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KDE Plasma is a cross-platform desktop environment and software compilation, commonly used on Linux.

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No firmware update with fwupdmgr

I am trying to update my Lenovo Thinkpad T480s' firmware with fwupdmgr on KDE neon 5.18, but it does not update the firmware on reboot. root@mymachine:~# fwupdmgr --version client version: 1.0.9 ...
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KDE Connect not working. (Shows error of cannot be paired because it is running an old version of KDE Connect while I'm using latest version

I'm running Arch Linux in my desktop with 4.19.91-1-lts kernel and packages are up to date. I've first installed KDE Connect from pacman repository by using pacman -S kdeconnect and latest version of ...
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Manjaro KDE: infinite splash screen when logging in to active account

When I go to the login screen via SUPER + L and enter my password I can get back into my system normally. When I click "Switch User" from the login screen and then log into the previous, still active ...
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Sixaxis Controller with Lubuntu issues

I am trying to build a handheld/stationary retro console with support for PS3 controllers. The platform is an atomic pi with Intel Atom CPU which does a descent job on emulating up to PSP games. Due ...
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KDE won't start for one user account on Fedora 25

I am running Fedora 25 with stock KDE desktop. I was toying around with Mate, and now, for some reason or other, I am unable to login to one specific account. I have two accounts, user1 and user2. ...
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qemu-virgil shows OpenGL is not supported by the display

I am trying to emulate Plasma Mobile iso on VM. In the docs of plasma mobile, its written to use qemu-vrigil. I installed qemu-virgil from snap. But when I use qemu-virgil I get this error qemu-...
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Labels in Eclipse "going out of bounds"/overlapping (Linux/KDE)

I have a graphical problem in Eclipse that I can't find a solution to: Labels/Text in the Project Explorer and other views are drawn "out of bounds" and overlap other views, like editors.  Here's a ...
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How to get "Sound+Brightness" menu in Kubuntu / KDE

I have been trying to get "system menu" with (Sound+Brightness) slider similar to GNOME on my (KDE) desktop. https://i.stack.imgur.com/tPNRL.png After I enable setting volume, brightness and network-...
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Modifying X windows "select" behaviour

Using Linux with KDE If I double-click on a "B" in the string "AAA,BBB,CCC" then BBB is selected. If I double-click on a "B" in the string "AAA-BBB-CCC" then the whole string is selected. How can I ...
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Some Qt apps (VLC and KDevelop) crashes in Manjaro due to QXcbWindow::setWindowIcon seg fault

Recently I started using Manjaro 18.0. Everything is okay except KDevelop and VLC crashes when it starts. My desktop environment is the newest version of Deepin DE. Previously I have also tried ...
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Set specific Wifi channel in Linux

I am trying to make the switch from Windows 10 to Manjaro KDE, and the last thing on my check-off list is setting my WiFi to a certain channel. There is a community router for three houses, without ...
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xrandr saying "Size 1920x1200 not found in available modes" even though it is available

When I manually reduce resolution from 1920x1200 to some lower resolution in KDE (Debian 9 amd64), the command xrandr -s 1920x1200 ...does not work: % xrandr -s 1920x1200 Size 1920x1200 not found ...
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How do disable 'Alt Tab' shortcut on RHEL 7 With KDE?

How can you disable the 'Alt Tab' short cut on RHEL7 with KDE programmatically? I have a Java app that when run needs to prevent the user from using the 'Alt Tab' shortcut. Therefore, I would like to ...
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KDE's maximise button does not fully maximise (dual monitor caused issue)

I'm using Debian Stable 9.4 with the default KDE installation and working with two monitors. On one of them, the maximise button does not fully maximise the window. Instead it has some sort of fixed ...
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mint KDE 18.2 is write protected.

when I open some application (google chrome, libre office writter) in my linux mint KDE 18.2, my hard disk becomes write protected,I could not create,modify or download a file. It shows message like ...
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How to list all processes that's run as freedesktop.org protocol system tray?

