Re: KDE 6.x improvements?

[local10]

Aug 15, 2024, 07:22 by mar...@lichtvoll.de:

> Restoring from a saved session now works for me again. Still again on X11 
> for me so far. This also applies to activities which now correctly restore 
> to their last state instead of showing up empty.
>


I'm also on X11 with Bookworm, but never really have had any significant issues 
with restoring sessions in KDE 5. I practically never turn my PC off, just put 
it to sleep and turn off the monitor and it has been working mostly fine for me 
for years (I don't use activities, though).


> Actually at the moment I have no issue with Plasma 6. At least no serious 
> one. It appears to be a bit more sensitive regarding screen border 
> actions. 
>


That's good to hear. My plan was, if I decided to upgrade, to go from stable to 
testing. I guess I'll wait for a while and see how it goes.

Thanks for your feedback.

Regards,

Re: KDE 6.x improvements?

[local10]

Aug 15, 2024, 00:30 by shtetldik+shm...@gmail.com:

> I.e. if something was already bugging you, you probably would have figured out
> by now if it's fixed in Plasma 6.
>

There are some small things that annoy me somewhat in KDE 5 but they are not 
anything major, here's one, for example: 
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462345

My concern, obviously, that going for a major KDE upgrade will introduce new 
bugs or will break things that are working fine now.


> For me it was quite a number of things:
>
> * Ability to use OSC52 in Konsole
> * Fixes to adaptive sync / VRR
> * Fixes to double cursor issues that affected Wine Wayland.
>


These are nice but aren't something that's particularly important to me. 

Thanks for your feedback.

KDE 6.x improvements?

[local10]

Hi,

Reading the messages I understand there are currently some (minor?) issues with 
the new (6.x) KDE version.

However, has anything meaningfully improved in the KDE 6.x that would justify 
upgrading to it sooner rather than later? 

Regards,


Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5  KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0  Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.1.0-23-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

Re: Any possibility the "Restore/Add Double Click Speed setting" bug can be backported to bookworm?

[local10]

Nov 14, 2023, 21:54 by delta...@debian.org:

> Likely not I'm afraid.
>
> First, this is not really a bug, but more of a feature. And I'd like to 
> avoid having to backport all sorts of feature requests from future 
> Plasma-releases.
> Second, it hasn't been backported to the 5.27 branch as the plasma-
> desktop code has been rewritten and simply applying the patch doesn't 
> work. Unless the patch ends up in 5.27, the odds of this ending up in 
> bookworm are close to 0.
>


I see, thanks.

Re: Any possibility the "Restore/Add Double Click Speed setting" fix can be backported to bookworm?

[local10]

Nov 8, 2023, 13:49 by loca...@tutanota.com:

> Is there any possibility the "Restore/Add Double Click Speed setting" fix ( > 
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413502>  ) can be backported to bookworm?
>


No interest at all? Not sure how difficult it would be to backport it but for 
me the fix would be useful.

Regards,

Any possibility the "Restore/Add Double Click Speed setting" bug can be backported to bookworm?

[local10]

Hi,

Is there any possibility the "Restore/Add Double Click Speed setting" bug ( 
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413502 ) can be backported to bookworm?
Thanks

Re: Setting minimal mouse double-click interval?

[local10]

Jun 15, 2023, 07:55 by ago...@gmail.com:

> you can try ~/.config/kdeglobals, [KDE] section, "DoubleClickInterval="
>

Doesn't seem to do much in my case but other people on the web say it worked 
for them.

My idea was to use the min double-click interval to fix the mouse that glitches 
sometimes and registers a single click as a double-click. Maybe something else 
is in play here. 

Regards,


Also this: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413502

Setting minimal mouse double-click interval?

[local10]

Hi,

Is there a way to set a minimal mouse double-click interval in KDE? By editing 
some config file or whatever?

Thanks

Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5  KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0  Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.1.0-9-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

Re: Bookworm: Dolphin no longer shows "RMB click > Open with > Other applications" dialog

[local10]

Feb 18, 2023, 06:51 by li...@coucouf.fr:

> >This is really not smart as the reason one would use the "Open with > Other 
> >apps" window is because one's not satisfied with the initially presented 
> >apps and wants to see other apps. 
>
> This at least will be fixed in 5.27.1 :
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464521
>


Thanks for looking into this, hopefully it will make it into Bookworm.

Regards,

Re: Bookworm: Dolphin no longer shows "RMB click > Open with > Other applications" dialog

[local10]

Feb 13, 2023, 22:12 by hrn...@onlinehome.de:

> In general, the window is ok.
> But it's already quite big, with large icons and no customization options.
>


There are several issues with that window:

1. Requires extra clicks, counterintuitive. If you open the new "Open with" 
window and start typing you won't find the app you're looking for because the 
window initially limits the apps only to "standard" apps and you have to click 
the "Show other apps" button to see other apps.

This is really not smart as the reason one would use the "Open with > Other 
apps" window is because one's not satisfied with the initially presented apps 
and wants to see other apps. 

2. Large icons, no organization, no customization, the list of all apps takes 
several pages.

3. One has to know the name of the app to find it. In the old window it was 
possible just browse the section where the app may be located and find it.

So the new window is definitely not an improvement in my view.

Regards,

[SOLVED] Re: Bookworm: Dolphin no longer shows "RMB click > Open with > Other applications" dialog

[local10]

Feb 13, 2023, 17:30 by ago...@gmail.com:

> isxdg-desktop-portal-kde installed?
>  >  
> -- Saluti, Luca Pedrielli
>


Installing xdg-desktop-portal-kde solved it for me.

Not happy about the change though. KDE devs reworked the "Open with" dialog and 
not for the better, IMO. Now it has huge icons that occupy several pages, no 
organization, no way to reduce the icon size. The old dialog had everything 
neatly organized, even showed what section the target app belonged to 
(Development, Internet, Multimedia, etc). With the old dialog one could find 
the app even without knowing its exact name, just by browsing the related 
sections. Anyhow, it words.


Thanks to everyone who responded.

Bookworm: Dolphin no longer shows "RMB click > Open with > Other applications" dialog

[local10]

Hi,

Suppose there's a need to open a jpg file with, say, kwrite. So:

1. Open Dolphin
2. Do a RMB click on the file that needs to be opened > Open with > Other 
applications
3. Nothing happens

When doing the above, Dolphin used to show a dialog that would allow to select 
an alternative app that would be used to open the file but not anymore.

Any ideas? Thanks


Operating System: Debian 12 Boorkworm GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.90  KDE Frameworks Version: 5.102.0  Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.1.0-3-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

# aptitude show dolphin
Package: dolphin
Version: 4:22.12.2-1

Re: Bookworm upgrade to 5.26.90 resulted in a huge App Launcher icon size

[local10]

Feb 1, 2023, 07:53 by li...@coucouf.fr:

> Strange, we've not seem that elsewhere (yet ?).
>
> Can you confirm that you have no more plasma packages installed with the old 
> version ? (5.26.5)
>

Tried

# aptitude search "?any-version(5.26)"
p   libkrb5-26-heimdal  
 - Heimdal Kerberos - libraries



> Also if you have time you may search the KDE bugtracker for issues raised 
> against version 5.26.90 and report if you find something similar.
>


Filed a bug ( https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465107 ) in case if someone 
wants to follow it.

My solution was to replace the Application Launcher widget with the Application 
Menu, where the icon still has a resonable size.

Regards,

Bookworm upgrade to 5.26.90 resulted in a huge App Launcher icon size

[local10]

Hi,

The latest Bookworm upgrade to 5.26.90 [1] resulted in the Application Launcher 
widget's icon becoming a huge, ridiculous size[2]. It's now about 10 times 
larger than what it used to be before the upgrade and, respectively, takes 10x 
times more space on the task bar.

