Questions tagged [kde]
KDE Plasma is a cross-platform desktop environment and software compilation, commonly used on Linux.
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"Error changing directory to '/' " error when trying to browse files on android via KDE connect via WINSCP
When attempting to browse phone files on Android through Windows 11 using KDE Connect with the assistance of WinSCP, selecting the 'browse device' option launches WinSCP, which then presents the ...
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How to use kwalletcli to get a password?
Looking for a way to save passwords that I would use in bash scripts.
On my KDE-plasma desktop, I can open "Wallet Manager" a GUI interface to show and manage passwords.
I installed ...
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Xmodmap freezes KDE when connecting peripheral (usb and bluetooth)
Connecting any peripheral using USB or Bluetooth causes KDE to experience freezes. During the freeze, you can still move the mouse pointer, but clicking anything doesn't work. After about 20 seconds, ...
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How to use action matching for images (actual images, not URLs or filenames) in KDE Clipboard?
What one does use to match objects such as images?
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kill kde "resume" feature
when I have the kind of problem that forces me to reboot, I log back in, and debian+kde helpfully starts up every program it thinks I want to resume. This is, of course, precisely the opposite of why ...
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How to read from a kwallet map per kwalletcli?
I try to use kwalletcli to access a password in a bash script. I know how to access ordinary passwords. But in the kwalletmanager GUI tool there is another kind of entries which is called Maps. Look ...
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How can I enable Wayland's autorotation in Plasma 6?
I've recently updated from KDE 5 to KDE 6 on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on a convertible (Lenovo Thinkpad X390 Yoga). Before the update, the automatic screen rotation in "tablet mode" (apparently ...
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Properly switch Caps Lock and Esc
I'm on KDE Neon 5.27 with X11, and the settings app has an option "Swap Esc and Caps Lock". I've been using this for a while, but some applications still think they're not swapped. I have to ...
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Turn on speaker amplifier when audio output selected
I'm using KDE (plasma) with pipewire for audio.
I have some desktop speakers that need an amplifier with a power switch. I have a remote controlled power socket (shelly plug) to turn on the amplifier ...
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Adding Borders or Shadows to Borderless Applications in KDE
I use Kubuntu 23.10 and have multiple apps, that don't use the standard KDE border and titlebar (like Trilium or MS Teams).It's hard to tell, where the app ends, when there is no border and the app ...
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How to add new theme to Kate in KDE
I want to add "okyo night light" to my Kate editor in my kde.
I find "okyo night light" in this address "https://kate-editor.org/en-gb/themes/".
I can't find this theme ...
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Installing KDE Neon 22.04 fails after locales
Installing a fresh KDE Neon 22.04 on a Lenovo laptop to replace a pre-existing KDE Neon install.
After configuring locales the installation failed with a bad main script file. Details:
Main script ...
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How to view a folder with the name of "."?
A folder that is named ".", just dot and nothing else, does not appear in dolphin or krusader file managers.
ls -a shows the folder.
Terminal output:
drwxrwxrwx - root 29 Feb 17:05 .
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Bluetooth sound going the wrong way between Linux and projector
OK, this seems like a dumb problem...
I paired a Kubuntu PC to an Android TV projector. I wanted to play some music on the PC and hear it on the (good sound quality) projector. I already do that ...
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SSH forwarding audio in Debian 12 KDE
Systems:
X86_64
Debian 12 bookworm KDE
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Debian 11 bullseye KDE
Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB
Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) (official port of Debian Bookworm)
PROBLEM:
I have an X86_64 receiving audio from my ...
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Is it possible to get my Wacom tablet mapped across multiple monitors in KDE
The default KDE wacom setting is that the pen cursor follows the "active screen".
That means that if you're using the pen as your pointing device, to click on something on another monitor ...
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How to transfer/apply GNOME Terminal colors to KDE Konsole?
I need to use GNOME Terminal colors in KDE Konsole.
I'm not sure exactly where I can get an up-to-date color palette from GNOME Terminal, but I guess this might work: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/...
