Questions tagged [kde]
KDE Plasma is a cross-platform desktop environment and software compilation, commonly used on Linux.
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How do you remap keyboard keys in Linux?
For context, I use Asahi's Arch Linux running Wayland KDE on an M1 Mac with a touch bar. (Don't anyone tell me it's uNsUpOrTeD, OK?)
I'm trying to remap my apple keyboard's modifier keys. Specificaly,...
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Render windows on inactive workspace in KDE Plasma Wayland
When I leave an application, usually a game, on inactive workspace it pauses seemingly because rendering is stopped.
I haven't found much information about it, only that it is caused by rendering ...
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Super key to open launcher doesn't work on KDE
Can't make KDE app launcher to be open on Super key hit. But others mappings like Super+E (Dolphin) or Super+T (screen layout) works fine.
Already tried the direct solution: to map shortcut to Alt+F1. ...
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KDE: Hide notfication content but not the pop-up itself
Is there a way to hide the content of a notification pop-up in KDE from showing (even if for specific applications)? I'd prefer if the notification pop-up is there but the content not shown for the ...
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How to change the background image in SDDM login - KDE - Kubuntu 24.04?
I was trying to change the background screen in the SDDM login in KDE - Kubuntu 24.04 using the system manager, but it was not keeping the changes after closing the manager.
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How can I browse a Nextcloud folder structure using Dolphin in Linux?
The Nextcloud docs mention that you can just log in using Dolphin, but this did not work for me.
After getting a warning about absence of authentication, I just get a dialog saying "Unable to ...
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How to change OS icon to Tuxedo OS in Powerlevel10k (Zsh)?
I'm using Tuxedo OS with Powerlevel10k in Zsh, and the terminal(konsole) shows the default Linux penguin icon.
I'm using the JetBrainsMono Nerd Font. How can I change this to display a Tuxedo OS logo ...
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How to set font for konsole super-user mode
I want to set the font used by konsole when running in super-user mode from the KDE applications menu.
When is superuser mode, the Settings menu does not include 'Edit Current Profile' as it does in ...
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How do I compile okular for windows using MSYS2 mingw64?
KDE offers a pre-compiled okular for windows in their site, but I found it to be rather slow and buggy, specially with relation to pen input generating zigzagged, spiky lines; a bug that appears to ...
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Window tiling keyboard shortcuts on Tuxedo OS
My goal is to assign keyboard shortcuts to window tiling, and also be able to control things like padding and spacing around the windows. This would be similar to Rectangle for MacOS. I'm running ...
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How can I find KDEConnect dbus message data structure?
I'm running KDEConnect on a Linux system and my Android phone. I want to be able to programatically fetch my SMS messages, which is not a current feature of KDEConnect cli program.
I am able to fetch ...
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KDE Plasma with x11 sometimes doesn't load?
After I boot my PC (Tuxedo OS 22.04) sometimes KDE Plasma (6.1.2) won't load anything at the Desktop, only wallpaper and widgets. No menu bar, no icons. And also GPU (Nvidia RTX 3050Ti) is running at ...
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KDE Plasma parse tray notifications
I want to periodically run a script (with cron, for example) which will parse received notifications (last N notifications), and, if a notification contains the text I need, the script should run an ...
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No available connections in WSL2 + Ubuntu + KDE
I use:
Windows 10 Pro (ver. 22H2 19045.4529)
WSL2 (wsl --set-default-version 2)
Ubuntu 22.04
KDE Plasma 5.24.7 (sudo apt install kde-plasma-desktop)
Kernel 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 (64-bit)
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How does Dolphin (KDE) synchronize with terminal window? Can this work with a tmux session?
I like to use Dolphin with a terminal session in the split window pane at the bottom. Key is that a cd command in the terminal changes the directory content being displayed in the Dolphin file view.
A ...
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How to disable KDE Plasma automatically finding printers?
I'm using KDE Plasma 5.27 with Debian-12.
Everytime I turn on my printer, KDE always add a printer config in its printer list with a strange name, even though I have manually added a config for this ...
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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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Why am I unable to awaken Debian 12 Linux under sleep/suspend?
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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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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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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