On Saturday, 9 May 2026 18:46:35 British Summer Time Ron via GLLUG wrote: > Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote on 2026-05-09 07:30: > > I have logged in using ssh > > I think this will come in useful... > > > ... but the image displayed just the standard background without the > > standard bottom left "Menu" icon or the lower panel. > > Could this be a scaling issue where the desktop "thinks" it's on a, say, > 1920x1080 display but resolution is 800x600?
Almost certainly the initial cause of the problem, so I disconnected the second monitor, but discovered the problem on the main output when I switched the main monitor input > > On my KDE, Alt+[Space] triggers the KDE "Runner" drop-down at top of > screen to enter commands, searches, etc. > > Can that be triggered? If so, does entering these do anything? yes > > plasmashell --replace Reports Toolbox invalid or disabled > > kwin_x11 --replace (adjust if Wayland is used, that's from my historical > usage) > > > Ctl+Alt+F2 showed me a normal GUI login screen but with no keyboard > > input, > > Is there not a virtual keyboard in the options? Worth looking for but I > may be wrong. > > Also, I thought Ctrl+Alt+F1 was GUI login and the higher F-keys were all > TTYs? My memory may be outdated. Yes, the Ctl+Alt+FunctionKeys appear to be in the wrong order > > > I can still do a remote ssh login, but KDE appears to have crashed, > > and the only option I seem to have left is to re-install Debian. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Via `ssh`, some probing of `dmesg` might show what went wrong. > > If nothing there, some probing of: > > systemctl --user status plasma[Tab][Tab] should auto-complete a bunch of > user-land plasma services. Others via kde[Tab][Tab]. No results I managed to open a debug console which showed (copied via paper) Wayland Windows -:__Konsole KWin:XdgTop... active true activities displayed a UUID bufferGeometry 479,309,961x488 caption -:__Konsole captionNormal -:__Konsole clientGeometry 479,309,961x488 closeable true colorScheme kdeglobal desktopFileName org.kde.konsole desktops empty frameGeometry 478,281 963x517 height 517 Icon empty IconGeometry 0,0 0x0 internalid displayed a UUID layer NormalLayer managed true maxSize 2.12748e+09x2.14748e+09 maximizable true moveable true moveableAcrossScreens true normalWindow true objectName empty opacity 1 output empty Pid 12134 pos 478,281 rect 0,0 963x517 resizeable true resourceClass org.kde.konsole resourceName konsole size 963x517 stackingOrder 1 tile empty transientFor empty wantsInput true width 963 windowRole empty windowType net:normal X 478 Y 281 X11 Unmanaged Windows empty X11 Windows empty (Many) other lines were all false > > > Just saw the Logitech errors mentioned in a follow-up. Curious what > comes of that. Almost definitely complaining as I turned off the keyboard and mouse before returning the screen to my main computer. Thanks for the help, but it looks as though it will be quicker to give up and re-install. -- Chris Bell www.chrisbell.org.uk -- GLLUG mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug
