Plasma, and it seems to be the case for another user on the discord

I first encountered this problem on my main installation after updating it and then rebooting.
I tried to install kali on another partition of my laptop then to install KDE on it and the same bug happened. Likewise when I install KDE on a VM just created from the Virtualbox image.

Here's an easy way to reproduce it:

• Create a Kali VM from an image (the Virtualbox image in my case)
• Install KDE Plasma as described here: https://www.kali.org/docs/general-use/switching-desktop-environments/:
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install -y kali-desktop-kde
  sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
  sudo apt purge --autoremove kali-desktop-xfce
• Restart the VM

Some parts of the display should be buggy as shown in the 2nd screenshot

Thank you

Might require a bug report to that software, AFAICT Kali team doesn't fix bugs in software and depend on the provider of that software to fix things

Hello crazycat256 this is my configuration

sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
There are 7 choices for the alternative x-session-manager (providing /usr/bin/x-session-manager).

Selection Path Priority Status

0 /usr/bin/gnome-session 50 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/gnome-session 50 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/lxsession 49 manual mode
3 /usr/bin/openbox-session 40 manual mode
4 /usr/bin/startlxde 50 manual mode
*5 /usr/bin/startplasma-x11 40 manual mode THIS IS MY CHOICE
6 /usr/bin/startxfce4 50 manual mode
7 /usr/bin/xfce4-session 40 manual mode

sudo apt install -y kali-desktop-kde
kali-desktop-kde is already the newest version (2024.4.12)

so when kali update from plasma-framework (5.115.0-5) to plasma-framework (5.115.0-6) and kali menu is crash.
I check and found on https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/plasma-framework/download new version plasma-framework_5.115.0-7_amd64.deb .
So I'm gonna wait for new version at kali.

From https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/p/plasma-framework/plasma-framework_5.115.0-7_changelog:

• Since version 5.115.0-6 this package will break Plasma 5 so mark it
  as such. Versions 5.115.0-6 and later are only useful so that Qt5
  applications outside of Plasma can continue working alongside Plasma
  6. (Closes: #1088674)

This is happening to me as well.

A temporary fix is downgrade plasma-framework:

wget -O /tmp/plasma-framework http://kali.download/kali/pool/main/p/plasma-framework/plasma-framework_5.115.0-5_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i /tmp/plasma-framework

And then reboot your computer

However, every time you update your system, it will reappear. To prevent this, you can disable plasma-framework updates:

sudo apt-mark hold plasma-framework

Once the problem will be solved, you will be able to reactivate the updates:

sudo apt-mark unhold plasma-framework

Should be fixed with plasma-framework 5.115.0-6+kali1, this version should be available in kali-rolling in a few hours.

Thank you arnaudr :)

I just install plasma-framework 5.115.0-6+kali1 and everything working fine.
Thank you arnaudr :-)

Great to hear! Closing this ticket then!

Thank you all for reporting the issue and following up.