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Ugly Horizontal Lines Displayed in Kate and Konsole with Fractional HiDPI Scaling
Upgrading to Qt 5.12 is fine, but does not seem to fix the issue straight away. In Konsole profile settings under the advanced tab, change "Line Spacing" to 1. This has fixed the issue with horizontal ...
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Tap-to-Click is Shown, but Can't Be Toggled
I had this same issue on a Razer Blade 15 (mid-2021) running Kubuntu 20.04 LTS.
The fix for me was to install the synaptics touchpad driver.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-...
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KDE global menu disappeared in Plasma 5.12
According to announcements you need to add the corresponding Plasma Widget or the menu button from "Window Decorations" settings.
Global Menus have returned. KDE's pioneering feature to ...
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In application menu bar in KDE Plasma 5.12
My personal opinion, based on some reverse engineering I've just finished on this subject, is that, with all due respect, KDE developers did a big mess here.
In a fit of oversimplification, the ...
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Tap-to-Click is Shown, but Can't Be Toggled
Referance: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1179275/enable-tap-to-click-kubuntu
I had to add Option "Tapping" "True" to the entry MatchIsTouchpad in the file /usr/share/X11/xorg....
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KDE no longer automatically switches desktops
KDE Desktop Switching
Your problem is underlaid with the "focused" window situation, nothing changed on the new version of KDE but new features have been added (i am referring to the changes done to ...
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Why isn't discover software manager able to load applications in Arch LInux?
You need to install one of the backends first using pacman. You need packagekit-qt5 or packagekit-qt6 (for KDE 6) for "normal" packages, flatpak for Flatpaks and fwupd for firmware updates.
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KDE task switcher spam: "the window switcher installation is broken, resources are missing."
The window switcher installation is broken, resources are missing
It seems you downloaded some theme or custom task switcher that is not compatible with your current version.
I had same problem and ...
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Ugly Horizontal Lines Displayed in Kate and Konsole with Fractional HiDPI Scaling
This is reported to have been resolved in QTBUG-66036 with version 5.12. As of the time I am writing this, QT on Arch Linux is version 5.11.2-1. Other common distros have also not released packages ...
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KDE global menu disappeared in Plasma 5.12
I fixed this annoying as heck issue from displaying the menu in for the application on the desktop by disabling this:
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How can I use apt instead of pkcon in KDE neon?
KDE neon's FAQ page has this:
KDE neon does continuous deployment of the latest KDE software which
means there are nearly always new versions of our software to update
to. We recommend using ...
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Where are the KDE Plasmashell logs?
You should use journalctl...one of the best things about systemd is that all the logs are in one place...gone are the days of searching for files.
try:
journalctl -f | grep --line-buffered kde
I ...
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How to give each Firefox profile its own application icon in Plasma
I hope I have understood your question correctly. I assume the icons you are talking of are those of the tabs in the "Task Manager" widget of KDE Plasma's Panel.
It looks like your question has an ...
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Change Krunner size and position in KDE Plasma 5
Position:
In plasma 5.20 and above the position can be switched between top and center as said here
In all Plasma 5 versions position can be set to middle by editing ~/.config/krunnerrc and adding
[...
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sddm shows a black screen only
I don't know why Elmo Todurov wrote a comment instead of an answer, but it was indeed the only working solution for me and therefore an answer.
edit the file: /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup
prepend ...
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Can I use kwallet to manage PGP keys?
Unlocking
Is it possible to save the passwords in my kwallet in a way that
automatically unlocks the keys as needed? If so, how can this be
achieved?
As far as I know this cannot be done in kWallet. ...
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KDE global menu disappeared in Plasma 5.12
I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel > Application Menu Bar, but only an empty panel appears at the top of the screen.
If this happens to you:
1. Go to System ...
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How to restore horizontal application menu in KDE Plasma 5?
Operating System: Kubuntu 19.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.57.0
Qt Version: 5.12.2
Kernel Version: 5.0.0-15-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
I've checked with Dolphin, Kate and ...
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KDE Plasma: window drop shadows/transparencies broken
OK, I figured it out: seems the 'Compositor' crashed. The Compositor can be found in the System Settings under Display and Monitor > Compositor.
There was a dialogue box there that said the ...
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Where is /usr/share/applications/defaults.list on Arch?
Where is /usr/share/applications/defaults.list on Arch?
There is no defaults.list in Arch. defaults.list is a legacy file which is not recommended any more and Arch is a rolling-release which only ...
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Ugly Horizontal Lines Displayed in Kate and Konsole with Fractional HiDPI Scaling
Another workaround is setting Line Spacing to 1 under Settings -> Edit Current Profile ... -> Advanced -> Terminal Features. It's almost unnoticeable (one extra pixel between lines), but fixes the ...
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Ugly Horizontal Lines Displayed in Kate and Konsole with Fractional HiDPI Scaling
As a workaround, you could change the Fonts DPI:
go to Fonts, check the box Force Fonts DPI
set to an appropriate value (I use 144 on a 2560x1440 screen, you may want to try 192 in 4K)
Higher DPI ...
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Set default virtual desktop in KDE
It looks like this isn't natively supported through configuration in KDE/Plasma, however, a forum post here suggests a way to accomplish what you're looking for by using the wmctrl tool in an ...
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How to keep KDE Plasma Launcher Icon visible when running?
If your plasma workspace layout is locked, unlock it first: Right-click on desktop -> Unlock widgets.
Now open your application menu and right-click on the application you want to add a launcher for, ...
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