I tried, without success:

  1. Removing the App Launcher from the Task Bar and then adding it back again
  2. Changing the App Launcher icon to another icon (it was also huge ) and 
then reverting back to the default
  3. Logging out of KDE and then logging back in again

Any ideas? Thanks


1. https://pastebin.com/2NQM7e6C
2. Look at the very bottom of the image, the App Launcher icon is now about 10 
times larger than what it used to be.
  https://i.postimg.cc/Z5fSq2pq/kde-taskbar-icon-size-issue-2.png

Disappearing widget: anyone can reproduce this bug?

[local10]

Hi,

Anyone can reproduce this bug?: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445974

Ignore the "STEPS TO REPRODUCE" and "OBSERVED RESULT" that appear in the 
message from 2021-11-23 14:13:32 UTC and scroll to the bottom of the page for 
the latest "STEPS TO REPRODUCE" instructions.

This bug reappeared for me in 5.26.0

Regards,

Bookworm: kwin and plasmashell errors in the log

[local10]

Hi,

Am getting quite a few kwin and plasmashell errors in the log ( see 
https://pastebin.com/LuK4AAi6 ) and since upgrading to Firefox 102, FF seems to 
be very unstable (hangs at least 2-3 times a day). I was blaming FF before but 
now looking at the errors it occurred to me that the problem may be with KDE.

Any ideas what could be done about those errors?

Thanks

Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.0  KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0  Qt Version: 5.15.6
Kernel Version: 6.0.0-2-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

[SOLVED] Re: Any way to prevent Konqueror starting every time after KDE login?

[local10]

Oct 28, 2022, 10:51 by didi.deb...@cknow.org:

> On vrijdag 28 oktober 2022 06:58:45 CEST local10 wrote:
>
>> there was no Konqueror window open when I was logging out of KDE
>>
>
> Check if there's still a konqueror process running and kill that before 
> logging out. Does that 'fix' it?
>


It was actually one of Konqueror config settings that caused it, setting it to 
OFF resolved the issue:

Konqueror menu > Settings > Configure Konqueror > KDE performance > Always try 
to have one preloaded instance > Off

Thanks to everyone who responded.

Any way to prevent Konqueror starting every time after KDE login?

[local10]

Hi,

Fore some reason, the Konqueror browser starts whenever I login into KDE, even 
though I wasn't using Konqueror and there was no Konqueror window open when I 
was logging out of KDE. Couldn't find any setting that would prevent Konqueror 
starting by default.

Any ideas? Thanks

Operating System: Debian 12 Bookworm GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.0  KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0  Qt Version: 5.15.6
Kernel Version: 6.0.0-2-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

Re: plasma 5.26

[local10]

Oct 12, 2022, 20:23 by luc.casterm...@gmail.com:

> Hi,
>
> When I open a file to translate in Lokalize 
>


Just curious, does Lokalize use only local resources to do translation or does 
it use some web/online service for that?

Regards,

Re: plasma 5.26

[local10]

Oct 12, 2022, 20:23 by luc.casterm...@gmail.com:

> Hi,
>
> When I open a file to translate in Lokalize 
>


Just curious, does Lokalize use only local resources to do translation or does 
it use some web/online service for that?

Regards,

Re: [plasmashell] [Bug 452888] 24-hour config setting does not propagate to items in the "Copy to clipboard" menu

[local10]

Sep 26, 2022, 20:02 by li...@coucouf.fr:

> I'm currently working on packaging the incoming 5.26 release and I don't feel 
> the severity of the bug deserves being patched urgently.
>
> If you really need it fixed now you can work on the patch and provide an MR 
> on Salsa. If the change looks reasonable I'll upload it to Debian.
>


You're right, there's really no great urgency about this bug.  Was really 
inquiring about the backport because I assumed 5.26 may take some months. So 
what are your plans for 5.26?

Regards,

[plasmashell] [Bug 452888] 24-hour config setting does not propagate to items in the "Copy to clipboard" menu

[local10]

Sep 26, 2022, 16:37 by bugzilla_nore...@kde.org:

>> --- Comment #14 from Nate Graham <>> n...@kde.org>> > ---
>> This bug is marked as fixed in 5.26; you're using 5.25.5.
>>
>> Unfortunately a backport was too to make it inth the final 5.25 release so it
>> didn't get done. The Debian packagers will patch to manually patch it if they
>> want this fix included.
>>
>>
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452888
>


Any chance this bug can be backported to 5.25?

Thanks

Re: plasma 25.4

[local10]

Aug 10, 2022, 22:21 by pior...@gmx.com:

> Unfortunately, changing this from 1 to 2 has no effect.
> Icons are still too small for 4K screen. Before, I could adjust panel
> size and icons were scaling. Now, they are fixed in (too small) size.
>


Perhaps you may want to add your feedback to this bug: 
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457379


Regards,

Re: plasma 25.4

[local10]

Aug 10, 2022, 20:31 by loca...@tutanota.com:

> Aug 10, 2022, 16:29 by pior...@gmx.com:
>
>> Where is this iconSpacing setting? I can't find it in KDE Icons
>> settings, or in Task Manager settings.
>>
>
>
> See the bottom of the 
> "/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.taskmanager/contents/config/main.xml
>  " file.
>



Tutanota (my email provider) is screwing up my messages, the 
"" part should be 
disregarded, it wasn't present in the original message.


Regards,

Re: plasma 25.4

[local10]

Aug 10, 2022, 16:29 by pior...@gmx.com:

> Where is this iconSpacing setting? I can't find it in KDE Icons
> settings, or in Task Manager settings.
>


See the bottom of the 
"/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.taskmanager/contents/config/main.xml
 " file.


Regards,

Re: plasma 25.4

[local10]

Aug 10, 2022, 09:01 by li...@coucouf.fr:

> Also it would help if you could get a screenshot of the "before" state. 
> (Maybe on stable ?) Without having it for comparison it's a bit difficult to 
> get an idea.
>

That I cannot easily do. I've already overwritten the backup I had of the state 
before upgrading to 5.25, so it's gone for me now. Look at this picture 
https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=151052, then reduce the icon size to 
about the size of the text next to it, the vertical size of each entry would 
also be reduced to maybe 70% of what it is now and that would be how it was 
before.


> The current state looks pretty reasonable.


It's reasonable, just takes more space than it used to. You could probably 
increase the icon size even more by 10-20% and it would still look reasonable, 
just would take even more space.

Regards,

Re: plasma 25.4

[local10]

Aug 10, 2022, 05:46 by li...@coucouf.fr:

> 2. > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457379
>
> Not clear to me. As far as I understand, the status RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM means 
> the devs thinks it’s not an issue in Plasma and are closing the bug, *NOT* 
> that it has been fixed.
>

I agree that it has not been fixed though I would like very much for it to be 
fixed.


> Also your bug report is misleading to me. You describe it as a 3rd party 
> applet whereas it’s definitely a Plasma applet shipped with the Plasma source 
> code. For me 3rd party would be that you installed yourself from some other 
> source.
>


That wasn't me. It was the KDE dev who responded and described the System 
Monitor widget as a 3rd party applet. I was surprised as well but was hoping 
the applet dev would clarify the issue: see 
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457379


Regards,

Re: plasma 25.4

[local10]

Aug 9, 2022, 23:37 by pior...@gmx.com:

> On 10/08/2022 00:28, piorunz wrote:
>
> In KDE settings, under Appearance/Icons, I can set icon sizes for Toolbar, 
> Main Toolbar, Small Icons, Panel, Dialogues. But not for Task Manager. Task 
> Manager icons are fixed.
>


IIRC, there used to be a way to change the icon size on the Task Manager's 
Appearance tab, but now it's gone. See if changing the "iconSpacing" setting 
helps, for me it didn't. Logging  out of KDE is needed for the change to take 
effect.

Regards,



# cat 
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.taskmanager/contents/config/main.xml 

...

   Spacing between icons in task manager. Margin is multiplied by 
this value.
  1

Re: plasma 25.4

[local10]

Aug 9, 2022, 14:19 by pior...@gmx.com:

> Yes, KDE 5.25.4 is up and running. Everything fine, so far!
>


Can't really say the same. 25.4.3 had created some issues for me[1][2] that 
continued in 25.4.4, the devs say some are resolved in 25.4.5. So what are the 
plans for 25.4.5? Also, any plans for elisa 22.04.3 [3]?

