Questions tagged [plasma5]
This tag is for KDE Plasma 5-related questions. Plasma 5 is the fifth generation of desktop environment from KDE.
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How to login to KDE Plasma without pressing enter?
At my lock screen in Plasma, I can start typing my password directly. What I want to do is that as soon as the password is correct, it should unlock. Say my password is "1234", on my lock screen, by ...
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kdesu active user password instead of target user password
I have steam and some other questionable software I don't feel like trusting. kdesu seems to be the intended solution to run this software as a different user.
/etc/sudoers is configured nicely:
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Is there a minimum requirement for Plasma Desktop?
I wanted to run Arch linux and Plasma Desktop on a 15 year old PC. It's Intel DG31PR, built in VGA, Intel Dual Core Processor and 4GB RAM. Arch gets installed and GNOME desktop works without any issue ...
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Input Signal Out of Range
I've installed Arch Linux and Plasma Desktop on one of my old PCs (12yrs or more), it's AMD Phenom II Quad Core, ATI Radeon 3000 and 4 GB RAM. On Samsung SyncMaster S19B150 (max res 1366x768) it works ...
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KDE Plasma5 widgets by default
Configuration
Kubuntu 18.04
KDE PLasma5 as desktop environment
Problem
Is it possible to configure default plasma widgets for new user? So when I create new user on workstation it have ...
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Problems with KDE Plasma after upgrading to Debian 10: too bright and glowy, favorites and panel icons are missing
I upgraded from Debian 9 to Debian 10.
Problems I had during the upgrade:
I couldn't use dolphin during and after the upgrade (it said "Unable to create io-slave. klauncher said: Error loading '/usr/...
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Remove bloatware from KDE Plasma on Debian 10
I recently Installed Debian 10 with KDE Plasma desktop environment. I chose this desktop environment because it is modern and looks great. The customization is also over the top making it the best ...
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How to disable auto-mounting?
Even though I've disabled auto mounting here:
it still mounts USB stick and CD/DVD automatically! How to disable it?
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KDE Plasma: window drop shadows/transparencies broken
I'm using KDE 5.59.0/Plasma 5.16.2 and while working, my screen flickered, after which it seemed the drop shadows from my windows were gone. I noticed because I have no borders around the windows and ...
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KDE Plasma wallpaper doesn't work
I use Manjaro Linux (Arch) with KDE. I want run "Simple Plasma Wallpaper with QML extension" in kdevelop, but that doesn't work. In README is written: "cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX = MYPREFIX .. (...
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List callable font names for /etc/vconsole.conf
Using arch-linux with KDE plasma.
I would like to set my tty font to the ttf-hack font.
I added FONT=ttf-hack to /etc/vconsol.conf
And got no results.
Actually I do not know what the right names ...
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How can I use apt instead of pkcon in KDE neon?
When I run apt upgrade I get the following message from KDE neon:
On KDE neon you should use `pkcon update` to install updates.
If you absolutely must use apt you do have to use dist-upgrade or full-...
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Fedora Widgets disappear on panel
I am running Fedora 30 with the following configuration:
OS: Fedora release 30 (Thirty) x86_64
Host: Latitude 5580
Kernel: 5.1.6-300.fc30.x86_64
Uptime: 23 mins
Packages: 3468 (rpm)
Shell: zsh 5.7.1
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Chromium can't open Dolphin with 'Show in folder'
When clicking on the option 'Show in folder...' on Chromium, on the Plasma panel where app tabs show up, Dolphin tab shows up with the circular loading icon and then disappears, without ever opening ...
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Alt+Q doesn't close applications in KDE Plasma 5 on Fedora
I use Fedora and KDE Plasma 5.
I want to close applications with ALT+Q. I set this hotkey as KWin->Close Window, but after saving changes ALT+Q still does nothing. Some applications close with Ctrl+Q,...
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How to fix meta key not always working to trigger start menu on KDE?
KDE assign meta key to trigger the menu window but depending on the situation this does not always work.
