Questions tagged [kde]
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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?
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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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KDE Plasma crashing in Debian Bookworm on AMD 64 Processor with Xming / XDMCP
I have been having this problem for quite some time. I am using Xming to contact my headless Debian Bookworm server via XDMCP under Windows (various versions).
The login screen comes up and I can log ...
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KDE Plasma: some file extensions not visible on the desktop
I can see all the file extensions in the Dolphin file explorer, and some on the desktop as well: .pdf, .txt, .exe.
But others like .desktop and .flatpakref don't show up.
Is there a way to make them ...
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Konsole with application disappears
We develop and distribute an application that controls industrial robots (non real-time typically). We run it on Kubuntu 22.04 in a Konsole window. It is runs continuously for several months at a time....
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How to prevent the KDE `systemsettings` application from starting up automatically?
Whenever I reboot, usually after a system upgrade, the KDE systemsettings application is automatically opened on startup. However, I did not have the application open before I rebooted, and I did not ...
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command not running from kde powerdevil
made a simple command to change my power mode to "balanced-performance" (lenovolegion power mode for custom mode), works fine in terminal and running the file, but when listing it as a ...
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logs for active audio device changing (pipewire/wireplumber)
(Pipewire/Wireplumber, KDE Plasma, Aurora (Fedora atomic/Silveblue))
Where can I find logs related to the current audio device changing, or devices being added/removed, etc?
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every few ...
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How can I resolve this error: Detected locale "C" with character encoding "ANSI_X3.4-1968", which is not UTF-8
On my device I frequently receive this message (especially when booting):
Detected locale "C" with character encoding "ANSI_X3.4-1968", which is not UTF-8.
QT depends on UTF-8 ...
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What permissions should the applicaton data for KDE's Spacebar have?
I attempted to backup and restore the data for Spacebar within my Debian installation. However, it does not appear to work properly. I think I must have accidentally changed the permissions.
Are ...
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How to ensure processes/windows in background virtual terminals run?
I use two graphical virtual terminals (sessions) on a debian desktop with KDE (the ones you switch between using chvt or Ctr-Alt-F7, F8, etc.). I notice that processes in open windows in the inactive ...
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Attempting to set up TIGHTVNC Server on Debian Bookworm running KDE
I am attempting to connect to my Debian Bookworm machine using TIGHTVNC on a Windows 7 machine. When I connect to the machine I get a gray screen. I downloaded Krfb, but it gives me an error when I ...
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