Thanks


1. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457357
2. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457379
3. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457510

Re: plasma 5.25

[local10]

Patrick Franz  wrote:

> As always: Wait until all packages from 5.25 are available before you 
> upgrade.


I see that at least some 5.25 packages made it to testing. How would one know 
if other 5.25 will still be coming or if all 5.25 packages are now available?
Regards,

Re: Bookworm: Dolphin file manager doesn't show comment content in the Details view mode?

[local10]

Jul 27, 2022, 07:02 by ago...@gmail.com:

> working with baloo enabled
>


 In my case enabling baloo is just not worth it to have comments shown properly.

Thanks for your feedback.

Bookworm: Dolphin file manager doesn't show comment content in the Details view mode?

[local10]

Hi,

Tried adding comments to files (a useful feature in some cases) and the 
comments are added and saved. A file comment can be seen by selecting the file, 
doing a RMB click > Properties > Details > Comment. The comment is there.

However, the Dolphin File Manager doesn't show the comment content in the 
Details View Mode even though it shows the (empty) comment column. Am using 
ext4.

Any ideas? Thanks

Operating System: Debian 12 Bookworm GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5  KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0  Qt Version: 5.15.4
Kernel Version: 5.18.0-2-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

Re: Changing file associations

[local10]

> KOrganizer somehow muscled its way to being the default program for all text 
> files. Is there 
> a way to make Kate the default program without having to  change every single 
> file 
> association manually?
>

Do you have "systemsettings" package installed? Open the systemsetting app > 
Applications > File Associations and from then you can assign apps to handle 
several file extensions at once.


> For some Windows programs, there's a way to tell Windows to make it the 
> default program 
> for all supported file types. Does something similar exist for KDE?

You could try adding "*.*" as a pattern (without quotes) to one of the known 
file types and see how well it works. Personally I'm not sure there's a lot of 
sense opening, say, mp3 files with kwrite. :)

Regards,

Re: Bookworm: Juk 22.04.1 broken?

[local10]

Jul 19, 2022, 09:58 by bobrwe...@gmail.com:

> I gave up on juk and installed elisa ... didn't feel like  debuging.  Juk 
> would just hang and not show anything.  I used  strace and ran from the 
> console but I didn't see anything obvious.  I am running testing.
>

Elisa looks good but also immediately starts scanning for audio files and it 
appears there's no way to stop the scan. It puzzles me why the devs think it's 
a good idea. I definitely don't want all of my audio files to be imported into 
a mp3 player I use.

Anyhow, thanks for the tip.

[SOVED] Re: Bookworm: Juk 22.04.1 broken?

[local10]

Jul 19, 2022, 08:53 by ago...@gmail.com:

TLDR: poor interface + change of behavior in 22.04 + user error

Anyway, I've figured out what happened. When Juk starts for the first time (or 
after a crash) it opens the "Folder List" window that allows to specified the 
folders where one keeps his audio files and also the folders that should be 
excluded. The user's home folder (e.g, /home/luser ) is added by default as the 
folder to be searched for audio files and if one mistakenly clicks "OK" then 
Juk would start browsing through the home dir like crazy, adding all audio 
files it could find, almost hanging the system if one has a lot of files.

To prevent this, I would add my home dir to the list of folders to be excluded 
from search and then would add all audio folders manually and  that was working 
fine, until the version 22.04. 

In 22.04, Juk allows to add a folder to be played but doesn't allow to load any 
files if they are located under one of the folders that are to be excluded. Of 
cause, no error message or any indication is given about what went wrong.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

Re: Bookworm: Juk 22.04.1 broken?

[local10]

Jul 19, 2022, 06:17 by ago...@gmail.com:

> I can not reproduce.
> Are there some errors if you start it in konsole?
>

No errors and/or exceptions are reported when starting Juk from the konsole: it 
starts and behaves as I described in my previous message, that is, shows the 
directory but doesn't show any files.

Are there any Juk config settings besides the following?
  1. ~/.config/jukrc
  2. ~/.local/share/juk 

Thanks

Re: Bookworm: Juk 22.04.1 broken?

[local10]

Jul 15, 2022, 23:05 by loca...@tutanota.com:

> Hi,
>
> Juk v22.04.1 doesn't seems to work for me. Tried the following but couldn't 
> resolve the issue.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks
>
> 1. mv ~/.config/jukrc ~/.config/jukrc.old> 2. mv ~/.local/share/juk 
> ~/.local/share/juk.old
> 3. Open juk
> 4. Use Ctrl+D to add a directory with about 10 audio files.
> 5. Juk adds the directory, shows its name in the "Collection List" pane but 
> fails to show any audio files in the right pane, where they are normally 
> shown.
> 6. Doing a RMB click on the directory and selecting "Reload" seems to have no 
> effect, no audio files are loaded.
>
> # aptitude show juk
> Package: juk
> Version: 4:22.04.1-1
> State: installed
>
> Operating System: Debian 12 Bookworm GNU/Linux
> KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5
> KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0
> Qt Version: 5.15.4
> Kernel Version: 5.18.0-2-amd64 (64-bit)
> Graphics Platform: X11
>
>



Any feedback? Is just me and Juk 22.04.1 is working for everyone else? The 
description above was updated a bit to reflect the current state of my Juk 
efforts.


Thanks

Bookworm: Juk 22.04.1 broken?

[local10]

Hi,

Juk v22.04.1 seems to hang for me. Tried the following but couldn't resolve the 
issue.

Any ideas? Thanks

1. mv ~/.config/juk ~/.config/juk.old
2. mv ~/.local/share/juk ~/.local/share/juk.old
3. Open juk
4. Use Ctrl+D to add a directory with about 20 audio files
5. Juk seems to hang, CPU utilization goes to 50%
6. Open the same dir as in the step 4 in vlc, vlc opens the dir and plays the 
audio file in it without any issues


# aptitude show juk
Package: juk
Version: 4:22.04.1-1
State: installed

Operating System: Debian 12 Bookworm GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0
Qt Version: 5.15.4
Kernel Version: 5.18.0-2-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Any issues with Juk in Bookworm?

[local10]

Jun 17, 2022, 12:57 by w...@debian.org:

> (hence "move out of the way", not "delete", 
>

I didn't delete it right away and still have a backup copy but it just looks 
like the two binary files in that dir got corrupted and not much can be done 
other than to delete them and start afresh. For example, deleting just 
"~/.local/share/juk/cache" would not resolve the issue.

> you would be able to try finding the exact problem)


The problem is that Juk is a flaky app with a lot of issues (many of which go 
unresolved for years). But still it kind of works.

Regards,

[SOLVED] Re: Any issues with Juk in Bookworm?

[local10]

Jun 17, 2022, 10:40 by b...@fineby.me.uk:

> Identical versions here.  Sad to say (from your PoV) all works correctly.
>
> What happens if you move the ~/.local/juk directory out of the way?
> It's possible the databases therein have become corrupt.
>
> Beyond that, I have no idea.  Sorry.
>

Deleting the "~/.local/share/juk" directory resolved the issue. All of my setup 
is gone but at least Juk can start normally. 

Thanks for your help.

Re: Any issues with Juk in Bookworm?

[local10]

Jun 17, 2022, 09:39 by loca...@tutanota.com:

> Juk started to behave a bit weirdly for me when adding a new directory to 
> play so I closed it using the "File > Quit" menu option and it closed. But 
> now when Juk is started it fails to show its window and appears to be hanging 
> and needs to be killed.
>
> If the "~/.config/jukrc" file is deleted then Juk starts and shows its window 
> but all the menus (File, Edit, Player, etc) are disabled and clicking on them 
> has no effect.
>
> Vlc still works and plays audio files as it should.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks
>
> Operating System: Debian 12 Bookworm GNU/Linux
> KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2
> Kernel Version: 5.18.0-1-amd64 (64-bit)
> Graphics Platform: X11
>


# aptitude show juk
Package: juk
Version: 4:22.04.1-1
State: installed

Any issues with Juk in Bookworm?

