Questions tagged [kde4]
KDE Software Compilation 4 (KDE SC 4) is the current series of releases of KDE Software Compilation desktop
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How can I re-order the activities in KDE?
I would like to be able to manually edit the order of my Activities in KDE. They are not listed in alphabetic order or the order that they are created, yet I haven't figured out how to change this ...
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No sound notification in KDE Plasma Desktop
I installed the KDE plasma desktop yesterday on my Ubuntu 14.04 system. The environment has been working quite well up until now.
However, I just noticed that there was no Sound notification icon in ...
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How to control KDE (4.9.0) plasma widgets from command line?
I cannot delete "Window Menubar" widget from panel and "Facebook" widget from "Search and Launch" desktop bottom. And I don't want to delete all my settings, can I delete these widgets somewhere in ...
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Compile KTechlab in Ubuntu 20.04
I couldn't find a package from KTechlab. I decided to compile it from the sources but I have a problem that I can't seem to solve. https://github.com/ktechlab/ktechlab-0.3
$ cmake ..
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How to format a SD card easily in KDE?
First I want to clarify that I know how to format an SD card with programs like KDE Partition Manager or GParted.
What I am really looking for is an easy way to do that, such as right-clicking in ...
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How to change tablet orientation with kubuntu 18.04 and wacom bamboo CTL-470
I am using a Wacom Bamboo tablet CTL-470 with a kubuntu 18.04 and I want to rotate it 180° so that the USB input is on the right side, not on the left as it is now.
I installed the newest packages ( ...
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Configure mouse speed (not pointer acceleration!)
Is there way to increase the mouse speed in KDE4? I don't want any pointer acceleration, it's just the mouse speed that I want to change.
Edit: Unfortunately, editing the xorg.conf is not an option ...
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Get rid of "unused" sessions in session switcher
As shown in the screenshot below, whenever I enter the session switcher (it doesn't matter if it's via Alt-F2 (KRunner), the lock screen, etc.), I see an "Unused" entry for each VT that has an X ...
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How to run a program in KDE4 Dolphin?
In KDE4, in Dolphin, when I double-click a program (with execute bit set), Dolphin asks me what I want to use to open the file. I just want to run it.
When I right-click, I get a list of stuff, but ...
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Proper way to let user enter password for a bash script using only the GUI (with the terminal hidden)
I have made a bash script that uses kdialog exclusively for interacting with the user. It is launched from a ".desktop" file so the user never sees the terminal. It looks 100% like a GUI app (even ...
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KDE taskbar questions
1) How can I set minimized apps' names on taskbar NOT to be gray? (ie they are always black)
2) How can I make taskbar not transparent in default theme? But other way than turning all desktops ...
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Full screen mode under kde with any window
I found my new favorite shortcut (under kubuntu 14.04) Ctrl+Shift+f which brings applications like okular or kate to full screen. Unfortunately it does not work with konsole, chrome, etc. which brings ...
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How can I configure Okular to save annotations in the pdf file by default?
As far as I know, Okular annotation are stored locally in /home/user/.kde/share/apps/okular/docdata.
However, there are many cases where I need the annotations to be saved within the pdf file itself ...
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Show KDE Plasma desktop like in Windows 7
Is there any widget or anything which will work like Windows 7 button in right down corner of the screen?
This is, when one move over the mouse on the button then all windows are hidden and when ...
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Install KDE4 on Ubuntu 15.10? [closed]
Are there any packages to install KDE4 on Ubuntu 15.10? I want to use Ubuntu 15.10 for the various bug fixes in lower-level libraries, but KDE5 itself is far too buggy to use. (e.g. plasma crashes ...
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How to change default wallpaper in KDE?
I'm on KDE 14.14.1 and want to change the default wallpaper. I want to make lots of changes as I want to build a customized kubuntu maybe call it a fork. But there's my problem. There are almost no ...
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ssh is not asking for my passphrase
SSH is no longer asking for my private key's passphrase. I don't understand how this happening.
