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In the KDE file manager Dolphin, you can right-click files and Dolphin offers a context menu what to do with the file, e.g. send as an attachment by email. These so called desktop actions are ...
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To upgrade from Debian 12 with KDE to Debian 13, I did run sudo apt-get full-upgrade -o dir::cache::archives=dir and sudo apt-get --fix-broken install -o dir::cache::archives=dir but despite of ...
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Recently I got a Thinkpad T480 with a US keyboard layout and installed Arch (I know, the stereotype...), with KDE. I mostly use Windows for work, and I'm used to using an American physical layout ...
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Changed cursor theme for KDE and GTK on Arch KDE Plasma. The white cell cursor seems to be controlled by Gnumeric not with system cursor theme. Is there a way to get the normal cell cursor? No, I ...
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After upgrading from Debian 12 with KDE to Debian 13 the clock in the bottom right of the taskbar is gone. I used Event Calender and now the calendar is not working anymore and shows "This Widget ...
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I'm using Firefox on KDE on Wayland. When I copy or drag-and-drop some texts or files from anywhere, suddenly various websites like Google Drive, Facebook or Claude display a full-screen drag-and-drop ...
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My system was sleeping and resuming just fine, but for a few months, the system wakes itself after going to sleep. I looked with dmidecode at the 'Wake-up Type' and it says PCI PME#. Then I searched a ...
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How can I add a separate context menu option/entry to start Firefox ESR with the "Choose User Profile" window dialog, in Debian with KDE, GNOME or XFCE? This is a follow-up question/answer ...
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How can I add a separate context menu option/entry to start Firefox ESR in a private window, in Debian 12/13 with KDE or XFCE? This is a follow-up question/answer to: Missing Firefox Context Menu ...
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I have several computers that I switch between using a KVM. One of them in particular experience frequent KWin crashes (which tends to incur collateral damage) whenever I switch between machines. The ...
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Despite my best effort thus far, Unicode emoji characters (see, e.g., here) are not rendered in Firefox and Thunderbird on my Debian/KDE machine when monospace font is used. By that I mean that they ...
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I have been having this problem for quite some time. I am using Xming to contact my headless Debian Bookworm server via XDMCP under Windows (various versions). The login screen comes up and I can log ...
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I can see all the file extensions in the Dolphin file explorer, and some on the desktop as well: .pdf, .txt, .exe. But others like .desktop and .flatpakref don't show up. Is there a way to make them ...
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We develop and distribute an application that controls industrial robots (non real-time typically). We run it on Kubuntu 22.04 in a Konsole window. It is runs continuously for several months at a time....
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Whenever I reboot, usually after a system upgrade, the KDE systemsettings application is automatically opened on startup. However, I did not have the application open before I rebooted, and I did not ...
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made a simple command to change my power mode to "balanced-performance" (lenovolegion power mode for custom mode), works fine in terminal and running the file, but when listing it as a ...
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(Pipewire/Wireplumber, KDE Plasma, Aurora (Fedora atomic/Silveblue)) Where can I find logs related to the current audio device changing, or devices being added/removed, etc? (background) every few ...
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On my device I frequently receive this message (especially when booting): Detected locale "C" with character encoding "ANSI_X3.4-1968", which is not UTF-8. QT depends on UTF-8 ...
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I attempted to backup and restore the data for Spacebar within my Debian installation. However, it does not appear to work properly. I think I must have accidentally changed the permissions. Are ...
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I use two graphical virtual terminals (sessions) on a debian desktop with KDE (the ones you switch between using chvt or Ctr-Alt-F7, F8, etc.). I notice that processes in open windows in the inactive ...
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I am attempting to connect to my Debian Bookworm machine using TIGHTVNC on a Windows 7 machine. When I connect to the machine I get a gray screen. I downloaded Krfb, but it gives me an error when I ...
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I have KDE's Spacebar installed on my Librem 5 but cannot figure out how to access/receive MMS messages. (edited image example) I added my MMS settings but still get the message above: Have any of ...
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I want to backup my messages within KDE's Spacebar so that I may do a full system reinstallation. How can I backup my messages and restore them into a new installation?
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I'm following the tutorial: A full Python + Kirigami application to learn how to build Python applications using PySide6 and Kirigami for KDE, under Arch Linux and Fedora. This is my script: import ...
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I'm trying to connect to use remote servers in multi monitor setup with following command xfreerdp3 /d:foobar.intranet /u:myuser /v:xx.xx.xx.31 \ +clipboard +sound -wallpaper /cert:ignore \ /...