I'm trying to run wmsystemtray command but it outputs: wmsystemtray: Another application is already running as the freedesktop.org protocol system tray wmsystemtray: Could not initialize the ...
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KDE Plasma 5.8.3 Lock Screen - How to enable on screen keyboard by default?

How can I enable the on screen keyboard by default on the Lock Screen in KDE Plasma 5.8.3?
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How do I change iBus input methods when the session is locked in KDE?

How do I switch between input methods with iBus on the lock screen? Part of my work necessitates me using iBus for Chinese pinyin input. I had the misfortune of leaving the input method on pinyin ...
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Wifi Access Point instable in Fedora, KDE Plasma 5

I have two PCs (PC1 and PC2). Both have identical hard- and software and both are connected to the interenet via ethernet connection. As OS I have Fedora 23 with KDE Plasma 5. Using the KDE Connection-...
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How to repair KDE in Metamorphose Linux?

I'm using Metamorphose Linux 8, is Debian base and using KDE. After I try instal teamview with official deb file and restart my computer, now my Linux are not start interface graphic. It's enter ...
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Graphviz window too small

I have a script which generates Graphviz graphs and displays them using the dot -Txlib command. However, it always appears in a tiny, unreadably-small window, so I have to maximise it each time. How ...
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KDE and Kali 2.0 - restoring GNOME

How do I remove the KDE login screen and restore it back to GNOME? I ran this command: apt-get remove And it said it removed the desktop. Yet I still have the option to login to KDE plasma? How ...
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kde is not loaded after install debian kde CD (.iso file)

I downloaded this .iso file: debian-8.2.0-i386-kde-CD-1.iso and expected to have KDE desktop but CLI is loaded after installation. I also tried startx but just redirect to another command line. I ...
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How does KDE determine my language?

I use ArchLinux with KDE. When I the system settings, for example, it looks like this: As you see some part of it is in English, some part in German. From that I deduce two questions: Why are two ...
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Using XRDP and KDE on openSUSE_13.2

I setup a computer with openSuSE 13.2 and KDE. Now I'm trying to access it from Windows PC via RDP. After my first not successful tries ( see : https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/509719-xrdp-...
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QT Creator: no valid kits found

Would you be so kind to help me in trying to add a valid kit to QT Creator? These are the screenshots of kits available options. Fedora 22 KDE Spin
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kde opensuse insufficient permission to use Internet?

I suddenly found myself having the problem that I can't use Internet services. I can't use ssh, ping or a web browser. As super user however I can ping, no ssh as far as I can tell. I thought it could ...
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Mouse selection based on initial mouse movement direction

Sometimes when selecting with the mouse, I select everything other than what I intended to select due to the mouse moving slightly above or below the line being selected. For example, in your address ...
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Touchscreen on KDE and Ubuntu?

I just bought a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro... I liked the activity of the touchscreen on Windows, and it makes sense as it does on my smart phone. However, I'm not a regular windows user, so I installed ...
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Alsa hardware volume with PulseAudio

Before installing pulseaudio, I was able to control volume for the front (meaning on the front panel, the "headphone" jack) and rear (meaning on the back panel, the "line out" jack) separately. When ...
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Is there a DBus command for adding a program start button to a KDE plasma panel?

