Questions tagged [kde]
KDE is a full featured desktop environment and collection of software for communication, work, education and entertainment.
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How to manage multiple panel layouts for different display setups in KDE?
I use my laptop in 3 display setups:
laptop only
laptop + monitor
laptop + projector
For each one I use different screen setup and panel layout. It's quite boring to modify layout after each display ...
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How to use Kwallet as default keyring
I am using KDE desktop (plasma 5 ) environment with opensuse leap 42.1.
Many programs in my system use native keychain to store password like (JetBrain products). But when saving the password, I ...
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X Window Terminates when I type {+<ENTER>
In particular when I type the following keyboard combo:
<hold shift> [ <release shift> <enter>
I get dumped out of KDE and see a flash of some console output but I can't find it in ...
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Change order a icons in system tray widget in KDE?
Is there a way to change the order of the icons in the system tray widget?
Or is there a widget that lets you make your own system tray?
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How to make MTP work
I'm experiencing many problems trying to properly connect and access the memory of my phone from my Linux system.
I'm running openSUSE 13.1, with KDE, and my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo equipped ...
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How to hibernate Debian with Secure Boot enabled and fully encrypted disk?
I'd like to be able to hibernate another one of my Debian/KDE machines because it's practical and I'd like to save some energy.
I can't hibernate another one which has a swapfile and Secure Boot ...
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KDE Plasma: GTK fonts too large after update
I've just updated Arch Linux with KDE to Plasma 5.12.5 (I forgot to check which version I had before, but the last update I did was about a month ago) and I noticed the fonts in GTK applications are ...
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How to remember and easily switch between monitor configurations in KDE?
I've got two monitors and I'm using KDE. I use following monitor configurations:
two monitors (one little bit lower than another one) for usual work
the beautiful IPS monitor for movies
the fast TN ...
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KDE: suspend to 'freeze' state instead of 'mem'
I have a Lenovo Helix 2, which has busted suspend-to-RAM (S3) support. "Light sleep" mode (S0ix), however, works fine, as tested with echo freeze > /sys/power/state.
I can bind the power button to ...
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KDE meta key not working
The issue
There are several questions that I can't find an answer for about the Meta key on KDE.
What is the Meta key mapped to by default?
How to know to which key the Meta key is bound to?
So I ...
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Disable kactivitymanagerd
For context, I don't like my desktop environment tracking my file and app usage history. To that end, I always fully disable this behavior using the relevant system settings. However, it seems that ...
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Possible xorg memory leak
My problem in one picture :
The memory usage of xorg as a child process of sddm keeps growing with time.
Everytime I restart my computer, the problem reappears after a few dozens of minutes.
I tried ...
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Manually restore saved session files on KDE using qdbus command
At times, i have multiple konsole terminal open with multiple tabs. I would like to save and restore it manually, just in case i accidentally close the window. In KDE there is a command to save the ...
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Is there a way to set the QT icon theme, and other theme elements, from the command line?
I'm trying to automate the process of theming QT5 programs, in the absence of a DE like KDE, by writing a script that does it. I know that GTK has a bunch of config files that can specify all the ...
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KDE Plasma - disable right click "as select" in context menus
I'm using KDE Plasma (Kubuntu 18.04). I notice when you right click to bring up a context menu, it is possible to select the options with left click OR right click. I find this behavior quite ...
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How to match GTK and KDE themes in Plasma 5
I would like to set a dark theme that is easy to read (no dark fonts on dark backgrounds or vice versa). And I want a consistent look for Qt and GTK applications (especially Firefox and Libre Office). ...
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How to add icon search path in kde4/ plasma5?
I have various non-kde apps that place icons in various places in the system, and the Plasma5 menu and task manager widgets ignore them unless I symlink to them ONLY in:
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/...
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Move window to activity from shell in Plasma 5
I am trying to set a window's activity from a terminal or script. I know you can assign all these attributes from the System Settings, but I need to do it from a script. I know you can set the display ...
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How to fix x2go desktop, that does not resize contents, to fit in remote desktop window size
I transferred the KDE settings (ie contents of .kde) folder from an existing KDE to a new installed computer. Normally when I connect to a remote x2go, the windows are resizable, ie adjusting the ...
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programmatically alter kde file associations
Problem:
In kde I want to remove a particular file association from every file type
Details:
I wanted to try out clamTk as a companion to clamAv. It didn't suit my needs so I uninstalled the ...
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Which activity/program prevents my monitor from going off?
I can set my monitor off with xset dpms force off but something prevents KDE from setting it off. On the other hand, when I play a long youtube video it might go off (!). This correctly happens after ...
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Need More Information About KDE Job Notification
I installed Debian 7.2 on a new laptop a couple of days ago, and now I'm getting a strange job notification every once in a while. It just says the following:
Source: https://some.important.web.site....
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How to switch text direction to rtl & ltr in kate and kwrite
How can I switch the text direction in kate and kwrite editors?
I have English & Persian layouts and want to read the Persian text as right to left but I can't seem to be able to switch the ...
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Debian Kde Iceweasel/Firefox: setting custom protocols handlers
I recently switched from Ubuntu 10.04 gnome to Debian wheezy Kde.
Everything's work fine, except to the Iceweasel/firefox custom protocols!
I added komodo.protocol in my ~/.kde/share/services with:
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Keyboard repeat without pressing a key
Occasionally a key repeats although I do not press the key. I would like to prevent this phenomenon.
The phenomenon happens when I am pressing Ctrl+w again and again. After several times of Ctrl+w, w ...
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In KDE, how to get the Application Menu (File, Edit...) back on top of each window?