In the past, I have used ksshaskpass to get my ssh key's passphrase from KWallet and unlock my key. I ...
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Key-mon on KXStudio (ubuntu14.04, KDE 4.13.3) doesn't launch
I had downloaded and installed the key-mon program from here: https://code.google.com/archive/p/key-mon/downloads
But it doesn't launch. I tried a few older versions - the same result.
How can I fix ...
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Installing KDE Plasma 4 in Ubuntu 16.04
Is it possible to install Plasma 4 in Ubuntu 16.04?
I've had a lot of problems with KDE since I upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04, and Plasma 4 was great.
I've tried to find some PPA, but I could ...
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KDE logoff broke, how do I fix it?
My 'logoff' button stopped working on KDE. I've googled tons, and none of the solutions are working.
If I don't use the official logoff mechanism, on restart, my desktop session state is lost
I ...
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Open tabs at startup in Konqueror
When starting Chrome I can set up that it opens previously used tabs, last time when closing the browser window.
Can I do the same in Konqueror? When I open Konqueror doesn't reopen last opened tabs, ...
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Change font color of inactive apps on KDE taskbar
How can I set minimized apps' names on taskbar (they call it taskmanager widget in kde I believe, that panel at the bottom) NOT to be gray? Ie where can I change its font, in system settings I can ...
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Custom shortcut for krunner in Kubuntu
The default shortkey is Alt-F2. How to edit that?
I have added a custom shortcut for krunner, but I want one to toggle: show or hide, just like ALT-F2, not just open.
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Ubuntu login doesn't do anything. Left with only a cursor and background
I've tried with lightdm, kdm, unity and kde4. Same results. I enter my password, hit enter and the login menu disappears, leaving just the cursor and greeter background. The window manager, whichever ...
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Opening Spotify shows "Failed loading skin"
Yep, suddenly when I try to open Spotify it shows me this message:
Output when executing from terminal:
15:32:38.744 I [breakpad.cpp:110 ] Registered Breakpad for product: spotify
15:...
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Kubuntu: application windows freeze/become-disabled, but menus and keyboard shortcuts still work
Lately some of my applications have been semi-freezing at random times. I've noticed this using Chromium, Blender and Sublime Text, with Chromium by far having the most occurrences. Basically, the ...
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KDE 4 in Ubuntu 16.04?
I've been trying Plasma 5.7 and it was really slow to me. The startup time took me 15 seconds. So in short, I want to install KDE 4 in Ubuntu 16.04. Is it possible? I saw the Ubuntu Precise repository ...
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Alternative Embedded Text Editor
System Settings > Default applications > Embedded Text Editor suggests that you can choose another alternative Embedded Text Editor, but there no other choice but the default Embedded Advanced Text ...
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How can I force the window to open in a given desktop in Kubuntu?
Let's assume that I had opened a .txt file using Kate in Desktop 1 and switched to Desktop 2 afterwards. Now if I open another .txt file, again using Kate, I am automatically switched back to Desktop ...
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Clicking link in PDF spawns thousands xdg-open processes
I have a PDF with a link to a web page, that used to work (it would open the link in firefox, via xdg-open). However, when I click it now, literally thousands of xdg-open processes are started and ...
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Chrome doesn't show any site properly (artifacts)
Whenever I minimize, and maximize then my Chrome browser it starts to show artifact on any site that "move the half of the site in the transverse". It dissapear when any of site element change their ...
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How To Completely Remove KDE Plasma Desktop
I'm fairly new to the whole linux/ubuntu environment. I installed KDE Plasma desktop, but after about a week of using it I realized that I would rather stick with the Unity desktop. My question is, ...
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GTK3 theme in KDE
I am using Kubuntu 12.04 and QtCurve widget style which does not support GTK3:
How can apply a GNOME theme for GTK3 apps?
I found an advice here: installed gnome-themes-standard and gnome-themes-...
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Nautilus icons are missing on KDE
I really like Nautilus file manager, but on KDE the icons are missing. It works good on Unity and Gnome.