This issue seem to be fixed on newer version of KDE but this is not yet widely distributed.
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Plasma 5 - Wallpaper background reset to blur at every login
I upgraded to Kubuntu 18.04 LTS recently. Every time I boot the computer and log in, the background setting of the wallpaper (Right click on the desktop > Configure Desktop) appears to be reset to "...
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How to stop KDE “THE PANEL ONLY”?
I'm trying to stop the KDE Panel, for use my own panel for example Gnome Panel, Lxpanel or other, then i need stop it or disable permanent before run my gnome panel or lxpanel, to prevent errors, how ...
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How to restore horizontal application menu in KDE Plasma 5?
I would like to restore the horizontal style in-application menu bar in KDE Plasma 5. Somehow I ended up with a single "control" menu item like this:
Using that requires two mouse clicks instead of ...
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Kde plasma blank with mouse cursor
Since I have upgraded kde plasma my desktop won't start showing me a blank screen with mouse cursor in tty1.
According to some searches I have tried to solve the problem with updating and upgrading ...
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KDE no longer automatically switches desktops
Background
I have been using Linux Mint KDE v17.3 (Plasma v4.13.2) for a number of years. I keep Firefox open in one virtual desktop and Thunderbird open in another. If I receive an email in ...
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How to add an entire folder of wallpapers in KDE plasma 5
When changing the wallpaper in KDE plasma 5 (on Ubuntu 18.04 if that matters) there's a button that says "+ Add Image...". Which is cool if you want to add a wallpaper, but I have hundreds in a folder ...
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how to repair x-server that failed following update/upgrade to 5.15?
question originally asked on askubuntu but commenters suggested to post the question here:
Shortly after sudo apt-get update and upgrade I got the black screen
The screen lock is broken and ...
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Open Konsole window in KDE with Keyboard Shortcut
I am used to using Ctrl+` to open Cmder in Windows. This key combination does not start a new Cmder process, but rather it maximizes or brings the already running one to the front and focuses on it.
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Avoid notification “kdeinit5 closed unexpectedly” in Plasma 5.14 when starting Dolphin
After upgrading Kubuntu from 18.04 to 18.10 and that to Plasma 5.14.5 through the "backports" PPA I am lucky enough to face almost no bugs, except annoying notifications saying "kdeinit5 closed ...
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Set the time of notifications in Plasma 5
The notification popups stay too long on the screen in my opinion.
How to modify the number of seconds notifications are displayed?
I see no such option in any of the notification settings.
(...
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Does not start session with KDE Plasma after updating
When my system starts (ArchLinux - Antergos) the logging dialog appears and I enter my credentials, then it looks like my session would start but the logging dialog appears again.
So I am not able to ...
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Plasma 5 - shutting down kills apps
I'm using KDE/Plasma for several years now and I always had a problem with shutting down but it's just now it started to annoy me.
The problem is that when I shutdown my laptop (with Plasma shutdown ...
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How to create a KDE Plasma color scheme for titlebar colors only?
I wish to use KDE Plasma's ability to set titlebar colors using window-specific rules. I know how to accomplish that in general. However, since I am setting only titlebar color options, I would like ...
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How to give each Firefox profile its own application icon in Plasma
I'm running KDE on Arch Linux. I have the following two .desktop files.
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=First Profile
Exec=firefox --no-remote -P First %u
GenericName=Firefox First Profile
Icon=/path/to/...
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Flickering and artifacts when capturing screen using ffmpeg and x11grab
I'm using the following command to capture my screen: ffmpeg -f x11grab -video_size 1920x1080 -i :0.0+1920,0 -c:v libx264 artifact-test.mkv
The resulting video contains flickering artifacts that look ...
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How can I use ~/.XCompose with IBus and KDE plasma (on NixOS)
I want to use IBus with libpinyin on my NixOS install with KDE plasma.
IBus is installed and works fine, with the following config in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
# use IBus for input
i18n....
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How to keep KDE Plasma Launcher Icon visible when running?