[local10]

Hi,

Juk started to behave a bit weirdly for me when adding a new directory to play 
so I closed it using the "File > Quit" menu option and it closed. But now when 
Juk is started it fails to show its window and appears to be hanging and needs 
to be killed.

If the "~/.config/jukrc" file is deleted then Juk starts and shows its window 
but all the menus (File, Edit, Player, etc) are disabled and clicking on them 
has no effect.

Vlc still works and plays audio files as it should.

Any ideas? Thanks

Operating System: Debian 12 Bookworm GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.18.0-1-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

Re: Thank you!

[local10]

Jun 2, 2022, 06:26 by mar...@lichtvoll.de:

> A huge thanks to the Debian Qt/KDE maintainer team for the continued 
> work on Qt/KDE related packages.
>
> Thank you to Pino, Patrick, Aurélien and of course all the others for 
> tirelessly packaging newest versions of Qt, including Qt 6 which KDE 
> will switch to at some time, Plasma, KDE Frameworks, KDE Gear, KDEPIM 
> and all the other applications from KDE, including new ones like the 
> Korganizer alternative Kalendar. I bet in total that could easily be 
> about one thousand packages, maybe even more. It is a huge effort to pull 
> this off!
>


My thanks as well. Great job!

[SOLVED] Re: Bookworm: Kwrite/Kate Tools menu

[local10]

May 31, 2022, 14:19 by ago...@gmail.com:

> Selection -> Capitalization
>


I see, thanks.

Bookworm: Kwrite/Kate Tools menu

[local10]

Hi,

Is it just me or Kwrite/Kate Tools menu is now missing some entries that used 
to be there for a long time, for example:

Tools → Comment (Ctrl+D)
Tools → Uncomment (Ctrl+Shift+D)
Tools → Uppercase (Ctrl+U)
Tools → Lowercase (Ctrl+Shift+U)
Tools → Capitalize (Ctrl+Alt+U)

The keyboard shortcuts still work, I think, but the above menu entries can no 
longer be found under the Tools menu.

Any ideas? Thanks

Operating System: Debian 12 Bookworm GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5  KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0  Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.17.0-1-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

[SOLVED] Re: Bookworm: An issue with the System Tray Settings window

[local10]

May 27, 2022, 16:18 by loca...@tutanota.com:

> I have a System Tray widget placed on the Task Manager panel. Generally the 
> widget is working fine but when I do a RMB click on the System Tray and then 
> select the "Configure System Tray" menu option from the popup menu, the 
> System Tray Settings window opens but it is completely empty inside, no text 
> and/or controls are there. All I can do with the System Tray Settings window 
> is to close it.
>


It looks like the latest updates to KDE that rolled out on May 28, 2022 have 
resolved the issue, the System Tray settings window now opens as it should.
Thanks to everyone who responded.

Bookworm: An issue with the System Tray Settings window

[local10]

Hi,

I have a System Tray widget placed on the Task Manager panel. Generally the 
widget is working fine but when I do a RMB click on the System Tray and then 
select the "Configure System Tray" menu option from the popup menu, the System 
Tray Settings window opens but it is completely empty inside, no text and/or 
controls are there. All I can do with the System Tray Settings window is to 
close it.

Any ideas? Thanks

# cat /etc/debian_version && uname -a
bookworm/sid
Linux tst 5.17.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 5.17.3-1 (2022-04-18) x86_64 
GNU/Linux

Re: Bookworm KDE task switchers

[local10]

Apr 24, 2022, 07:22 by sami.erjo...@gmail.com:

> I have Compact, Cover Switch, Flip Switch, Grid, Informative, Large Icons and 
> Small Icons + the 3 Breeze
>
> Those other switchers come in the kwin-addons package
>

Yes, after installing kwin-addons the "Flip Switch" and other task switchers 
became available. Tried the "Flip Switch" task switcher and it looks like it 
works a lot slower than it used to in Bullseye, definitely not fun to use. Is 
it just me or that's how it works now?

Thanks,

Re: Bookworm KDE task switchers

[local10]

Apr 24, 2022, 07:08 by ago...@gmail.com:

> some effects where dropped
>
> coverswitch
>
>
> cube
>
>
> cubeslide
>
>
> flipswitch
>
>
> :(
>


Do you mean that "Flipt switch" and other task switchers that relied on the 
dropped effects will not be available in Bookworm? It's not a critical issue 
for me, just curious.

Thanks,

Bookwork KDE task switchers

[local10]

Hi,

After migrating from Bullseye to Bookworm, it appears that the only task 
switchers available to me in Bookworm are "Breeze", "Breeze Dark" and "Breeze 
Twilight", no other task switchers are available.

Currently I use Breeze, which works but I would prefer to get the "Flip Switch" 
back that I used to use in Bullseye. Not sure why other task switchers have 
disappeared, maybe I'm missing a package or maybe the KDE compositor crashed? 
Had a similar issue some years back when the KDE compositor crashed and KDE 
disabled it afterwards, resulting in the loss of some task switchers, IIRC.

Any ideas? Thanks

[SOLVED] Re: State of KDE in testing?

[local10]

Apr 20, 2022, 18:56 by li...@coucouf.fr:

> It's all fine and ready and fine as a daily driver on both AMD and Intel 
> graphics for what I use.
> Even Wayland in Intel is mostly stable (like < 1 crash a week) in my 
> experience and setup.
>
> Possible breakages would happen around when a new major version of Plasma 
> gets released so the next would be mid-June with Plasma 5.25.
>


So I have upgraded from Bullseye to Bookworm. The upgraded wasn't completely 
smooth, there were some errors and some packages "dist-upgrade" failed to 
upgrade. But running "safe-upgrade" and then "full-upgrade" afterwards has 
upgraded them.

The upgrade has solved some issues I had with Bullseye, added a couple of minor 
new issues but overall I'm happy with the upgrade: nothing is really broken, 
everything seems to work fine. Also, Bookworm seems to be a bit more responsive 
(the apps open and close a bit quicker) and it seems like it's using less RAM 
too. Comparing Bullseye and Bookworm, Bookworm seems to be a better release to 
me.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

Re: State of KDE in testing?

[local10]

Apr 20, 2022, 11:08 by li...@coucouf.fr:

> One thing to be aware of is to be more careful when upgrading major versions 
> of Plasma. We currently don't have a safe way to ensure that all Plasma 
> packages transition form unstable (where we upload them) to testing at once. 
> So be sure you know what you're doing when doing upgrades to ensure you don't 
> end up with mixed versions of Plasma packages.
>

That's what I was concerned about. I usually use "aptitude dist-upgrade" to 
upgrade between releases, so will it catch a situation like that or will I have 
to manually ensure that all KDE packages are of the same version?

Also, what is the current state of KDE/X in testing, are all packages of the 
same Plasma/KDE version?

Thanks,

Re: State of KDE in testing?

[local10]

Apr 20, 2022, 09:08 by s...@platonix.com:

> I've been using KDE/X from testing for a few years, which implies I'm
> generally pleased enough. As others pointed out, there are problems;
> the one I've experienced most, in the last few weeks, is kwin crashing
> (it restarts automatically and windows seem to all stay where they
> were, so it's not terrible). 
>

Thanks for your feedback. I'll have to think about it as my annoyances with KDE 
in Bullseye are minor as well, for example: 
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445974

State of KDE in testing?

[local10]

Hi,

Am thinking about upgrading from Bullseye to Bookworm as there are some minor 
bugs in Bullseye that annoy me and I hope they are resolved in Bullseye. What's 
the current state of KDE in testing and testing in general? Any issues I need 
to be aware of? I use KDE with X.

Thanks,

Re: Digital clock widget and 24-hour format

[local10]

Mar 30, 2022, 19:26 by s...@platonix.com:

> You need to export it. When you define an environment variable and do
> not export it, it is not passed to sub-processes (like the one
> executing the 'locale' command).
>

I see, thanks for your help.

