Questions tagged [kde]
KDE Plasma is a cross-platform desktop environment and software compilation, commonly used on Linux.
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Manjaro (KDE) running as a rdp server
Simple question, but difficult to solve... So far... =|
How to make Manjaro (KDE) work as a rdp server?
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I - We really like the rdp protocol and have used it in the past with other Linux distros ...
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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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KDE Plasma 5 - adjust "dimmed" screen brightness
KDE 5 power management allows to enable screen dimming after some period of inactivity:
I'm using 900 nit high brightness display in laptop but I usually work at night so my typical "full" brightness ...
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How to add nvidia-xrun sessions to SDDM?
In SDDM there is an menu of sessions types (for example, it may be Plasma, XFCE and Openbox). Is there a way to add custom options here? For example, the same Plasma option but started with nvidia-...
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KDE: Increase font size on laptop monitor if external monitors are connected
What the title says. Can this be done easily? How? I'm using Kubuntu 18.04.
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Network ping test has packetloss after some time
Im currently running a Windows 10 instance on an SSD and I have a secondary drive.
I created a second partition on the second drive (HDD) and installed Linux Debian with KDE Plasma on it. Since then ...
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mysql-workbench fails to connect with an error: Service org.freedesktop.secrets not provided
Running on kubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Installed mysql-workbench from mysql.com website (not repository)
After re-install, when I try to open one of the saved sites in the Connection manager, I get the ...
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most KDE apps stopped working after update
I updated my Debian Testing today to Plasma version 4:5.14.5.1 and then tried standby mode. As I started the PC again (it was seemingly properly shutdown) the system tray icons vanished and the search ...
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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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I cannot type áéíóú in Linux Konsole or Kate, but I can do it in VS Code or Google Chrome
After an update of Linux Mint KDE 18.2 Sonia, I am having problems with the accented characters.
I cannot write Spanish accents with vowels: áéíóúüÁÉÍÓÚÜin Konsole, Kate, Dolphin and some other ...
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KDE panel disappeared, can't right-click, and window lag
When I turned on my Manjaro KDE desktop today, the panel/taskbar has completely disappeared and I cannot right-click the desktop. I am still able to run Yakuke so that I am able to access a terminal, ...
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Set a keyboard shortcut in Dolphin for opening the selected file in a text editor
Is it possible to set up Dolphin file manager so that, once a file is selected, pressing a keyboard shortcut (for example Ctrl+E) will open that file in a text editor (for example, Kate), regardless ...
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Determine correct lastScreen values for panels in plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc?
I have a laptop that I plug into a docking station on a daily basis. And almost every time, I need to modify my plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc, then do a plasma restart kquitapp5 plasmashell &...
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kdeinit5 fails constantly with Fedora 29
I'm using Fedora 29 + KDE 5.14.5 + KDE Framework 5.59.0 + QT 5.11.3. For last couple days I'm getting lot of kdeinit5 crashes. I have no idea what is causing that crashes, there is no specific action ...
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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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How to `sudo` when using fish protocol in Dolphin?
I can connect to a remote server and browser the file system using Dolphin and the location fish://me@my-server. However, if I need to access the file system as a different user, or as root, how would ...
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KDE on Fedora 30 doesn't keep resolution
I've installed KDE Plasma on Fedora 30 Workstation. The resolution was at the lowest but attempting to change the value in System Settings does not work. The monitor supports the resolution. Upon ...
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How do I make Dolphin of KDE Plasma search for files in Windows partition from dual boot Kubuntu 18.04?
I have dual booted Kubuntu 18.04 with Windows 10. In windows 10 I have the Windows OS on the C: Drive and Data on D: drive. I intend to share the D: drive as the common data drive between Windows and ...
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Manjaro KDE vscode icon
I have a fresh Manjaro KDE installation. For my daily programming I use Visual Studio Code, so I installed it via community pacman package code. Everything works smoothly. The title of the window is ...
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Themes with Eclipse & KDE?
I have been trying to use eclipse on KDE Neon and Eclipse opens up like this. I figured out that it's the "color scheme" that's causing the problem and changing it to a 'light' theme can make Eclipse ...
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How to unlock gnome-keyring using command line
My purpose is simply getting GnomeKeyring to prompt for a password. As some people may want to know why, MySQL Workbench only uses GnomeKeyring for password protection for some reason and doesn't ...
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Wifi errors with Network-Manager on KDE Neon
I have a problem with Network Manager when i try to connect it with my hotspot a notification says :
no secrets were provided
so i have to make my hotspot open in order to connect it,
but i face ...
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How to hide an account on KDE login screen?
I am running a CentOS 7 virtual machine on my laptop and I'm using KDE (version 4.14.8). That VM serves as an Ansible control tower, from which my Ansible descriptions are applied to the other (...
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How to suppress QXcbConnection: XCB error
I'm using KDE Plasma under Arch Linux and there are a lot of logs such as
kwin_x11[5129]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 11416, resource id: 56623191, major code: 20 (...