If I start nautilus from Terminal (writting nautilus) I see the following logs:
$ nautilus
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How can I install KDE 4 on Kubuntu Wily 15.10?
I recently upgraded to Kubuntu 15.10 from 14.04 LTS, and have found that KDE/Plasma 5 has too many bugs and I would like to use KDE 4 again. But I want to keep the rest of Kubuntu 15.10 and all the ...
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How to kill KDE screensaver from command line
Sometimes lock-screen just can't be unlocked in KDE, so I have to kill it from TTY.
Update: in 4.13 plasma-overlay always respawns. Any other way?
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KDE notification popup appears only when I attach a second screen
I use kde 4.13.3. I dont see a popup for notifications when I use only one screen but once I attach a second screen.
How could I move the popup to be shown in the main screen whether I attached a ...
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Kubuntu broken after update
I have Kubuntu 14.04 (3.13.0-66-generic) and after a recent update I get some serious issues in my system. Is a very weird behavior and I can't really get ahead of it... I wonder if it happened to ...
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Kmail sets Subject, Sender, Receiver, Date to "Unkown". How to rebuild akonadi index?
Mail that comes in is first as usual in the inbox - I am using POP3. But when I click on a mail, Kmail sets subject, sender, receiver, date to "Unkown". When I go online and at the messages from my ...
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Ubuntu 15.04 and KDE4 [duplicate]
Can I install KDE4 desktop on Ubuntu 15.04 using the terminal like the good 'old' days or will I have to go back to 14.04 LTS? KDE4 was beautiful.
Edit: I don't want to roll back. I want to use KDE4 ...
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Alt-Tab behaviour in KDE 4.8.2 after upgrade to 12.04
This may be a silly question for this community (and if this question does not belong here, please let know, and I'll either delete it or move to another suggested forum.)
I run Kubuntu, and I just ...
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Bind keys to actions in KDE 4
I mainly use windows and use Linux/Kubuntu occasionally, and would love it if the same Windows shortcuts can be applied in KDE 4.
Shortcuts that I would love to have.
Winkey - Launches the start ...
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Problem to install kdenlive 0.9.10 : ubuntu 14.04
I am trying to install kdenlive 0.9.10 on ubuntu 14.04 (with gnome desktop).
I followed the instructions from the official website (https://kdenlive.org/download-ubuntu). But no success.
sudo add-...
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Kubuntu 15.04: kquitapp plasma-desktop does not work - why?
Why does kquitapp plasma-desktop result in the following error message?
~$ kquitapp plasma-desktop
kquitapp(14021): "Application plasma-desktop could not be found using service org.kde.plasma-desktop ...
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How do I install KDE Plasma 4 instead of 5? Ubuntu 15.04
The deal is that I don't like KDE 5 but if I install KDE it installs 5.3.1... Is there a way to install KDE 4 or do I have to deal with it?
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How to configure KDE default settings for a new user of a group?
I'm a sys admin on Kubuntu 11.10 machine. Where do I configure the basic config for a new user (say belonging to group "users")?
Edit 1:
I want to configure langauages - currently my new users get ...
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kde4-config not found?
Here's my /etc/apt/sources.list:
#############################################################
################### OFFICIAL UBUNTU REPOS ###################
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How to disable Qt accessibility in 12.04?
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When opening a KDE session, a blue round icon with a human silhouette appears in tray. It offers "enable screensaver" "speak text" "speak keyboard".
It seems related to processes /...
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How to get KDE4 for building a project in Ubuntu 12.04?
There is a command find_package(KDE4 REQUIRED) in the CMakeLists.txt file from the question How to make a project of Krusader. My attempts to build the project in the Qt Creator result in a message ...
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KDE Dashboard settings don't show up
I'm using the Widget Dashboard in KDE4. When I right-click it and select "Desktop Dashboard Settings", nothing happens. No window shows up on none of my desktops.
What is the matter here?
I'm using ...
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