Re: Digital clock widget and 24-hour format

[local10]

On Mar 23 2022 at 17:36 by inkbottle...@gmail.com>:

> But, I really think LC_ALL="C.UTF-8", is already doing that.
>

How did you set LC_ALL to "C.UTF-8"? I tried adding LC_ALL="C.UTF-8" to 
~/.bash_profile but that seems to have no effect.

Thanks,


$ cat ~/.bash_proflle 
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ALL="C.UTF-8"

$ locale
LANG=osa_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8

Re: Digital clock widget and 24-hour format

[local10]

Mar 20, 2022, 18:59 by inkbottle...@gmail.com:

>
> I've fixed that issue on my box about 6 month ago, I can't remember how I did 
> that exactly. The core of it however was that the `locales` were defined in 
> several places, like 2 or 3, and that one of them was inconsistent with the 
> others. And I've just deleted it.
>
>
>
> Now my setting is, I have no local whatsoever, viz, I use `> 
> LC_ALL="C.UTF-8"` and that's it. Only "spell check" is "US-EN".
>
>

I will have to look into that, I was fiddling with "LC_ALL" recently to to a 
different issue and now it is set to LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8, LC_ALL was unset prior 
to that. Will report back when I try it.

Regards,

Re: Digital clock wizard and 24-hour format

[local10]

Mar 20, 2022, 17:29 by s...@platonix.com:

> FWIW, my digital clock's "Time display" is set to "Use Region
> Defaults", not "24 hours", and I do get a 24 hour clock (which is what
> my region defines).
>

Tried it, doesn't work for me, still shows time in the AM/PM format.

Re: Digital clock wizard and 24-hour format

[local10]

Mar 20, 2022, 16:52 by ago...@gmail.com:

> and if you try with a different Region?
>

I tried setting "osa_US" -- which also uses 24-hour time format -- as the time 
format in KDE but "Copy to Clipboard" still showed time in the AM/PM format.

Regards,

Digital clock wizard and 24-hour format

[local10]

Hi,

Am struggling to get the KDE Digital clock wizard to use the 24-hour format 
when using the "Copy to clipboard" menu option. See [1] and [2] for my 
settings. The Digital Clock wizard uses 24-hour format when it shows the time 
in the panel but when using its "Copy to clipboard" option it still uses the 
AM/PM format. I couldn't find any way to fix this.
Any ideas? Thanks

1. https://i.postimg.cc/025NB9P5/regional-settings.png
2. https://i.postimg.cc/bNRmqH7H/regional-settings-2.png

Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 11
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.78.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.10.0-12-amd64
OS Type: 64-bit

[SOLVED] Re: KDE Digital Clock widget config file?

[local10]

Mar 8, 2022, 13:53 by loca...@tutanota.com:

> Strangely it doesn't contain any settings for the Digital Clock from the 
> "Configure Digital Clock" window, just lists the widget three (!) times.
>

OK, I found the config settings for the Digital Clock, they are in the 
"~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc" file, just the way they are 
presented wasn't obvious.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

Re: KDE Digital Clock widget config file?

[local10]

Mar 8, 2022, 07:27 by ago...@gmail.com:

> take a look at .config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc,search> 
> plugin=org.kde.plasma.digitalclock, > but be careful>  
>


The following is what I have in the 
"~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc" file related to the Digital 
Clock widget:
...
[Containments][1][Applets][42]
immutability=1
plugin=org.kde.plasma.digitalclock
...
[Containments][1][Applets][8]
immutability=1
plugin=org.kde.plasma.digitalclock
...
[Containments][2][Applets][44]
immutability=1
plugin=org.kde.plasma.digitalclock

Strangely it doesn't contain any settings for the Digital Clock from the 
"Configure Digital Clock" window, just lists the widget three (!) times.

Any ideas? Thanks

KDE Digital Clock widget config file?

[local10]

Hi,

 Something got screwed up with the KDE Digital Clock widget and I can't find 
any way to fix it via the "Configure Digital Clock" window. Where does the 
Digital Clock widget store all the settings from the the "Configure Digital 
Clock" window? My plan is to see if the following would work:

1. Remove the Clock widget from the panel.
2. Delete the widget config file.
3. Add the widget to the panel and reconfigure it again.

Thanks,

# cat /etc/debian_version && uname -a
11.2
Linux test 5.10.0-11-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.92-2 (2022-02-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux

System monitor sensor widget issue

[local10]

Hi,

Just curious if there's any chance this bug ( 
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445974 ) will be fixed in bullseye. 
Definitely not a major issue for me but still a nuisance.

Regards,

[SOLVED?] Re: KDE theme change leads to icons change, won't revert back

[local10]

Jan 27, 2021, 01:12 by loca...@tutanota.com:

> Was playing with/changing KDE desktop themes thinking maybe there was another 
> theme I would like better, tried the Oxygen and Air themes, decided to revert 
> to the original one I had (Breeze) but some icons in the QuickLaunch panel 
> changed and won't revert to what they had always been in the Breeze theme. 
> For example, VLC used to have a white-and-orange cone on the transparent 
> background icon but now it's a black-and-orange cone on black background 
> icon, JuK used to have a green "Note" icon but now it's a black circle with 
> orange center.
>
> Some icons in the QuickLaunch panel I can change, some can't:
>     Can change: Firefox, Dolphin, Konqueror, etc,
>     Can't change: Konsole, Juk, Vlc, KCalc, Kwrite, etc,
>
> Any ideas? Thanks
>
> # echo "This is a Debian 10 Buster PC" && uname -a
> This is a Debian 10 Buster PC
> Linux tst4 4.19.0-13-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.160-2 (2020-11-28) x86_64 
> GNU/Linux
>
> # aptitude show kde-standard
> Package: kde-standard   
> Version: 5:102
>

I think I understand what happened: I was using the Adwaita icon pack with the 
Breeze theme so when I reverted to the Breeze theme the icon pack was changed 
to the Breeze icon pack as well. I think I'm going to leave it as it is now as 
there were a couple of minor issues using the Adwaita icon pack with the Breeze 
theme.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

KDE theme change leads to icons change, won't revert back

[local10]

Hi,

Was playing with/changing KDE desktop themes thinking maybe there was another 
theme I would like better, tried the Oxygen and Air themes, decided to revert 
to the original one I had (Breeze) but some icons in the QuickLaunch panel 
changed and won't revert to what they had always been in the Breeze theme. For 
example, VLC used to have a white-and-orange cone on the transparent background 
icon but now it's a black-and-orange cone on black background icon, JuK used to 
have a green "Note" icon but now it's a black circle with orange center.

Some icons in the QuickLaunch panel I can change, some can't:
    Can change: Firefox, Dolphin, Konqueror, etc,
    Can't change: Konsole, Juk, Vlc, KCalc, Kwrite, etc,

Any ideas? Thanks

# echo "This is a Debian 10 Buster PC" && uname -a
This is a Debian 10 Buster PC
Linux tst4 4.19.0-13-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.160-2 (2020-11-28) x86_64 
GNU/Linux

# aptitude show kde-standard
Package: kde-standard   
Version: 5:102

[SOLVED] Re: Automatic screen locking

[local10]

Aug 20, 2020, 01:56 by loca...@tutanota.com:

> Aug 18, 2020, 19:22 by ago...@gmail.com:
>
>> an example:
>>
>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2019/11/msg7.html
>>
>>

You were right, it was juk that was preventing  automatic screen locking from 
working correctly. A bit strange though as juk controls are on the lock page 
and one can control juk even if the system is locked.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

Re: Automatic screen locking

[local10]

Aug 18, 2020, 19:22 by ago...@gmail.com:

> an example:
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2019/11/msg7.html
>
>


I'm running sddm but do not have ktorrent installed.