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Fedora30 upgrade: Cannot run KDE as a specific user
I've upgraded from Fedora 29 to Fedora 30.
Alghough root can use KDE normally, I fail to use it as a specific user. An almost black fullscreen window appears with a responsive mouse arrow in the ...
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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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KDE. Notification window width
1) Some application send notification "Completed very long task #125"
2) Press triangle in systray
3) Open "Notifications" window
I see just small part of my notification message. Like "Completed ...
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Make KDE Plasma Task switcher show only on primary display
Is there a way to get the task-switcher to only display itself on the primary monitor.
My case is that I have a small secondary monitor that I only use for terminals, so I my focus expects the task-...
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Missing site_perl and vendor_perl in bash shell
Whenever I use the terminal in Manjaro KDE, I get a message:
bash: /bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl: No such file or directory
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kdeinit5 crashes twice on boot, but my laptop boots fine and everything appears to work
When I turn on my linux laptop, I am informed that kdeinit5 has crashed. This appears to have no impact, I can use Firefox normally and the kde plasma widgets and toolbar appear as they usually do. I'...
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Wayland not working Kali linux KDE 2019
I am having an issue with kali linux KDE edition, in which it will boot into GUI, but after dist-upgrade it won't boot into GUI anymore. I had this problem previously on the gnome edition, which I ...
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Reset display defaults in KDE?
Bear with me, i'm a total Linux/KDE noob.
I recently set up my new install. Upon connecting my second monitor, it prompted me to choose between several display options. I choose "laptop only" by ...
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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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How to Use KDE File Chooser In Libreoffice 6.2.2.2?
I changed the file chooser a while back because my version of Libreoffice Writer crashed all the time when I would go to choose a file.
There have been a few versions between then and I would like to ...
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How make KDE shift + numpad home key to work selecting text?
I've just migrated from GNOME 3.
I want to press shift and numpad home key and select text until the begin of the line.
The behaviour I see is: when I press shift, if numlock is on, it works like ...
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Disable auto-focus when program opens in Fedora KDE
I use KDE on Fedora 29. I multi-task across multiple monitors. There are few things more frustrating than a program doing something that opens a new window and the OS changing the active focus to that ...
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how to enable and disable double click mouse options in kde
I use dolphin as my default file browser.
The recent releases have moved the options to configure single/double click open of files.
Settings -> Configure Dolphin -> Navigation - Mouse
I find ...
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Graphical issues in a Fedora 29 box with KDE and XRDP for connectivity
When connecting through XRDP on a KDE desktop, system settings is giving me black screens. E.g., in sidebar view there are two black boxes separated by a white separator in the middle. Changing the ...
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Thunderbolt 3 hotplug in linux freezes the UI
I have Lenovo Thinkpad T480s and Think Pad Thunderbolt 3 Dock connected via thunderbolt 3. The docking station has two external monitors connected via display ports. I have installed KDE neon. The ...
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How can I keep SSH keys passwords in KDE wallet?
Kubuntu 18.04 KDE Plasma 5.12.7
I'm trying to keep my SSH password in KDE wallet. I'm adding an SSH key by ssh-add command and specifying a password but the system asks me for a password each time ...
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How to insert arbitrary unicode characters in kde keyboard shorctuts (send keyboard input)?
My goal is to bind the shrug emoji ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ to a key combination such as "Super+Maj+S", such that whenever I type those three keys together that sequence of characters is sent to whatever window is ...
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Kde Plasma Task Manager is Broken after an update in Ubuntu 18.04
This is the error I get for Kde plasma task Manager after an Update
Error loading QML file: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.taskmanager/contents/ui/main.qml:26:1: plugin cannot be ...
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Installation of Plasma Mobile on Nexus 5x failed "./fetch-demo.sh: 16: ./fetch-demo.sh: pushd: not found"
I recently bought a used Nexus 5X that has already been rooted and had Lineage OS installed on it. I wanted to convert it to Plasma Mobile but every time I try to flash it with the command
sudo ./pm-...
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Copy string from browser to xterm running vi, in KDE
I would like to paste some URLs (text) into scripts, and to do so it would be most convenient if I could copy and paste from the browser to a xterm instance of vi.
How can I copy (control-C) and then ...
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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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Desktop displays incorrectly after screen resize in KDE5 Plasma. KDE4 worked correctly
I have a dual monitor setup. Native resolution is 1920x1080. So the complete screen area is 3840x1080. I can set up this with System Settings in KDE or with xrandr. Works as expected.
For various ...
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Error when installing KDE
I am trying to install KDE as my desktop environment on my ubuntu 16.04, but I'm getting this error
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
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How to obtain a list of all currently minimized windows?
I need a list of all currently minimized windows in the order they were minimized.
I have a mouse gesture (wipe down) assigned to minimize the current window. And I want to assign another gesture (...
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Instalation of snap okular(pdf viewer KDE) on Xubuntu 16.04.5 issues
I decided to install okular (PDF Viewer KDE) on my system Xubuntu 16.04.5 (I installed via snap store) , I can open okular but the window has no icons only text, it works: open pdf files, copy images ...