I have the understanding that, be it the fault of my hardware, be it the fault of the software, doesn't matter, my Neon System isn't 100% as it should be, but it works well enough.

I couldn't make the update for 24.04, not normally. Do update I used a new ISO and installed over it. The system remained the same but the base was updated. But I noticed one thing, I'm not receiving any updates for Vivaldi anymore. Recently version 7.0 was released and thought about updating the Snapshot install to see the changes. Got the .DEB and installed but... when I went to open it, it didn't. Vivaldi Snapshot doesn't open anymore and I have no idea why.

Makes me feel I'm stuck with the current Stable version (6.9) I have here and I can never update as I have no idea what the problem is.

I did a fresh install of Neon with Plasma 6.2.2 (ISO date 2024-10-27), but when I reboot after the installation is complete, I just get a black screen. I did format the partitions, so there shouldn't be any old files causing problems. When I searched online, I found an old forum post suggesting that the EFI files might not have been set up correctly,. I tried booting the live environment again and look under /boot/efi on the computer's internal SSD, and there are no files there at all. There are files under /boot/grub though.

Does anyone have any ideas what the problem might be and how to solve it? Thanks in advance.

I do not receive an 24.04 upgrade notification. Is there a way to upgrade manually from terminal somehow?

The KDE community plan an Atomic image-based distro based on Arch. Will development on Neon continue?

https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux

The script used by Xpra to setup the sources.list does not recognize Neon's Noble Numbat as an Ubuntu derivative.

I was able to install the packages via the .deb files at https://xpra.org/beta/noble/main/binary-amd64/

Distro detection script - https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/blob/master/setup.py.

Bug report - https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/issues/4405

Install Spotify with MP3 Support Ubuntu 24.04/KDE Neon 6.2

Install Spotify flatpak

sudo flatpak install com.spotify.Client

Install Spotify Debian package

curl -sS  | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/spotify.gpg
echo "deb  stable non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install spotify-clienthttps://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_6224F9941A8AA6D1.gpghttp://repository.spotify.com

Copy Libraries from the flatpak to the debian package install location

cd /var/lib/flatpak/app/com.spotify.Client/current/active/files/lib
sudo cp -rv lib*.so* /usr/share/spotify/

Uninstall Spotify flatpak

sudo flatpak uninstall com.spotify.Client

Finally choose one of two methods for adding the library path

(Shell script wrapper) ~/bin/spotify-client.sh

#!/bin/bash

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/share/spotify"
spotify $@

Or update the desktop file with the library path

https://preview.redd.it/d6xfr2upv5xd1.png?width=605&format=png&auto=webp&s=42cd4a434fdda3eb587f6b5655f6d09b7990c3c6

I moved to a new computer and a month later it's asking me to upgrade from 22.04 to 24.04. It took a lot to get everything setup and it sounds like a number have had trouble doing an in-place upgrade. I really don't wanna do a fresh re-install so soon.

How long is 22.04 gonna be supported for?

Since an upgrade somewhere in between 6.2.1 and plasma 6.2.2, my Neon system went through an unresorvable dependency issue.

With pkon update I get:

sudo pkcon update
Getting updates                         [=========================]          
Finished                                [=========================]          
Testing changes                         [=========================]          
Finished                                [=========================]          
Fatal error: The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 kpim6-akonadi-contacts: Breaks: libkpim5akonadicontact-data but 4:23.08.5-0ubuntu3 is to be installed