More info:

$ cat ~/.config/kscreenlockerrc
[$Version]
update_info=kscreenlocker.upd:0.1-autolock

[Daemon]
LockGrace=30
Timeout=1

$ cat ./.xsession-errors | grep -i lock
2020-08-19T21:16:39 Checking update-file 
'/usr/share/kconf_update/kscreenlocker.upd' for new updates
2020-08-19T21:16:39 Checking update-file 
'/usr/share/kconf_update/webengineurlinterceptoradblock.upd' for new updates
Configuring Lock Action
org.kde.plasmaquick: New Applet  "Digital Clock" with a weight of 54
org.kde.plasmaquick: Delayed preload of  "Digital Clock" after 3.347 seconds
org.kde.plasmaquick: Applet "Digital Clock" loaded after 163 msec


$ cat ./.xsession-errors | grep -i screen
2020-08-19T21:16:39 Checking update-file 
'/usr/share/kconf_update/kscreenlocker.upd' for new updates
kscreen.kded: UPower not available, lid detection won't work
kscreen.kded: PowerDevil SuspendSession action not available!
kscreen: Requesting missing EDID for outputs (81)
powerdevil: Handle button events action could not check for screen configuration

$ cat ./.xsession-errors | grep -i err
Qt: Session management error: networkIdsList argument is NULL
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 814, resource 
id: 46137352, major code: 3 (GetWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 815, resource 
id: 46137352, major code: 14 (GetGeometry), minor code: 0
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 2533, resource 
id: 65011717, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
org.kde.pim.akonadicore: Job error:  "" for collection: QVector()
libepub (II):   Found containerr
libepub (II):   Found containerr
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 3136, resource 
id: 10485765, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
Qt: Session management error: networkIdsList argument is NULL
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 8191, resource 
id: 2097194, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
: QML QQuickLayoutAttached: Binding loop detected for property 
"preferredHeight"
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 2731, resource 
id: 10485763, major code: 142 (Unknown), minor code: 3
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 2759, resource 
id: 54525958, major code: 142 (Unknown), minor code: 3
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 2765, resource 
id: 56623110, major code: 142 (Unknown), minor code: 3
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 2776, resource 
id: 48234502, major code: 142 (Unknown), minor code: 3
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 2808, resource 
id: 58720263, major code: 142 (Unknown), minor code: 3
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 2935, resource 
id: 71303174, major code: 142 (Unknown), minor code: 3
powerdevil: Added interrupt session
...

See https://pastebin.com/x66hiscg for complete .xsession-errors file.

Thanks

Re: Automatic screen locking

[local10]

Aug 18, 2020, 17:33 by ago...@gmail.com:

> maybe is running a program that prevent automatic screen locking?
>

I don't recall specifically installing anything like that. Unless something was 
installed as a part of recommended packages and then somehow got activated.

Thanks,

Re: Automatic screen locking

[local10]

Aug 18, 2020, 12:51 by perezme...@gmail.com:

> I haven't noticed that myself. Try creating a new user to see if it's
> a configuration issue or a system issue.
>

For a new user automatic screen locking work properly, that is, the system 
locks the screen after a specified amount of time. Not sure why it doesn't do 
this for my regular account though.

Thanks,

Re: Automatic screen locking

[local10]

Aug 13, 2020, 20:19 by loca...@tutanota.com:

>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> For some reason automatic screen locking stopped working for me. It used to 
>> work some time back but then just stopped. I currently have the "Lock screen 
>> automatically after" set to one minute (for test purposes) but it just 
>> doesn't lock the screen even after 5 minutes. I can still lock the screen 
>> manually though.
>>
>> Any ideas? Thanks
>>
> More info:
>
> # echo "It's a Debian Buster PC"; uname -a
> It's a Debian Buster PC
> Linux tst 4.19.0-10-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.132-1 (2020-07-24) x86_64 
> GNU/Linux
>
> # aptitude show kde-standard
> Package: kde-standard  
> Version: 5:102
> State: installed
>

Anybody? Thanks

FWD: Automatic screen locking

[local10]

> Hi,
>
> For some reason automatic screen locking stopped working for me. It used to 
> work some time back but then just stopped. I currently have the "Lock screen 
> automatically after" set to one minute (for test purposes) but it just 
> doesn't lock the screen even after 5 minutes. I can still lock the screen 
> manually though.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks
>
More info:

# echo "It's a Debian Buster PC"; uname -a
It's a Debian Buster PC
Linux tst 4.19.0-10-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.132-1 (2020-07-24) x86_64 GNU/Linux

# aptitude show kde-standard
Package: kde-standard  
Version: 5:102
State: installed

Automatic screen locking

[local10]

Hi,

For some reason automatic screen locking stopped working for me. It used to 
work some time back but then just stopped. I currently have the "Lock screen 
automatically after" set to one minute (for test purposes) but it just doesn't 
lock the screen even after 5 minutes. I can still lock the screen manually 
though.

Any ideas? Thanks

[SOLVED] Re: KDE Task switcher developed an issue

[local10]

Aug 7, 2020, 18:25 by loca...@tutanota.com:

> Hi,
>
> Starting about 2-3 weeks ago the KDE task switcher developed an weird issue 
> on my system. The way it used to work, when Alt+Tab was pressed the task 
> switcher would present a list of active windows[1] and then using the upper 
> and lower arrows I could select the window I wanted from the list. Now when 
> when Alt+Tab was pressed the task switcher does not show any list at all, it 
> just switches to the previously used window.
>
> I reinstalled KDE and then reinstalled all installed packages thinking 
> something may have corrupted overtime but the issue is still there. See the 
> following pic for the task manager settings: 
> https://i.postimg.cc/QxJKKNtV/Screenshot-20200807-105314-kde-task-switcher.png
>
> Any ideas? Thanks
>

I discovered that the issue was caused by OpenGL compositing crashing Kwin and 
thus KDE disabled OpenGL  and  all affects that relied on OpenGL compositing 
(including  the Flip Switch task switcher effect I used) were disabled as well.

Re-enabling OpenGL detection and then restarting KDE solved the issue.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

KDE Task switcher developed an issue

[local10]

Hi,

Starting about 2-3 weeks ago the KDE task switcher developed an weird issue on 
my system. The way it used to work, when Alt+Tab was pressed the task switcher 
would present a list of active windows[1] and then using the upper and lower 
arrows I could select the window I wanted from the list. Now when when Alt+Tab 
was pressed the task switcher does not show any list at all, it just switches 
to the previously used window.

I reinstalled KDE and then reinstalled all installed packages thinking 
something may have corrupted overtime but the issue is still there. See the 
following pic for the task manager settings: 
https://i.postimg.cc/QxJKKNtV/Screenshot-20200807-105314-kde-task-switcher.png

Any ideas? Thanks

1. Like so:
||
  ||
    ||
  ||
  |    |
  |    |
  ||

# echo "It's Debian Buster PC"; uname -a
It's Debian Buster PC
Linux tst 4.19.0-10-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.132-1 (2020-07-24) x86_64 GNU/Linux


# aptitude show kde-standard
Package: kde-standard   
Version: 5:102
State: installed

[SOLVED] Re: A way to drop into shell/terminal from KDE login screen?

[local10]

Aug 1, 2020, 17:01 by ago...@gmail.com:

> you mean this?
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/Console
>

Yes, this is exactly what I meant. In previous versions of KDE login screen (or 
kddm perhaps) there was an explicit menu option to drop into console, it's gone 
now. I was using it for so long I forgot one can access the console via 
Ctrl+Alt+F#.
Thanks to everyone who responded.

A way to drop into shell/terminal from KDE login screen?

[local10]

Hi,

Is there a way to drop into shell/terminal from the KDE login screen? Under 
"Sessions" dropdown I just have "Plasma" and that's it. I'm using sddm and X11.

Any ideas? Thanks

# echo "It's a Debian Buster PC"; uname -a
It's a Debian Buster PC
Linux tst 4.19.0-10-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.132-1 (2020-07-24) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Buster: Dolphin updated to be able to run as root?

[local10]

Hi,

I read that there were plans to make Dolphin great again and to allow it to be 
able to run as root as it did before for many years. Has it actually happened 
in testing? I tried to run it as root again but for me Dolphin just shutdown 
immediately with no messages or errors.

