KDE Software Compilation 4, the KDE series first released in 2008.
This tag is for questions specific to the KDE Software Compilation 4, the kde series first released in 2008.
Questions tagged [kde-4]
123 questions
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How can I map Win + L to lock screen in KDE4?
How can I map the keyboard shortcut to locking a session in KDE 4?
Grzenio
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Quickly change audio device in KDE
I recently switched to OpenSUSE (with KDE) from Windows, and I'm still going through the learning curve.
I switch fairly frequently between using my headphones with built-in microphone, and using my monitor's built-in speakers and my webcam's…
Ryan
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Multiple global shortcuts for the same action
In KDE4, I want to be able to change my sound volume both with the built-in Volume Up key as well as Meta+U.
While I can define alternate keybindings for all program-wide actions, there is no such column in the Global System Shortcuts settings. How…
phihag
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Laptop starts up by itself after being in Hibernate
I have a dual boot Windows Vista Basic/Ubuntu KDE4 compaq laptop.
when I have put the laptop into hibernation from windows I sometimes find that it will turn itself back on.
Any ideas what causes it to come out of windows hibernate?
Craig Angus
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Set device for program in PulseAudio?
In computer I have 2 sound devices.
When I run some program (let's say Skype) I can (using "pavucontrol" -> "PulseAudio Volume Control") setup so that this application will use given device for playback or recording.
But - in the Playback/Recording…
user7385
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How do I install KDE in my Debian installation?
How do I install KDE in my Debian installation? I have a Debian Squeeze 6.0.7, which was installed from a DVD. I would like to install kde-full package into it.
How do I install KDE in my current installation?
My current status is:
Debian Squeeze…
Roshan George
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Is it possible to configure Kde 4 to resize windows to half desktop size when moved to the side of the screen?
In Windows 7 You can drag a window to the edge of the screen (the mouse pointer must touch the edge), windows offers you to resize the window to exactly half of the screen size. This is actually very handy on the wide screen monitors.
Is it…
Grzenio
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Thunderbird, chat extension, what about notification
As you may have noticed, Thunderbird's new version has now a built-in feature that allows you to use it as a chat client. For example, Google talk. So I initiated my own account. The problem is that there are no notifications, for example in the…
py_script
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How do I add/modify/remove startup programs in KDE?
I am looking for application which allow me to manage the startup programs in KDE. Just like BootUp-Manager in Ubuntu (Gnome).
malhobayyeb
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Find and raise a window in KDE4 with shortcut
I was wondering about a possibility to find and raise some window in KDE4 with shortcut. Currently in KDE 4.4 there is a possibility to switch to window from krunner (Alt-F2). Say, I have an open konsole widow somewhere and to switch to it, I can…
Andre_112
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KDE4 separate taskbar buttons per desktops
I'm using KDE4 with 4 workspaces (or virtual desktops), and I would like only the windows of only the current workspace to show up on the taskbar. How can I do that?
Edit: OpenSUSE 11.2 here. There's no "task manager settings" in the right click…
Tamás Szelei
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How to make KDE Desktop stop creating notification 'The screen is being locked'
Is there a setting somewhere that tells KDE Power Management System to stop creating notifications whenever I put the computer to sleep? It is annoying, having my notification list full of 'The screen is being locked' messages.
Screenshot of 'The…
BenjiWiebe
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Unicode characters display improperly in KDE and on the console in Arch Linux
I recently switched from OpenSuSE to Arch Linux. Files with unicode characters in the name used to display fine, but after the switchover I just get mojibake. For example, in my music library Queensrÿche appears as Queensrÿche.
This occurs on the…
Nathan
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Change border color of Okular annotations
Inline Note annotations in Okular (the default PDF reader for the KDE desktop) only allow me to modify the highlight color by default, but I want to modify the border color of those annotations too.
How can I modify the border color of Okular…
gvd
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How to recover annotations made by okular to a PDF file after being moved from another user's homedir?
I made lots of annotations to some PDF files using okular (KDE's PDF viewer). Then, I decided to move them to another user's homedir, but found out the annotations weren't available anymore. With a little research I found Where does Okular store the…
Claudio
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