KDE Software Compilation 4 (KDE SC 4) is the current series of releases of KDE Software Compilation desktop
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How do I install only the KDE desktop (and not apps) on Unity?
My question is pretty simple. I have Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity and I want to login with KDE.
I have seen recommendations to:
1- run the three commands:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ...
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Stop KDE services from running
I recently installed KDE with the command sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop.
Now whenever I log into Unity I can see KDE-related services running in the background and I see no obvious way to ...
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Show 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 mouse ...
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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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How to install KDE 4.10 on Precise from repos?
I want to install new KDE 4.10 on Ubuntu 12.04 (precise).
Can I install that from any repos (maybe not default repos) and without kubuntu-desktop package? I want clean, fresh KDE without Kubuntu ...
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How to disable Qt accessibility in 12.04?
Observed behavior
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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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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Krusader can't go into archives
I installed Krusader to my ubuntu from repos with "apt-get install" and it work fine except one thing - i can not enter in any archives. While trying to do so it says - "listing folders is not ...
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Start Plasma-Desktop with parameters
Is it possible to start plasma-desktop after login with parameters?
E.g. if I want to try my Optimus:
DRI_PRIME=1 plasma-desktop
And if so, how can I show if the nVidia card is used?
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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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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 ...
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How to disable screen edge obstruction in KDE?
Whenever I enable any action in KDE -> System Settings -> Workspace behaviour -> Screen Edges selected screen edge becomes unreachable by the pointer which is bounces against it. I don't want ...
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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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How to download kde or gnome from synaptic for offline installation
I know how to install GNOME 3 and KDE using apt-get.
But i want to know how to, only download, from synaptic package manager, these shells. When i search for kubuntu-desktop in synaptic then the ...
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How do I switch between Kwin Window tabs?
How do you switch tabs when you attach a window as the tab of another? I wasn't able to find the corresponding KWin shortcuts to modify. I have realized that scrolling over the titlebar works, but is ...
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The eclipse icon on my KDE desktop looks wrong
Here is how it looks:
Here is how it is configured:
I want the icon to look something like this:
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Kubuntu with splotchy fonts in gtk apps
In Kubuntu I occasionally get splotchy fonts in gtk applications.
Splotchy-ness can range from slightly annoying to completely unreadable.
As far as I can tell, the problem only occurs in gtk apps.
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Unity removed after installing KDE SC 4.10
I wanted to try the new version of kubuntu desktop (KDE SC 4.10) on my Ubuntu 12.10, so I did this:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ...
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How to format a SD card easily in KDE?
first I want to clarify that I know how to do this with programs like kde-partitionmanager or gparted.
What I am really looking for is a easy way such as right click in dolphin on my SD Card or USB ...
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Camera protocol doesn't work
My Android device is set to use the media player mode when the USB cable is plugged in.
When I plug it in, it launches the media player thingy on my device and it shows up in the "Device Notifier" ...
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In KDE, how can i restore my shortcut in quicklaunch applet? [closed]
I lost my quicklaunch in KDE and restored, but did not return the shortcuts, where can I change this?
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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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When will KDE 4.8.3 land in Kubuntu 12.04 (official repository)?
When will KDE SC 4.8.3 be available in the Kubuntu 12.04 official repositories?
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KDE opens recent session applications
When I restart KDE, it launches all the applications I opened after restart. How to disable this feature?
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undefined reference to `XShmQueryVersion'
I am try to compile a simple codebase that use simple X11 functions
but it gives error at compile:
(.text+0x1c): undefined reference to `XShmQueryVersion'
I used the XShmQueryVersion function in my ...
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How can I modify the knetworkmanager icon in my kde taskbar?
I am using kubuntu 12.04 Precise 64 on my notebook. Almost everything works fine.
I would like to modify the colors of the icon(s) used by knetworkmanager to indicate wifi online.
Right now, I am ...
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How to install KDE for different user on ubuntu 12.04
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 Gnome 2D.
I want to install different desktop environments for different users, there are only 3 different users, 2 of them are in soders list with NOPASSWD
I want one user ...
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How can one change the Oxygen look away from Gtk aplications when having both Ubuntu and Kubuntu Desktop?
I have both Kubuntu and Ubuntu desktop installed on my laptop running 12.10. eventhough I enjoy the looks of KDE, when using Unity, aplications (firefox, thunderbird, filezilla, geany, amongst others ...
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Taking KDE config files with me
I'm reinstalling my Kubuntu 12.04 and I want to take my Kate, Kile, Okular, Dolphin & Konsole config files with me.