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I'm using Subversion on Linux with a repository hosted on a remote server (via https) and with kwallet as the password store. Everything works as expected except that each time I'm using something ...
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I am trying to configure dual-seat on my Linux with KDE-Wayland. I have two graphic cards which should make it possible. I configured an /etc/udev/rules.d/72-multiseat.rules # Assign second graphics ...
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I'm using KDE Plasma with KWin window manager on a dual-monitor setup. The monitors have different resolutions and sizes, which causes the mouse pointer often get "stuck" in the corner where ...
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I'm running Fedora 41 Plasma (KDE). There is an issue I'm getting with various apps where, after installing one and successfully setting up a command via the KDE Menu Editor, after a while the command ...
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This happens pretty much every night. My panels are working fine. I go to bed and come back the next morning with all of my panels frozen on KDE Plasma. Sometimes my whole KDE Plasma freezes and then ...
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I see a non-existent WiFi network, named "HP84C8DA". In the past I had a similar issue on an HP laptop, appearing after I tried creating "ad hoc network" on Windows. But now I ...
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I finally got profile locale settings to my liking. Now it shows ISO standard everywhere. But where is the conf file so I can copy it to another machine? ` administrator@debian12kde:~$ locale -a C C....
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This theme (Gently) used to make the highlighted areas of VLC in the image below transparent, now it doesn't. Other applications are working fine (Kate, Dolphin, plasmoids, menus). I've been playing ...
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I am installed KDE Plasma (on Fedora 42) in an LXC container. My goal is setup KDE remote desktop and use it as a headless desktop environment. The issue is krdpserver stores the password for the ...
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I've been trying for several days to optimize my KDE with Debian 12 bookworm, adjusting various settings and removing some programs that I don't actually need. I tried to uninstall the Konqueror ...
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I am trying to run adb, in order to backup my android device. I installed android tools via dnf (sudo dnf install android-tools), but adb is giving a symbol error, specifically: adb: symbol lookup ...
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I'm using KDE Plasma with Dolphin on Debian 12 Bookworm, and I want to completely disable all tracking and history features related to: Recent Files Recent Folders Clipboard History Search History ...
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In the Plasma Renderer, there's an option that says "GL Core Profile" and I can force it if I want to: What is it and what does it do if I force it?
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I've just installed Kubuntu (so using KDE Plasma) and I straight-away noticed that the scaling was a bit messed up. My setup is a 15" 1920x1080 144Hz laptop screen and a 27" 3480x2160 60Hz ...
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I'm looking for a task switcher (or an independant software) that would: show me a list of tasks running (typically, window title, and process name); let me select an item in the list (using ...
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I'm using CachyOS and would like to lock my screen from Konsole. I'm using KDE. Is this possible? If yes, then what's the command for it?
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I am new to Fedora and KDE, and I am trying to install a Chinese IME through fcitx5 on my Fedora 42 KDA Plasma. As I follow instructions given on other Reddit threads, I got stuck on the input method ...
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In KDE System Monitor > Applications, in KDE Plasma 6.x, there is an option to send signals to various applications. For example SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGKILL, etc. Please see the attached screenshot ...
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I am an Arch Linux user. I recently switched from the Cinnamon Desktop Environment to KDE Plasma and noticed that Wayland and X11 have different customization limits. X11 is better for gaming but ...
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In KDE Dolphin there is a mechanism to open a terminal/Konsole window by using the shortcut key ALT+SHIFT+F4. Is there a mechanism where the terminal that is opened only from Dolphin opens with a ...
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I want to display all of the image I have set to my wallpaper while maintaining its aspect ratio. The obvious way of doing this would be to scale the image as appropriate and then use a background ...
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I've recently set up a new computer running Kubuntu 25.04 (KDE 6.3.4), and I have a few .desktop files I've brought over from my previous computer (which was using Gnome), where they worked fine. ...
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When I use Dolphin File Manager in Detail View mode, for some reason there is an unnecessary horizontal scrollbar if I adjust my columns to fill the screen. The only way to get rid of the scrollbar is ...
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But I use CTRL+F2 to enter tty2, and then startx to get to the desktop. Here is current Xorg.0.log Xorg.0.log dmesg
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Picture: Debian 12 Bookworm with Plasma 5.27 and Lightly installed from boehs's fork. Colour Scheme is called "Valo" and it's soon to be published in KDE Store / Pling. Intended as a general ...
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