Questions tagged [kde-neon]

For questions about KDE Neon, a Linux distribution developed by KDE based on Ubuntu long-term support releases.

KDE neon is a Linux distribution developed by KDE based on the most recent Ubuntu long-term support (LTS) release.

It overrides some Ubuntu LTS repositories with its own repositories containing the latest stable (i.e., QA-tested) KDE packages & their dependencies (including graphic device drivers). This means that not all packages will be the latest version; especially packages that are not part of / dependencies of the KDE project.

In other words, KDE Neon is a "semi-rolling release" distro: It uses "stable rolling release" strategy for KDE Packages, but "point release" strategy for other packages.

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In application menu bar in KDE Plasma 5.12

I am using KDE Plasma 5.12. In the previous version of Plasma I could show the global menu for an application below the title bar(Settings > Application Style > Widget Style > Fine Tuning > Menubar Style: In application). However in Plasma 5.12 I…
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How can I use apt instead of pkcon in KDE neon?

When I run apt upgrade I get the following message from KDE neon: On KDE neon you should use `pkcon update` to install updates. If you absolutely must use apt you do have to use dist-upgrade or full-upgrade in place of the upgrade command.…
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KDE Kontact applications fail to start. The Akonadi personal information management service is not operational

In looking for a good suite of mail/contacts/calendar .etc apps, I tried out KDE's Kontact and ran into the following issue upon starting pretty much any of the bundled applications (kmail, korganiser .etc). The application would display a loading…
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KDE: Power management configuration module could not be loaded

I use KDE 5.15.3 on the latest KDE Neon, and recall this problem happened with Linux Mint 19 + an older version of KDE (don't recall which) as well. Intermittently, after booting I don't have the battery-widget in my task-bar (so I can't see how…
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keyboard layout is disabled in kde

I have kde Neon ~ ? screenfetch `..---+/---..` saeb@saeb-fujitsu `---.`` `` `.---.` OS: KDE neon 5.17 .--.` `` `-:-. Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.0.0-37-generic `:/:…
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Diffence between /etc/locale.conf and /etc/default/locale

I'm running KDE neon 5.20 and found two files /etc/locale.conf and /etc/default/locale with similar content. What's the difference between these two files and which one should I edit to change the system locale?
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How to remove Kaccessible in KDE neon / KDE Plasma 5.20?

I still don't know why KDE Accessible / the screenreader starts automatically and how to conveniently prevent it via KDE's options. In the latest version of KDE that's used by KDE neon I could not find a a way to remove the package to make sure it's…
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KDE Neon GUI won't start after login

I installed some updates and it needed a reboot which I did. After that I tried to login, but pressing enter after entering the password or clicking the login button with the cursor didn't do anything (so there is no visible reaction of the system…
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Can't boot any more efi

I use to have a dual system with KDE Neon and Windows 10, all happy together in my lap Asus s510U.  One week ago, the f… Windows decided to update without questioning me. It also changed all my BIOS configuration; this action made it impossible for…
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Unable to browse my android phone via KDE connect in KDE Neon

I am on KDE Neon 5.14. Using latest versions of KDE connect on Neon and Android. I am trying to browse my phone file system but getting this error: The process for the kdeconnect://92e92185f23aaf5b protocol died unexpectedly I have made sure KDE…
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Cannot record microphone with SimpleScreenRecorder

As mentioned in the title, I'm unable to simultaneously record my headset microphone and my desktop audio when using SimpleScreenRecorder in KDE Neon 5.24. In the "Audio Input" section of the recording settings, I selected "PulseAudio" as Backend,…
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Error while opening Spectacle

PrntScrn doesn't work and trying to open spectacle window with the command line gives me the following error: $ spectacle spectacle: error while loading shared libraries: libkColorPicker.so.0.1.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or…
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KDE NEON: Can't upgrade 18.04 -> 20.04: Unresolvable Problem while Calculating Upgrade

This update has been plagued with issues for me. The GUI gives a similar error, but since the first run I've been using the CLI tool do-release-upgrade. The error When running the tool, things seem to be going fine until suddenly it crashes with the…
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KDE Neon doesn't detect audio devices from motherboard

I recently updated my KDE Neon to 20.04, and audio from the motherboard doesn't get detected. It does, however, detect the one from the GPU. $ inxi -A Audio: Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel …
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Error opening the wallet kdewallet

I did a fresh install of KDE neon a while ago and I cannot figure out how to solve this problem: When I start my laptop and try to connect to a wifi network, even the networks I connected to before, I get asked to create a new kde wallet. I choose…
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