Where are this files located? I've looked around /home/, /home/.kde/ and ...
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KDE Power Management not turning Screen Off
This seems to be the opposite problem most people ask with KDE PM. I have a laptop running Ubuntu 12.10 and KDE 4.10. After the last couple of updates (I'm not sure which one), my screen stopped ...
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Why aren't new programs showing up in the KDE menu?
I have run into a very odd problem in Kubuntu 12.10. Whenever I add a program through Muon or `apt-get`, it doesn't show up in the menu. For example, I installed Opera from a deb package and ...
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Kubuntu 12.04 keyboard + mouse do not respond
I just installed Kubuntu 12.04 amd-64. When I login the mouse, moves but the clicks appear to be random (some are accepted and some are not) and the same happens with the keystrokes. This makes the ...
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Kubuntu 12.04: Change login screen background?
I am having trouble changing my login screen background. I can select the default wallpaper, the Kde-default one, but whenever I select my own custom wallpaper, there is no image, just a solid color. ...
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KDE4 configuration via file?
For quite some time I've got the following problem: on my desktop I placed a special folder view app (see screenshot). I cannot resize or move it in any way when the apps/ bars are in unlocked mode.
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Aligning desktop icons in Kubuntu
I am using Kubuntu 11.10 (KDE4.7). Currently my desktop is in "Folder Layout" mode. I have tried align the icons on my desktop by selecting "Align to grid" in icons option in desktop. Still by icons ...
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Is there a way to stop KDE 4.10 from suspending at the login screen on laptop close?
I'm running a fresh install of Kubuntu 12.10 with KDE 4.10 installed from the Backports PPA. This is my first time using KDE, so I'm still learning where to find everything. I've got KDE's Power ...
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How to Fix “The process for the trash protocol died unexpectedly”?
Since yesterday I got the following message after login to KDE:
The process for the trash protocol
died unexpectedly
Does anybody know what causes this problem and how to fix?
KDE Version: ...
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Handling GTK Windows in KDE4
I've installed kde via sudo apt-get install kde-full and it worked perfectly, and all is well, except for these ugly gtk applications. (Pictures Here) So I did some research and came across this form ...
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How do I reload system settings from command line on Kubuntu?
To better understand what I need: In systemsettings (KDE), in icon theme module, after I change the icon theme, I click apply. I need to know which command line I run to do the same when I click apply ...
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Upgrading specific pieces of KDE 4.x
So this is going to be one of those "is this even possible?" questions.
I need to upgrade a piece of my KDE from 4.8.5 to 4.9. Specifically, I need to upgrade Gwenview from the 2.85 version in KDE ...
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KDE Plasma is totally crashed - Ubuntu 12.10
After I installed Ubuntu 12.10 to my PC, I decided to use it with KDE and downloaded all KDE components. It was perfect until today. However, just after I set some network options, Plasma started to ...
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Prevent users from changing background image in kde4/kubuntu
The boss want all computers to have the company logo as desktop background,
so i want to config KDE(4) to not allow the background to change.
searched abit here an on google, found an answer for ...
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Why are certain KDE window buttons on the taskbar always highlighted?
I updated to Ubuntu 11.10 (as I recall, my computer is currently calling itself Lisa instead), and I installed KDE as a backup when trying to remove Unity. KDE then became the only environment that ...
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How do I set a default user for KDE password prompt?
I have multiple users on my machine and every time a KDE service asks for a password it contains list of users but the current one is not selected by default.
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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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Some widgets not appearing in “add widgets” in kde4 screensaver [closed]
I would like to add an RSS feed to my screen saver. In kde, the default (blank) saver lets you add normal plasma widgets. But the list of widgets available in the screen saver is smaller than the one ...
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Network manager dies if my router drops the internet connection
My ISP doing some repairs on my broadband cable so my internet connection is dropping frequently, when my internet connection drops, Network Manager, shows that there are no interfaces.
I have to ...
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Undecorate Chromium Browser in KDE4?
Chromium browser in KDE4 looks bad , unlike other WM , a border showed up on top , how can i remove them , and let chromium display its own buttons (e.g close / max / minimize) ?
Thanks !
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Kubuntu won't lock
When I close the screen of my netbook in Kubuntu, it doesn't lock when I reopen, and when I press the lock button, nothing happens. I have KScreenSaver configured, and all the drivers work fine, so ...
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Gnome 3 application theme in kDE
I am using KDE 4 and when I run any Gnome 3 application it looks really bad, how I can make Gnome 3 applications have themes like in Unity and Gnome 3 Shell. Thanks in advance!