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How to remap key combination on Linux / Wayland / KDE (Meta + arrow)
I am using Arch Linux with KDE Plasma 5.27 and the Wayland compositor.
On my laptop, I am able to use the key combination Fn + ArrowDown to mean PageDown. Similarly I can combine Fn with the other ...
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How can I get the current colour scheme on KDE from a non-qt application
Suppose I was writing my own text editor in a GUI toolkit that isn't Qt, and I wanted for it to inherit the colour scheme of the Qt applications.
What is the best way to do so?
kreadconfig5 is a ...
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possible for Okular to remember the last "session" & re-open the last open files?
Is it possible for Okular to remember the last "session" & re-open the last open files if you close and re-open it? I have Ubuntu 22.04 with KDE and Okular v. 21.12.3. I'm not sure if ...
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Where does KNetAttach store connections?
I am trying to restore old ftp and sftp connections from old Kubuntu instances. They were set up using the "Add Network Folder" link in Dolphin which is apparently using knetattach to ...
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Manjaro KDE (Plasma 5) and Wayland - Clipboard (copy/paste) issues with Wine
I use Linux Manjaro KDE (Plasma 5) and I am using the Wayland communication protocol for my display server (previously I used X11).
When making this change (Wayland to X11) I started having problems ...
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KDE Dolphin: revert to previous spacebar behavior
In 2022, Dolphin has added the "selection mode", described here: https://pointieststick.com/2022/08/19/this-week-in-kde-dolphin-selection-mode/
In my personal workflows, I was relying ...
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KOrganizer: Reminders always in foreground
The reminders of KOrganizer always appear in foreground and steal focus.
I can move them to another monitor but I accidentally close them with Alt+F4 as they steal focus.
How can I configure ...
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How to allow apps to open and perform actions as sudo?
I am running Debian 12 with KDE Plasma desktop 5.27 and my problem is that every time I open an app it won't allow me to do things as sudo or permissions are not set correctly.
For example, when I ...
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QtCreator can't use Breeze theme
I am trying to use QtCreator on Fedora (KDE) and it only seems to be able to run on Fusion theme instead of Breeze, which is KDE's default. When I launch the program with the following environment ...
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How to disable Ctrl+Shift+u keyboard shortcut (unicode-selector) in Fedora 39 KDE-Spin (Wayland)
0. How can I disable the Ctrl+Shift+u keyboard shortcut (unicode-selector) in Fedora 39 KDE-Spin (Wayland-Session)?
Whenever I hit this key combination on a GTK+-app, the infamous underlined "u&...
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Cannot install mariadb-server on Debian "There is a MariaDB/MySQL server running" (because of Akonadi?)
Preamble, I've done some research and as usual we have a cornucopia of similar questions but not exactly covering the described title:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1407756/akonadi-on-kde-cant-...
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Unable to awaken Debian 12 Linux under sleep/suspend. Requesting assistance to resolve
Experiencing inability to recover Debian Linux 12 from sleep/suspend, forcing me to reboot in order to continue working.
Attempted to retest by placing the system in systemctl suspend, or systemctl ...
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Debian can't wake up after suspend
After some time my system suspending. After the system has suspended itself I can't wake up the computer.
I use Debian 12 and KDE.
How to fix that?
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How to avoid integrated KDE vpn to redirect all traffic through the VPN?
I just setup a VPN server with OpenVPN. It seems to work so far.
I created a client configuration and keys on my Debian/KDE computer and when I start the VPN client through command-line:
sudo openvpn -...
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Battery remaining time is not shown in KDE after upgrade to Kubuntu 23.10
I upgraded my computer from Kubuntu 23.04 to 23.10 and now it refuses to show me the estimated battery time anymore (not showing remaining time of battery, sorry about the Slovenian language on the OS)...
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Set proxy on login if proxy server is reachable
I have to move between work, where we have a firewall and have to connect to the internet through a proxy and home where I do not need a proxy.
Since there are no global proxy settings in Linux and a ...
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Take a screenshot of a particular KDE window at regular interval
I'm using KUbuntu and I would like to take a regular screenshot (saved as PNG) of a VM I run under virtualbox. If possible do this outside the VM, every 30 min.