Thanks

# aptitude show dolphin
Package: dolphin
Version: 4:18.08.0-1
...

[SOLVED, kind of] Re: Buster: Has anyone been able to run an app as root in KDE?

[local10]

Oct 12, 2018, 12:23 PM by luigi.tosc...@tiscali.it:

> Kate can't run directly as root, but there is a way to edit files a root:
> https://phabricator.kde.org/D4634 
> https://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2017/02/editing-files-as-root 
> 
>

Your post game me some ideas, and I tried to run Kcalc as root and it worked[1] 
just fine. So it looks like KDE is simply preventing some apps to be run as 
root yet allowing others. What can I say... I wish the error message would've 
been phrased better, at least giving the user some ideas as to what is 
happening instead of generic "KDEInit could not launch...".

Regards,


[1] - After running "kwriteconfig5 --file kdesurc --group super-user-command 
--key super-user-command su" as it was suggested by yaros

Re: Buster: Has anyone been able to run an app as root in KDE?

[local10]

Oct 12, 2018, 11:08 AM by yaro...@posteo.net:

> I can run applications as a root in buster. I have some applications 
> launchers (partitionmanager, luckybacku) with checked option "Run as a 
> different user" root and it works...
>

Thanks. That's pretty much what I did.

Re: Buster: Has anyone been able to run an app as root in KDE?

[local10]

Oct 11, 2018, 4:08 PM by mar...@lichtvoll.de:

> lI simply have not tried and I see no reason to try it.
>

I don't do it often myself but occasionally it is useful, for example if I need 
to quickly browse through or compare a lot of files with root permissions or I 
need to make a lot of changes in a file with root perms  and I want use a 
decent editor like Kate while doing it.

Regards,

Re: Buster: Has anyone been able to run an app as root in KDE?

[local10]

Oct 4, 2018, 4:31 PM by loca...@tutanota.com:

> Oct 4, 2018, 3:54 PM by > yaro...@posteo.net > :
>
>> Do you have kdesu in location from error message 
>> (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kf5/)? Is it executable?
>>
> Yes and yes.
>

More info: I can open Konsole, run "su - root" and switch to  root user without 
any issues. Also, I appreciate all the suggestions but my original questions 
have never been answered:

Has anyone been able to run an app, any app, as root in Buster KDE? If yes, how 
do you do it?

Thanks

Re: KDEPIM 18.08 broken icons in Kontact application switcher toolbar

[local10]

Oct 7, 2018, 6:18 AM by mar...@lichtvoll.de:

> Work-around: Switch to text instead of symbols.
>
> Anyone else seeing this? I like to rule out an installation issue before 
> I report a bug.
>

I'm experiencing an issue with disappearing icons in the Application Menu 
launcher. Maybe it's related to the issue you have, maybe not. Some icons in 
the Power / Session menu have disappeared (e.g. Switch user, Suspend, 
Hibernate, Reboot) yet some are still there (Lock, Logout, Shutdown). I think 
it happened after I removed from and and added to the favorites some of the 
Power / Session menu items.

Also, the KDE icon in the Application Launcher (not to be confused with the 
Application Menu launcher) has absolutely ridiculous size when used with used a 
vertical taskbar (I tried it with the vertical taskbar width of about 8-10% of 
the screen width). Had to switch to the Application Menu launcher because of 
that.

Regards,

Re: Buster: Has anyone been able to run an app as root in KDE?

[local10]

Oct 4, 2018, 3:54 PM by yaro...@posteo.net:

> Do you have kdesu in location from error message 
> (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kf5/)? Is it executable?
>
Yes and yes.

# ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kf5/kdesu
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56800 Sep  6 14:40 
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kf5/kdesu

# ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kf5/
total 612
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Oct  1 06:26 discover
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    12 Aug 17 10:17 filesharelist -> fileshareset
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11019 Aug  4 06:57 fileshareset
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 73064 Aug 17 10:18 kconf_update
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   993 Sep  4 06:05 kdeeject
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56800 Sep  6 14:40 kdesu
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 81112 Aug 17 10:18 kdesud
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19032 Aug 17 10:18 kdesu_stub
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27392 Aug 17 10:18 kiod5
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60792 Aug 17 10:18 kioexec
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56568 Aug 17 10:18 kio_http_cache_cleaner
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14704 Aug 17 10:18 kioslave
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14440 Aug 17 10:18 klauncher
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14632 Aug 17 10:18 kpac_dhcp_helper
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Sep 26 19:32 kpackagehandlers
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60224 Aug 19 17:18 kscreen_backend_launcher
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 39912 Aug 17 10:19 ksendbugmail
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35960 Aug 17 10:19 purposeprocess
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14648 Aug 17 10:18 start_kdeinit
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14504 Aug 17 10:18 start_kdeinit_wrapper

Re: Buster: Has anyone been able to run an app as root in KDE?

[local10]

Oct 4, 2018, 11:02 AM by yaro...@posteo.net:

> Check if you have installed:
> libkdesu5
> libkf5su-bin
> libkf5su-data
> libkf5su5
>

Yes, I have them all installed. Basically, I have installed kde-standard with 
all the recommended packages, so if a package is a part of kde-standard (plus 
the recommended packages) then I have it. Thanks


# aptitude show libkdesu5 libkf5su-bin libkf5su-data libkf5su5 | grep -i 
"package\|state\|automatically"
Package: libkdesu5
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
This package is part of the KDE Development Platform libraries module.
Package: libkf5su-bin
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Package: libkf5su-data
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Package: libkf5su5
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes

Re: Buster: Has anyone been able to run an app as root in KDE?

[local10]

Oct 3, 2018, 3:00 AM by w...@debian.org:

> On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:56:51AM +0200, local10 wrote:
>
>> Now when I try to run Kwrite  as root (just for test purposes) it no longer  
>> hangs but immediately fails with the following error message:
>>
>>    KDEInit could not launch '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kf5/kdesu'
>>
> Install kde-cli-tools.
>

I've already had them installed:

# aptitude search  kde-cli-tools
i A kde-cli-tools   
  - tools to use KDE services from the 
command line

i A kde-cli-tools-data  
  - tools to use kioslaves from the command 
line 

Regards,

Re: Buster: Has anyone been able to run an app as root in KDE?

[local10]

Oct 2, 2018, 11:12 AM by yaro...@posteo.net:

>
> Try this (command as user, not root):
>
>
>  
>
>
> kwriteconfig5 --file kdesurc --group super-user-command --key 
> super-user-command su
>
>
>  
>
>
> That makes su default super user command instead sudo. (source: > 
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sudo#kdesu 
> > )
>
>

Now when I try to run Kwrite  as root (just for test purposes) it no longer  
hangs but immediately fails with the following error message:

   KDEInit could not launch '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kf5/kdesu'

Thanks

Buster: Has anyone been able to run an app as root in KDE?

[local10]

Hi,

Has anyone been able to run an app, any app, as root in KDE? If yes, how do you 
do it? I tried the following approach with several apps  but it did not work 
for me:

1. Select an application launcher (tried it with Kwrite, Konqueror) > RMB click 
> Edit launcher (or Edit Application) > Application > Advanced Options > User > 
[X] check Run as a different user > User name > root

2. Launch the app, it launches, asks for the (root) password, enter the 
password, click OK, the app just sits there for several minutes. Trying to 
close the Enter password window results in "Application kdesu is not 
responding" and offers to terminate application kdesu. I can terminate it but 
that's about it.

Thanks

Buster: "Run as a different user" issue ( was Re: Buster: (Alt+F2) Can't find a way to "Run as a different user")

[local10]

Sep 9, 2018, 2:47 AM by loca...@tutanota.com:

> Hi,
>
> Occasionally I need to run some KDE apps as root. The way I used to do it was 
> as follows: press Alt+F2, then type, for example, Dolphin, then click on the 
> "wrench" in the "Run Dolphin" option, then check "Run as a different user" 
> checkbox, enter the username (root) and password. Dolphin then would start 
> and run with root privileges.
>
> Now in Buster, when I press Alt+F2, then type Dolphin, I see the "Run 
> Dolphin" option but it no longer has "Run as a different user" wrench icon, 
> instead it has "Run in Terminal Window" that does not seem to allow to run as 
> a different user. The command line plugin is enabled.
>

Just to get it out of the way, I reinstalled kde-standard to include all 
recommended packages. So now all recommended packages for kde-standard have 
been installed on my box but "Run as a different user" just does not work for 
me.