My File, Edit... Menus are gone from the Dolphin file manager. For the life of me I cant figure out how to get it back. Thank you.
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Links try and fail to open in firefox, then open in chromium after killall firefox
Whenever I click a link in some GUI applications, such as signal or slack, either nothing happens, or I just see the screen flash (the screen also flashes when I start firefox normally). This happens ...
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KDE Dolphin Folder Already Exists "Write Into" prompt default
I generally find KDE Plasma enjoyable to use, with one exception. If you copy files and a folder with the same name exists in the destination it prompts. I have search for a setting to change the ...
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KDE dynamic high-dpi text scaling
I am looking for an equivalent of the following gnome setup, in KDE:
Under gnome+X11, I can get instant scaling of gnome apps, KDE apps and chrome/chromium (>v49) when plugging my high-dpi monitor (...
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How to restore KDE 5 panel?
I'm running Fedora and I recently upgraded to 27. Now I just did another update and rebooted, but suddenly my panel/taskbar is gone. I customized it quite a bit and even assigned keyboard shortcuts. I ...
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Hide individual pointer cursor (because of flicker) in KDE in dual pointer setup with touchscreen
Under Kubuntu 17.04, I'm trying to obtain a dual pointer setup where one is attached to my mouse as usual and the other is attached to the touchscreen that otherwise works correctly while attached to ...
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How to bind custom commands to screen edges in kde?
I wonder if it is possible to use custom commands for KDE "screen edges" feature. For example, I would like to close active windows via clicking the top right corner (as I don't have window ...
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How to change the width of tasks in taskbar?
I am using Kubuntu. I am interested in changing the width of tasks in task manager but didn't see it in 'Task Manager Settings', Is there a config file for this or how to do it anyway?
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Laptop sleeps by itself - in logs "Sleep requested" - requested by what?
I left my Linux laptop on with the lid open while it was on battery power for several minutes, and it went to "sleep" (according to the systemd journal) - I assume this means the same as hibernation?
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Theming of KDE apps with Gnome DE
I'm using Gnome 3 on Arch Linux but I use some KDE applications like Okular.
I would like to make Okular and other KDE applications use a dark theme to match the one I'm using in Gnome.
I noticed ...
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Why am I randomly loosing focus from the active window in KDE?
Some months ago, I noticed that at random times the krunner pop-up (KDE run-command utility) appeared and stile focus from the active window. While krunner has stopped popping-up, I still loose focus ...
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How can I crop a 1920x1200 monitor to 1920x1080?
I have just purchased a 1920x1200 monitor, and have some situations where I want to force the output to the more common 1920x1080. However, I don't want to distort the output, and would prefer a "...
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shell script to return the kde desktop name
I've defined the names of my KDE desktops to those of my workstation and the local compute servers. I want to find a way such that when I open a shell in the particular named desktop, it will open the ...
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Dereference copy with KDE Dolphin
From the cli I can dereference copy a symbolic link with cp -L. Is it possible to do this with the KDE Dolphin file manager?
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How to properly configure GRUB settings from KDE System Settings
I'm using Kubuntu 12.04 with KDE 4.10, and I recently installed the kde-config-grub2 that places a nice Grub configuration panel into KDE System Settings.
I played around a bit, more for learning how ...
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kio sftp does not work but fish works
If I try to initiate an sftp connection from dolphin (or konquerer),
it tells me the password is wrong and asks me for the correct password.
Incorrect username or password Do you want to retry?
I ...
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New Mail Arrived notification Kmail + Jovie Speech customizing
When a new message arrives, Kmail has ability to speak! Which is great but not enough: I don't want to listen to a standard text but have a proper functionality:
When a new message arrives, Jovie ...
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office files are being read as zip archive and vice versa. How can I resolve this?
I am running Manjaro linux KDE and am enjoying. But opening office & zip file is a pita for me.
Look the screenshot. My zip file opens by libreoffice (or WPS). And if I correct it in file ...
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Horrible lag / stuttering in Debian 12 KDE Plasma Wayland
I just installed Debian 12 with KDE from live installer. Everything seems to work fine until I enter the password on login screen. When I get to the desktop (Wayland Plasma), mouse and keyboard are ...
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Running Openbox and MATE in parallel with KDE causes freezing on Debian
I am running Parrot OS (Debian) with KDE as the default desktop environment and SDDM as the display manager. I want to run Openbox and MATE desktop environments parallel to KDE on different virtual ...
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Why is it so hard to disable all "recent files"/"recent apps"/"recent places" functionality?
I am no fan of the "recent files / recent apps / recent places" features throughout modern operating systems. In particular, I do not want/need
jump lists, that show recent files opened ...
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KDE Plasma 5.25, X11, Breeze (dark): Enable transparency and blur
I recently switched to Fedora KDE 36, with Plasma 5.25.2. Using X11, because I'm experiencing bad visual glitches with Wayland (NVIDIA GPU).
Now I would like to enable some form of transparency+blur ...
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Fingerprint enroll-data-full KDE Plasma 5.24 thinkpad p1 gen 4
I've upgraded to KDE Plasma 5.24 and I have installed frpintd successfully. It even shows up under Users as GUI. Yet as I start setting up the finger print... the result is this
Enroll-data-full . ...
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In KDE, can one use 'Save session' to restore, upon reboot, an application that runs under Wine?
I am using Kubuntu 20.04. When I manually save the session (KDE Menu -> Leave -> Save session), some applications are restored upon reboot, and some aren't. For example, PDF-XChange Editor, ...
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How to stop dolphin from updating file access times
I would like to utilize access times as an indicator to figure out which files I am actually still using. But whenever i view a directory in dolphin, the access timestamps of many of the contained ...
