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 can I reset corrupted font sizes in KDE Plasma 5.27?
My system is KDE (5.115.0) Plasma (5.27.12) on Ubuntu Studio (24.04), with a 32 inch 4k monitor. There seems to have been some corruption of text-display values not accessible through System Settings. ...
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LibreOffice looks old and ugly in Debian/KDE - how to make it use the proper dark breeze theme and look normal again?
It looks like this (LibreOffice Writer): What is the problem here and how to make it look modern and good? I'd like to use a dark-mode of it and a breeze theme. I think it used to look better before ...
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How to change konsole to English - getting errors bash: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale
When I open a new konsole window I keep getting these errors: bash: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale (en_XX.UTF-8): No such file or directory bash: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: ...
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Could not activate remote peer 'org.kde.spectacle': startup job failed
I get this often. Sometimes my spectacle works and sometimes it doesn't work. The error I'm getting is: Launching Spectacle (Failed) And then underneath it: Could not activate remote peer 'org.kde....
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Desktop Action in .desktop file: How to split file list %F if file paths contain spaces?
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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apt-get autoremove during Debian 13 upgrade removed packages I need - how to get them back?
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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How can I reconfigure my keyboard layout on Arch+KDE?
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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Gnumeric cell pointer/cursor is completely white without a black border on Arch KDE Plasma
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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Clock in Plasma taskbar gone after upgrade to Debian 13 - how to display time again?
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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Why is a drag-and-drop screen shown persistently after copying some items?
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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System wakes from sleep when freezing user processes
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 to add a Firefox context menu option/entry for "Profile Select", "Choose User Profile" on startup with KDE, XFCE or GNOME?
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 to add a Firefox context menu option/entry for a private window in Debian 12/13 with KDE or XFCE?
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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How do I prevent KDE (Wayland) from responding to display "changes"?
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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Linux/KDE: Emojis not rendered in Firefox and Thunderbird when monospace font is used
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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