What I’m trying to do
I am trying to use the Export-to-PDF feature in Obsidian, but it fails. A file selector window briefly shows up and vanishes immediately, leaving no exported file. The KDE notification bar shows the error message in the attached screenshot: xdg-desktop-portal-kde Closed Unexpectedly.
Things I have tried
I have checked the Obsidian help documentation and forums but could not find a resolution for this issue. I have tried the following steps to debug the issue:
- Restarting the application: Restarted both Obsidian and the
xdg-desktop-portal-kdeprocess, but the problem persists. - Testing in Safe Mode: Enabled Obsidian Safe Mode to rule out plugin interference, but the issue still occurred.
- System Checks: Verified that
xdg-desktop-portaland related components are installed correctly on my system. - File Permissions: Ensured the directory has write permissions.
Unfortunately, none of these steps resolved the issue. It seems like an interaction between Obsidian’s Export-to-PDF feature and xdg-desktop-portal-kde is causing the crash.
System Information
Here are the details of my system environment:
OS: TUXEDO OS x86_64
Host: NB02 GMxPXxx
Kernel: 6.11.0-108013-tuxedo
DE: Plasma 6.2.5
WM: KWin
CPU: 13th Gen Intel i9-13900HX (32) @ 5.200GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q / Mobile
GPU: Intel Raptor Lake-S UHD Graphics
Memory: 10848MiB / 64034MiB
Terminal Font: Iosevka Comfy 12
Packages: 4318 (dpkg), 1 (pacstall), 171 (brew), 48 (flatpak)
I have also attached a screenshot of the error notification from KDE. Please let me know if you need additional logs or information to help resolve this issue.