kde May 2020

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19 discussions

KDE SIG members participating upstream?
by Neal Gompa 17 May '20

17 May '20

Hey folks, I was recently informed that we don't have anyone from the KDE SIG actively participating in the upstream KDE Plasma projects to represent Fedora. Is there anyone that could take on that capacity and help us build better bridges with upstream? It'd be great to have that so that Fedora's concerns are factored into the development of KDE projects and that we generally have a better pulse on things as new KDE software is integrated into Fedora. As for why not me? I'm stretched more thinly than I want to be as it is, though I do interact with a few KDE folks myself from time to time and follow the KDE distributions mailing list. Best regards, Neal -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth!

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Re: user switching criterion proposal
by Kamil Paral 15 May '20

15 May '20

On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 8:48 AM Lukas Ruzicka <lruzicka(a)redhat.com> wrote: > Hello, > I agree, that user switching as described in this proposal is something > that should work really well, because it can obviously change the user > experience in some cases. > I only have a problem with the following statement: > > The switching mechanism must correctly attempt the requested operation. >> > > As I understand it, it might be enough if the operation is "attempted" > only? This sounds vague and weak to me. I think we need something stronger > here, like "it performs the requested operation" or something similar. > It's similar to e.g. shutdown criterion [1] where the "shutdown mechanism must correctly request a shutdown from the system firmware" or storage resize criterion [2] where "installer mechanism for resizing storage volumes must correctly attempt the requested operation". The important word in all these cases is "correctly". It implies that the software part, the calling part, must be implemented correctly. But because it deals with hardware and low level firmware and drivers, it admits that that part might not work correctly in all configurations. Which is then expanded in the next sentence. I simply got my inspiration from our other criteria when writing this one. It doesn't have to stay this way. But I think the "correctly attempt/request" wording is quite fitting here and it's not weak (at least not towards our software stack, which is the part which we can control reasonably well). [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Beta_Release_Criteria#Shutdown.2C_… [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Final_Release_Criteria#Storage_vol…

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polkit issues while upgrading
by Georges Schwing 14 May '20

14 May '20

Hello everyone, Following the upgrading of my Fedora workstation 31 to 32. I cannot connect to my WIFI network NetworkManager applet says, "not authorized to control networking". I've made research and it seems that the polkit configuration does not allow my user to perform such actions. When I'm looking for the polkit packets installed all the normal ones are. (ie the same as the fresh Fedora 32 Workstation install) [root@laptop georges]# rpm -qa | grep polkit polkit-qt-0.112.0-18.fc32.x86_64 polkit-qt5-1-0.113.0-2.fc32.x86_64 polkit-kde-5.18.5-1.fc32.x86_64 polkit-0.116-7.fc32.x86_64 polkit-pkla-compat-0.1-16.fc32.x86_64 polkit-libs-0.116-7.fc32.x86_64 If i've made a fresh install of Fedora 32 Workstation everything works. Does Anyone has the same issue? Is there a way to auto-configure polkit instead of making specific configurations files in /etc/polkit-1/... ? Georges

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Logout cancelled by <program>
by Patrick O'Callaghan 12 May '20

12 May '20

Where is the magic setting to stop this happening? Is it specific to each program or something more general? I'm using KDE on F32, if it matters, and I'm getting this whenever I log out, either with Ctrl-Alt- Del or with the menu option. It has started happening with qbittorrent specifically, but I recently reset its configuration to fix a problem so that might be the root cause. I have to explicitly exit the program first. poc

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user switching criterion proposal
by Kamil Paral 12 May '20

12 May '20

Following the previous discussion [1] and the gathered support, here's a proposal for the user switching criterion. I believe we should put it into the Final milestone [2]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ User switching User switching must work using the mechanisms offered (if any) by all release-blocking desktops in their default configuration. What is user switching? User switching is a process of changing the currently presented desktop session between concurrent sessions of two or more different users. The user sessions keep running in the background, and users can switch between them repeatedly without losing any running application state. For the purpose of this criterion, user switching doesn't include switching between different sessions of the *same* user. Work? The switching mechanism must correctly attempt the requested operation. If the operation doesn't work on a subset of graphical drivers, the release blocking decision should be based on the number of affected users, the problem severity and available workarounds (as is our [standard procedure](Basic_Release_Criteria#Basic_Release_Requirements)[3]). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The "in their default configuration" part is there to cover only cases where the system hasn't been modified in a substantial (and relevant) way. This will exclude cases where people e.g. install several desktop environments, replace their DM for a different one, tweak systemd settings, or install a non-default graphics driver. In the last paragraph I explicitly pointed out that we'll use our usual approach of judging the impact if the issue only affects certain configurations. I hope that alleviates some hardware-related concerns. Note: I considered the option to also include user switching in text-only environments (simultaneous user login on different VTs, as is common on Server), but it's not completely the same. I concluded it's better to have a separate and tailored criterion for it, if there's interest. Please comment, thank you. [1] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test%40lists.fedoraproject.or… https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/desktop@lists.fedoraproject.o… https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kde@lists.fedoraproject.org/t… https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/139 [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Final_Release_Criteria [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Basic_Release_Criteria#Basic_Release_Require…

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Fedora KDE and sound over HDMI/DP
by Alex Gurenko 11 May '20

11 May '20

Hello everyone, I want to re-visit the question that I've raised a year ago here [0]. I'm still running my Lenovo T460p, but we're already in F32 and still same issue presents. I've just recently got a new Dell monitor that I connect for the lack of USB-C ports over DP and in KDE environments, there is no visible ways to route sound over DP as far as I can tell. I've also tried booting Manjaro KDE and it seems to be missing component in KDE itself? Other distros (Fedora Gnome, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary) even live image recognize DP as an output and can successfully route sound there. What would be the action plan here? Did anyone look into that already maybe? I'm wondering where the problems lies or what part/component is missing? [0] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kde@lists.fedoraproject.org/m… --- Best regards, Alex

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KRunner - clicking on PDF result opens in Gnome viewer
by Syam Krishnan 11 May '20

11 May '20

Hi I have Fedora 31 KDE spin. I have the following problem: 1. Open KRunner by Alt+F2 2. Type "pdf" in the box 3. Click on any PDF file from the search result 4. The file is opened in a Gnome application I don't know the name of the Gnome application that comes up. Opening PDF files from Dolphin or by xdg-open correctly opens the file in Okular. The problem is only when opening from KRunner. And I don't even have Gnome desktop installed. Anything I should check before filing a bug report with Fedora or KDE? Thanks, Syam

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brightness on lenovo ideapad
by Adrian Sevcenco 06 May '20

06 May '20

Hi! I post here as i suspect that it is a kde problem with brightness settings: while the keyboard special functions modify the setting in the Battery and Brightness tray module, the actual brightness is not modified, but i actually can modify the brightness using xrandr. Does anyone have any idea why the kde module does not use the xrandr mechanism? Thank you! Adrian

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qBittorrent not working in F32
by Patrick O'Callaghan 04 May '20

04 May '20

I updated to F32 (from F31) yesterday with no hiccups or complaints. However I find that qBittorrent won't download anything. I've tried several several times with different torrents, including https://torrent.fedora.org, and each download sits there at zero percent. I've also tried via a VPN (in case my ISP was blocking me, though they've never done that before). It made no difference. Has anyone successfully used qBT with F32? poc

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