How to Restart KDE Plasma Desktop without Rebooting

1. How do I restart KDE Plasma?
2. How do I kill KDE?
3. How do I start KDE from terminal?
4. How do I refresh my desktop in Linux?
5. How do I stop KDE Plasma?
6. How do I restart SDDM?
7. How do I run KDE Plasma?
8. How do I restart dolphin?
9. How do I check my KDE version?
10. What is Startkde?
11. Where is Startkde located?
12. How do I start KDM?

How do I restart KDE Plasma?

I found that the best way to do it (in KDE 5 at least) is by using krunner (Alt+F2) to killall plasmashell then immediately afterwards, plasmashell .

How do I kill KDE?

The KDE Plasma desktop is killed. killall command is used to kill all the processes associated with the given command. In this case, all the plasma-desktop instances will be killed/ stopped except the one that will be started using the kstart command. Your KDE Plasma Desktop will restart.

How do I start KDE from terminal?

What we need to do is open the “trigger”. If there is already one line that defines “DESKTOP”, just change the value of it. Then we will start KDE when we run startx from console.

How do I refresh my desktop in Linux?

Just hold down Ctrl + Alt + Esc and the desktop will be refreshed. Keep in mind that this is exclusive to Cinnamon (e.g. on KDE, it lets you kill an application). Your desktop will blank out for a moment, then refresh itself. It also hopefully means any problems before it will go away.

How do I stop KDE Plasma?

"exit" and enter just to close it) and Ctrl+Alt+F7 to get back to KDE..

How do I restart SDDM?

This will kill all your programs.

1. hit Ctrl + Alt + F2.
2. login.
3. sudo service lightdm restart.

How do I run KDE Plasma?

How to Install the KDE Plasma Desktop on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

1. Step1: Install Tasksel; a prerequisite for installing Kubuntu. The tasksel command line tool for Ubuntu helps you in installing multiple related packages as a collective task. ...
2. Step 2: Install Kubuntu Desktop. ...
3. Step 3: Restart your system to login to KDE Plasma.

How do I restart dolphin?

The following commands and arguments can be used to reboot a Dolphin using command line:

1. To warm boot the Dolphin use: reboot /r.
2. To cold boot the Dolphin use: reboot /c.

How do I check my KDE version?

Open any KDE related program, like Dolphin, Kmail or even System Monitor, not a program like Chrome or Firefox. Then click on the Help option in the menu and then click on About KDE . That will tell your your version.

What is Startkde?

startkde, with ksmserver, is a standard X11R6 session manager that can manage any X11R6 SM compliant program. startkde and ksmserver use the contents of the ~/. kde directory for starting previously saved sessions.

Where is Startkde located?

KDE is located in /usr/local/kde4/ so your startkde will be in /usr/local/kde4/bin - try that.

How do I start KDM?

Well-Known Member. You can start kdm manually by just running kdm. If you want kdm to start automatically on boot edit /etc/ttys and look at the last entry on the ttys (8 I think).