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Using KDE Plasma 5 default launcher, when I add an application to the launcher it's icon will be present in the panel as expected. When I click the icon the application will launch as ...
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Set Dolphin to manage the desktop in LXQT
I don't know much about the quality of the Lxqt desktop environment per se, but on top of Kubuntu 18.04 it works great.
(It is lighter and more responsive than Plasma 5 (which is good by current ...
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How can I stop windows re-positioning after waking up monitors?
I have a laptop with multi-monitor setup, one is HDMI and the other is VGA. I have the energy saving setting set to dim screen after 5 min and switch screen off after 10 min, with suspends set to ...
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KDE Plasma broken after upgrade
I've been having some issues with the Plasma desktop since doing some updates. I'm running Debian Testing. Last Saturday, there was a set of upgrades related to the Plasma desktop:
Start-Date: 2018-...
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How to start KDE Plasma 5 on start up on FreeBSD 11.2?
On FreeBSD 11.2 I have plasma5-plasma-workspace installed, along with x11/kde5 and sddm and I'd like to boot KDE Plasma 5 on boot. I've DuckDuckGo searched this topic but I haven't found any clear ...
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in KDE 5 how to make a GUI application show/hide with a shortcut similar to Tilda/guake/yakuake
I simply want to setup Emacs GUI to toggle (hide/show) visibility just like we see in guake, tilda or yakuake terminals(it is called drop down in these terminals). for example I am working with Emacs ...
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How to change kscreen backend (or disable kscreen)?
I'm running KDE on Arch Linux.
4.17.5-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 8 17:27:31 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux
plasmashell 5.13.3
QMake version 3.1
Using Qt version 5.11.1 in /usr/lib
I would like to ...
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Can I use kwallet to manage PGP keys?
I have two PGP keys I use to sign and decrypt e-mails in kmail. When doing so, I have to enter the key's password (currently stored in KeePass).
Is it possible to save the passwords in my kwallet in ...
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How to disable the volume popup in KDE Plasma 5.13?
In older versions I used to comment out osd.show(percent) in the functions increaseVolume and decreaseVolume in the file /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.volume/contents/ui/main.qml (blog ...
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touchscreen not working under Arch Linux
I pulled out an older Lenovo ThinkPad with a touchscreen (X220 tablet, Core i7) which had been running Ubuntu and I installed Arch Linux on it. Everything is fine except the touch screen does not work....
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3 Questions about having to do a hard shutdown and reboot
When I attempt to do a soft reboot or shutdown, the display hangs and the system is unresponsive for an inordinate amount of time. I therefore have to shutdown or reboot my setup by holding the power ...
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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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Can't run KDE on Arch, $DISPLAY not set
I just installed Arch Linux. I have set up xorg and can start the xserver with xclock and xterm.
I have also installed plasma-desktop.
As per the KDE - ArchWiki I only need to append exec startkde ...
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Set default virtual desktop in KDE
How can I set default virtual desktop in KDE?
I have nine virtual desktops (3 rows and 3 columns), and KDE always starts with top-left virtual desktop, and I want to start with center one.
(I have ...
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Suspend linux from KDE Plasma 5 lockscreen
TLDR: How to suspend from KDE LockScreen?
I'm using KDE's default lockscreen which you can somewhat configure
But I haven't found a way to suspend my PC from the lockscreen, so I had to enter my ...
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How can I set a KDE keyboard shortcut to Super+N (Meta+N)?
I'm trying to set some keyboard shortcuts in KDE. Some key combinations will work, and others won't, without explanation. For instance, I'm trying to set "Switch One Desktop Down" to Meta+N. I can set ...
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How can I disable URL Activities shortcuts in KDE Plasma 5?
This window appears when I press Ctrl+A or Ctrl+C on URL address, for example.
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No Icons Showing Up in Certain Programs in KDE Plasma 5
i installed KDE on Arch Linux and am using the Breeze theme, although no matter what theme or set of icons I choose, icons do not show up in my terminal or file manager, which i believe are from ...
