--- ./startx.in.orig	2026-06-24 17:48:17.325837207 -0500
+++ ./startx.in	2026-06-24 17:49:23.009012106 -0500
@@ -73,6 +73,31 @@
 serverargs=""
 vtarg=""
 
+# If kwin_x11 is gone, but the user wants Plasma, let's just start
+# Plasma Wayland to make this easy on everyone:
+if [ ! -x /usr/bin/kwin_x11 ]; then
+
+    if grep -q startplasma-x11 $userclientrc 2> /dev/null ; then
+        if [ -x /usr/bin/startkwayland ]; then
+            exec /usr/bin/startkwayland
+        else
+            echo "ERROR: Plasma (KDE) is selected in xinitrc, but kwin_x11 is missing."
+            echo "The Wayland fallback (/usr/bin/startkwayland) is not present or is not"
+            echo "executable. Giving up."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    elif grep -q startplasma-x11 $sysclientrc 2> /dev/null ; then
+        if [ -x /usr/bin/startkwayland ]; then
+            exec /usr/bin/startkwayland
+        else
+            echo "ERROR: Plasma (KDE) is selected in xinitrc, but kwin_x11 is missing."
+            echo "The Wayland fallback (/usr/bin/startkwayland) is not present or is not"
+            echo "executable. Giving up."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+fi
 
 if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ] ; then