I've looked at scrot and spectacle. ...
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Can't keep keyboard layout on Garuda dragonized
I just installed Garuda dragonized and I'm using the wayland session:
OS: Garuda Linux x86_64
Host: MS-7C37 1.0
Kernel: 6.6.2-zen1-1-zen
But i don't understand why, when i boot, i have this error ...
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KDE Keeps freezing for some reason
First, to give a bit of details about my system:
I use KDE plasma
I use X11/Xorg as my protocol
I use Arch Linux
I have an NVIDIA gpu and an intel IGPU
Since I've installed Arch i have been ...
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How to download files to Google Drive directly using Dolphin?
I recently installed Fedora 38 (KDE) and add my google account. I also installed kio-gdrive. Now I can see a Google Drive folder under Network folder. And there is another folder named google1 for my ...
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May I use fonts of other Linux distros on Debian with KDE Plasma(Wayland)?
I'm using Debian-12(Bookworm), with KDE Plasma(Wayland) desktop env.
I found that there are many nice fonts on other Linux distros, and that they are used with KDE Plasma also, while they can NOT be ...
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How to download old ISO
Since I've upgraded my installed packages, I'm experiencing a misbehaviour in some software, probably because a new version of some package is not fully compatible with the app.
I'm using KDE Neon (...
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Debian: Changing keyboard layout doesn't update key positions for game input
Debian 12 with KDE Plasma 5.27.5, KDE Frameworks 5.103.0, Qt 5.15.8, running Wayland.
In daily work I use a customized version of the Workman layout. I've noticed that changing the layout also ...
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How do I enable audio in a xrdp session
I'm connecting to a remote device running ubuntu 22.04 + kde + xrdp.
My understanding is that, to get audio forwarded through rdp, I need to install a pulseaudio plugin for xrdp. So far I've tried:
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"Sleep" and keep processes running
Is there a way I can do what sleep does:
Turn off all the computer lights
Turn off the fans
Turn off the display
Lock the DE
but without suspending processes to ram? Would I need to script this or ...
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Run neovim as an external application in Linux
I want to run neovim as an external separate program. I created a desktop file like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Neovim
Comment=Run nvim in konsole with customize options
Keywords=Text;Editor;Plaintext;...
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Cannot update any packages on Linux? [closed]
All of a sudden, my package installs and updates from (apt) have started failing.
I'm on KDE Neon, and the message I keep getting looks like this:
E: http://archive.neon.kde.org/user jammy InRelease ...
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Prevent kf.dbusaddons: DBus session bus not found. To circumvent this try the following command (with bash): export $(dbus-launch)
To launch GUI applications in kde (plasma) in Ubuntu Jammy I need to first manually do export $(dbus-launch) and then launch the app from this console
Otherwise it won't start (saying kf.dbusaddons: ...
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Disable resizing both tiled windows (left and right)
This might be hard to explain, please bear with me.
TLDR:
How can I disable the link between two tiled windows when resizing horizontally? So only
Situation:
I have two windows (let's say Firefox and ...
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How can I authenticate LUKS encryption, on boot, with Yubikey, on KDE Neon 5.27?
I have a LUKS encrypted drive on Kdeo Neon 5.27. The LUKS password is long and tedious to type in. Given how much KDE reboots, I'm tired of typing in my password so I bought a Yubikey to speed up the ...
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Can't get window after install of Debian Bookworm
I did a fresh install of Debian Bookworm on one of my servers, but now I can't get a KDE window to come up under XDM. In order to maintain consistency between my servers - not for any personal ...
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Deactivating sleep mode in kde plasma 5.27.6
I am using CachyOS KDE. This system is based on the arch family. I would like to know how I can disable sleep mode in the start menu and in the sddm login screen. Is there such a possibility? I would ...
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Double-clicking .sh file on KDE fails to run the script
I have a simple .sh script on my Desktop that fixes a minor annoyance with my second display. If I open Konsole, and type ./script.sh, it runs perfectly. But if I double click that .sh file - it fails ...
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