There was a nice command in KDE3 that allowed my to add a program start button to a kicker panel programmatically: dcop kicker $PANEL addNonKDEAppButton "$PROGRAM_NAME" "$PROGRAM_DESCRIPTION" "$...
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Linux-Redhat6 KDE how to start logging in a file

I dragged a sensor with 'Log to a file' option, for logging column it is marked as 'crossed'. How do I start logging ?
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Use kvkbd without window manager

I am currently developing a kiosk application in QML and I want to use kvkbd virtual keyboard for user input. When used with a window manager (such as icewm), kvkbd works well, but since my ...
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NX Client behaves differently for GNOME and KDE

When using NXClient on KDE (Fedora) to connect to a Ubuntu machine with GNOME, NX works flawlessly, and automatically resizes the display to match the client window. However, when I change the ...
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Can't bind Alienware multimedia key to KDE shortcut

I am trying to create an entry in "Custom Shortcuts" settings in KDE (Ubuntu). I can set the trigger to e.g. Ctrl+Alt+X but the button I'm interested in is the multimedia key which, under Windows, ...
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Linux Mint, Screen is off after 1 second

Linuxmint has decided to make my screen sleep after 1 second of me not using it. How do I stop this timer? Please Help Using Linux Mint, with KDE.
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set environment variables when KDE is starting using source (using Intel Compilers under Kate)

I'm trying to use the Intel compilers in Kate's build plugin. The recommended way from Intel is to source the compilevars.sh scripts, using # source <path_to_intel>/compilevars.sh intel64 It ...
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how to disable blinking cursor in opensuse 12.2 kde virtualbox

I have just installed the newest OpenSUSE 12.2 with KDE into my VirtualBox. I have one problem. When my cursor is animated (watches and other), it's blinking. How can I disable it? Thanks
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Cannot save changed profile in Netbeans

I am tring to chang fonts and colors in Netbeans by tools > options > fonts & colors When I close netbeans, all changed fonts and colors would be deleted and restarting netbeans will be same as ...
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KDE - Attach window as tab by default

I have a 'console' windows that shows the logs of one of my applications, and I really would like to have it always attached to my main window when it starts up. Is there a way to do this? Latest ...
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startx error: no desktop manager

I have Backtrack 5R2 KDE. The error resulted from a hard-reset (hard-reboot). After that, I cannot load the KDE manager when I enter the startx command after logging in. Whenever I do a startx ...
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How to change all associations in kde

Gimp associated instead of Okular and gwienview to all mine graphical files and pdfs. There are so many options to change in file associations. Is there a way to do it quicker and better? In gnome I ...
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KDE customise session lock dialog

I have Kubuntu/KDE4. On some Linuxes, when the session is locked, the unlocking dialog shows a clock, or perhaps some other widgets. Not mine, it's just a password entry with Unlock/Cancel/Switch ...
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how to allow netcat-like connection to graphical interface (KDE, GNOME)

I'd like to use my linux server KDE remotely. Is there anyway to do this? It seems that KDM is running as a TCP service, but I am unsure whether I can use this to connect remotely to graphic ...
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Can't set pulse audio as KDE default

I am running Arch Linux and KDE4. I installed the pulseaudio deamon on a remote machine with an external soundcard. From the local machine's terminal I can stream audio to that machine without any ...
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Brightness doesn't change. But, sleeping the computer and coming back, works

I can't change my brightness on my laptop and I would like a help to solve this problem. Using kcmshell4 kgamma I can change the constrast. But using xbacklight nothing happens. If I put ...
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Ubuntu w/ KDE - Using Tahoma or Segoe UI in Firefox makes text disappear

I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and hated the new Gnome, so I installed KDE 4.8. The default Firefox fonts are disgusting, so I tried changing them to the Windows ones. I copied the Tahoma and ...
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Switch package manager in computer tab in kmenu?

Note: I use a localized version, so I need to guess the english names of items I describe. I could guess wrong, but I hope I made my question clear enough. Kubuntu 12.04 comes with muon as UI for ...
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How to change tiling layout in KDE 4.7

I am using KDE 4.7.4 and enabled tiling. Is there a way to see the current tiling layout and to change the tiling layout for a specific desktop, similar to what you would do in the Awesome window ...
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Can't get my monitor setup to stick with PCLinux OS

I'm using PCLinuxOS, which uses the KDE windows manager. I have to reconfigure my dual monitors every time I restart my system. I used the configuration utility to change the enable the second monitor ...
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