Here's what I did:

1. Select an application launcher (tried it with Kwrite, Konqueror, Konsole) > 
RMB click > Edit launcher (or Edit Application) > Application > Advanced 
Options > User > [X] check Run as a different user > User name > root

2. Launch the app, it launches, asks for the (root) password, enter the 
password, click OK, the app just sits there for minutes. Trying to close the 
Enter password window results in "Application kdesu is not responding" and 
offers to terminate application kdesu. I can terminate it but that's about it.

Any ideas? Thanks

Re: Buster: KDE questions/issues

[local10]

Sep 8, 2018, 12:32 AM by loca...@tutanota.com:

> 3. Device Notifier widget shows Floppy Disk device even though my PC does not 
> have a floppy disk. Is there a way to remove it? 
>


Disabling floppy disk drive in BIOS solved the issue.

Re: Buster: (Alt+F2) Can't find a way to "Run as a different user"

[local10]

Sep 9, 2018, 11:01 AM by phil-deb1.mer...@laposte.net:

> It's not exactly an answer at the problem. Dolphin now can't be run with the 
> root user.
> Philippe Merlin
>

Tried several apps (including kwrite, konqueror, keepassx) but none could be 
launched in the "Run as a different user" mode. Does it work for other people? 
Thanks

Buster: (Alt+F2) Can't find a way to "Run as a different user"

[local10]

Hi,

Occasionally I need to run some KDE apps as root. The way I used to do it was 
as follows: press Alt+F2, then type, for example, Dolphin, then click on the 
"wrench" in the "Run Dolphin" option, then check "Run as a different user" 
checkbox, enter the username (root) and password. Dolphin then would start and 
run with root privileges.

Now in Buster, when I press Alt+F2, then type Dolphin, I see the "Run Dolphin" 
option but it no longer has "Run as a different user" wrench icon, instead it 
has "Run in Terminal Window" that does not seem to allow to run as a different 
user. The command line plugin is enabled.

Any ideas? Thanks

Re: Buster: KDE questions/issues

[local10]

Sep 8, 2018, 3:16 AM by mar...@lichtvoll.de:

> Well, saw that after your other mail. So you still receive my lecture 
> about recommends at all. I really ask you to be open to consider it.
>
> Or in case you still like to go without recommends, be ready to keep the 
> pieces if things do not work as intended and invest some time to search 
> yourself for the suitable package *before* asking here about it. They 
> are not all that difficult to find.
>


I understand your position about recommended packages and in case of KDE it 
looks like it does make a lot of sense. I used to install recommended packages 
until I came across packages that recommended all kind of questionable stuff, 
in my view, (some g**gle services, etc, if I remember correctly). After that 
incident I put in a restriction on recommended packages.  Ran Wheezy for years 
without installing recommended packages and it never was much of a problem, to 
the point that I even stopped bothering looking at what packages are 
recommended.

I think I will keep the restriction in place for now and just pay more 
attention to the recommended packages section.

Thanks for your help

Re: Buster: KDE questions/issues

[local10]

Sep 7, 2018, 10:42 PM by loca...@tutanota.com:

> Anyway, here are the questions  I still would like to find the answers to:
>
> 1. KDE > Power / Session menu does not have Suspend or Hibernate options. How 
> can I get them back, if possible? I currently don't have sddm installed but 
> when I did it did not seem to help. Can suspend the PC by using "systemctl 
> suspend" from the terminal.
>

Solved by installing the powerdevil package.


> 3. Device Notifier widget shows Floppy Disk device even though my PC does not 
> have a floppy disk. Is there a way to remove it? 
>
Still needs a solution. Thanks

Re: Buster: KDE questions/issues

[local10]

Sep 7, 2018, 3:51 PM by mar...@lichtvoll.de:

> Then I misunderstood you. I meant clipboard history size.
>

That's alright.


> I never found it necessary to change the window size, but I am not sure 
> how it looks with a systray in a horizontal control panel, I use a 
> vertical one.
>

I'm actually using a vertical one too, it makes more sense to me with the shape 
of LCD screens. It really depends on what you set as the Clipboard history 
size. If you set it to 7 or less than the size of Clipboard window will be 
sufficient to fit all the items. If you set it to more than 7 then scrolling 
will be necessary, which what I was trying to avoid. It's possible to have a 
larger Clipboard window if a shortcut key is defined  in "Configure Clipboard > 
Shortcuts configuration > Open Klipper at mouse position", which what I will be 
using. 


Anyway, here are the questions  I still would like to find the answers to:

1. KDE > Power / Session menu does not have Suspend or Hibernate options. How 
can I get them back, if possible? I currently don't have sddm installed but 
when I did it did not seem to help. Can suspend the PC by using "systemctl 
suspend" from the terminal.

3. Device Notifier widget shows Floppy Disk device even though my PC does not 
have a floppy disk. Is there a way to remove it? 

Thanks

[SOLVED] Re: Buster: KDE questions/issues

[local10]

Sep 7, 2018, 11:13 AM by josep.feb...@wanadoo.es:

> Try with the shortcut CTRL+Alt+V, which should show the clipboard list on the 
> mouse position, as it's not a Plasma widget, maybe the list can be as large 
> as 
> you wanted.
>

Yes, "Configure Clipboard > Shortcuts configuration > Open Klipper at mouse 
position" setting worked, it looks pretty close to what I wanted. Thanks

Re: Buster: KDE questions/issues

[local10]

Sep 7, 2018, 10:53 AM by luigi.tosc...@tiscali.it:

> I suspect (given the lack also of kwin-x11) that you installed disabling the 
> packages marked as "Recommends", and most of the issues are coming from this.
> Check for example the Recommends section of the plasma-desktop package:
>
> https://packages.debian.org/buster/plasma-desktop 
> 
>

Installing systemsettings package resolved the issue. Kind of strange that this 
package is not a part of  kde-standard, I use it often. Thanks

Re: Buster: KDE questions/issues

[local10]

Sep 7, 2018, 8:04 AM by luigi.tosc...@tiscali.it:

> I don't really know what to say. Can you start systemsettings from a 
> graphical terminal? All control modules should be available there.
>


It doesn't look like I have systemsettings executable installed:


# which systemsettings
# dpkg -S systemsettings
systemsettings: /etc/xdg/systemsettings.categories
breeze-icon-theme: /usr/share/icons/breeze/apps/48/systemsettings.svg
kwin-data: /usr/share/kwin/kcm_kwintabbox/systemsettings.png
breeze-icon-theme: /usr/share/icons/breeze-dark/apps/48/systemsettings.svg

Thanks

Re: Buster: KDE questions/issues

[local10]

Sep 7, 2018, 8:34 AM by mar...@lichtvoll.de:

> I think this is all not a bug. Who uses testing (and unstable) is 
> expected with to deal with temporary issues like this. Those are 
> development versions of Debian after all.
>

Just to be clear, I never said my questions/issues in this thread are bugs. 
This thread is, obviously, a separate discussion from the bugs I filed. I'm 
just trying to resolve the issues I have. Regards,

Re: Buster: KDE questions/issues

[local10]

Sep 7, 2018, 8:06 AM by mar...@lichtvoll.de:

>  > After adding System Tray it definitely looks better than how it worked 
> before. It would 
> > be nice if it was possible to change/increase the size of Clipboard window 
> > as it 
> > showsabout 6-7 items when it opens  but it'll will do.
>
> It is possible to do that in its settings.
>
How? In settings it's possible to set Clipboard history size but not the 
Clipboard window size. I would've liked a larger Clipboard window but I see no 
way to change its dimensions. Regards,