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How to disable event sounds in Plasma 5?

I wander how to disable event sounds in kde5 Plasma (the one that is heard when scrolling the volume in systray for example). I use Plasma in Opensuse 13.2 but this is KDE specific methinks. UPDATE These are the available settings (after…
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KDE global menu disappeared in Plasma 5.12

I upgraded to plasma 5.12 and the global menus disappeared, and the entry in settings also disappeared. Application Style ⇒ Widget Style ⇒ Fine Tuning I tried deleting the plasma* files from ~/.config and also the whole ~/.kde folder thinking it…
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KDE5 After resume from suspend I have corrupted labels under icons

I'm using KDE neon distribution (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS + latest KDE5 DE). Suspend+resume looks to be mostly working on my notebook, but the labels under icons (I have "folder view" set up as background in plasma shell) are corrupted, like this: On the…
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Disabling KWin compositor from command-line

Is there any way to disable KWin compositing effects from command-line? AFAIK it's possible to disable it via System settings->Hardware->Display and Monitor->Compositor but it requires a KWin restart.If I'm able to disable the compositor from…
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"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'" appears in various commands

I get the following error in various situations, for example when I try to start a package that is not installed: $ tldr Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/command-not-found", line 28, in from…
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How can I prevent Meta from opening up KDE Plasma's launcher?

When I press Meta, KDE Plasma's Application Launcher (Kickoff) opens. This occurs whether I tap the key, or hold it down for a long time. How can I prevent this from occurring?
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How to disable the volume popup in KDE Plasma 5.13?

In older versions I used to comment out osd.show(percent) in the functions increaseVolume and decreaseVolume in the file /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.volume/contents/ui/main.qml (blog source). But that file does not exist anymore in…
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KDE Konsole: how to save and restore current session?

KDE Konsole does not have a feature to save the current session (opened tabs, current directory etc.) How can we save/restore the current session?
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How to hack and modify a predefined date time format of KDE 5 that comes with Debian 9.2.1 Stretch?

I would like to hack and modify a predefined date time format of KDE 5 on Debian 9.2.1 Stretch. A predefined format can be selected from the list of predefined formats at Kickoff Launcher > Computer > System Settings > Personalization > Regional…
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How do I change the icon for an application on the KDE panel?

I use KDE 5 on Fedora 22. I want to change the panel icon for an application I use (say, okular). I don't care about how the app icon appears elsewhere (e.g. in the menus) - whether that changes or not is fine. Now, I'm not root on this machine. How…
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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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Using a dark theme in KDE with Gnome applications (e.g., Firefox)

I prefer the breeze-dark KDE theme. Unfortunately, some gnome apps (such as Firefox) are problematic. In particular, in text input fields in Firefox, one ends up with white text on a white background or dark text on a dark background. I…
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KDE task switcher spam: "the window switcher installation is broken, resources are missing."

Invoking the task switcher (I use ) prompts a (very distracting) message box: If I release , but then activate it shortly after, it will continue to grow, as such: I'm running Debian 9.2, e.g. Stretch, on a HP Probook 6450b. None…
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How to prevent sound mute when switching user?

I often have two KDE sessions running as two different users. When I switch between them (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+F8) music that is playing in one of the accounts is muted on the other account. The same happens when I switch to a virtual terminal…
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KDE/Plasma and large monitor: how to snap windows to 3x3 grid?

Doing a lot of software development I frequently need to see many windows at the same time. Thus I'm frequently arranging windows by dragging them to the left/right edge of the screen to scale them to 50% of the screen width or to one of the corners…
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