Whereas with apt --fix-broken install

sudo apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies...Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Done
Done
Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
 kde-config-mailtransport kdepim-runtime kf5-messagelib-data kio-ldap kmailtransport-akonadi libgrantlee-templates5 libkaccounts2
 libkf5akonadisearch-plugins libkf5auth5 libkf5calendarcore5abi2 libkf5calendarutils-bin libkf5grantleetheme-plugins libkf5itemmodels5 libkf5kcmutils5
 libkf5mailcommon-plugins libkf5notifyconfig-data libkf5notifyconfig5 libkf5runner5 libkf5textaddonswidgets1 libkf5textautocorrectioncore1
 libkf5textedittexttospeech1 libkf5textemoticonswidgets1 libkpim5akonadi-data libkpim5akonadiagentbase5 libkpim5akonadicore5 libkpim5akonadimime-bin
 libkpim5akonadimime-data libkpim5akonadimime5 libkpim5akonadinotes-data libkpim5akonadinotes5 libkpim5akonadiprivate5 libkpim5akonadisearch-data
 libkpim5akonadisearchcore5 libkpim5akonadisearchdebug5 libkpim5akonadisearchpim5 libkpim5akonadisearchxapian5 libkpim5akonadiwidgets5
 libkpim5calendarutils-data libkpim5calendarutils5 libkpim5grantleetheme-data libkpim5grantleetheme5 libkpim5gravatar-data libkpim5gravatar5
 libkpim5identitymanagement-data libkpim5identitymanagement5 libkpim5identitymanagementwidgets5 libkpim5imap-data libkpim5imap5
 libkpim5kontactinterface-data libkpim5kontactinterface5 libkpim5ldap-data libkpim5ldap5 libkpim5libkdepim-data libkpim5libkdepim5 libkpim5libkleo-data
 libkpim5libkleo5 libkpim5mailimporter-data libkpim5mailimporter5 libkpim5mailimporterakonadi5 libkpim5mailtransport-data libkpim5mailtransport5
 libkpim5mbox-data libkpim5mbox5 libkpim5messagecore5t64 libkpim5mime-data libkpim5mime5 libkpim5mimetreeparser5t64 libkpim5pimcommon5
 libkpim5templateparser5t64 libkpim5textedit-data libkpim5textedit5 libkpim5webengineviewer5t64 libphonon4qt5-4t64 libqca-qt5-2 libqca-qt5-2-plugins
 libqgpgme15t64 phonon4qt5
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
 libkpim5akonadimime-data libkpim5akonadisearch-data libkpim5libkleo-data libkpim5mailtransport-data
The following NEW packages will be installed:
 libkpim5akonadimime-data libkpim5akonadisearch-data libkpim5libkleo-data libkpim5mailtransport-data
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
73 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/495 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3742 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

Choosing yes doesn't help:

(Reading database ... 477548 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libkpim5akonadimime-data_4%3a23.08.5-0ubuntu3_all.deb ...
Unpacking libkpim5akonadimime-data (4:23.08.5-0ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libkpim5akonadimime-data_4%3a23.08.5-0ubuntu3_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/akonadi/plugins/serializer/akonadi_serializer_mail.desktop', which is also in package kpim6-akonadi-mime 4:24.08.2-0zneon+
24.04+noble+release+build7
Preparing to unpack .../libkpim5akonadisearch-data_4%3a23.08.5-0ubuntu3_all.deb ...
Unpacking libkpim5akonadisearch-data (4:23.08.5-0ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libkpim5akonadisearch-data_4%3a23.08.5-0ubuntu3_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/akonadi_search.mo', which is also in package kpim6-akonadi-search 4:24.08.2-0zneon+24.04+noble+relea
se+build7
Preparing to unpack .../libkpim5libkleo-data_4%3a23.08.5-0ubuntu3_all.deb ...
Unpacking libkpim5libkleo-data (4:23.08.5-0ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libkpim5libkleo-data_4%3a23.08.5-0ubuntu3_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/etc/xdg/libkleopatrarc', which is also in package kpim6-libkleo:amd64 4:24.08.2-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build9
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to unpack .../libkpim5mailtransport-data_23.08.5-0ubuntu3_all.deb ...
Unpacking libkpim5mailtransport-data (23.08.5-0ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libkpim5mailtransport-data_23.08.5-0ubuntu3_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/config.kcfg/mailtransport.kcfg', which is also in package kpim6-kmailtransport 24.08.2-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build8
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libkpim5akonadimime-data_4%3a23.08.5-0ubuntu3_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libkpim5akonadisearch-data_4%3a23.08.5-0ubuntu3_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libkpim5libkleo-data_4%3a23.08.5-0ubuntu3_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libkpim5mailtransport-data_23.08.5-0ubuntu3_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Anyone in the same situation?

iv got the plex server installed an running but how do i install the plex plug-ins for it to use ?

That panel you activates with F11.

On my Dolphin preview for .png and .gif (maybe others) isn't working. It shows previews for other files like .jpg and .avif. Double checked the settings and I can't see anything missing.

just that. i used to video call every day. but since the 24.04 upgrade, webcam won't start in any browser. ffs, i even installed chrome. 🤮

kamera show picture, as do other apps, but no web browsers. i dont have a clue where to even start troubleshooting this. i installed a win10 virtual machine in vmware workstation and webcam works in web browser in that.

Hi everyone.

I tried to update my computer to 24.04 LTS. The download and installation went smoothly. After removing obsolete packages, the computer restarted and entered in BIOS mode. In the Boot section, there is no Boot Options to boot from. I tried to add both neon and Windows boot options but it restarts back to BIOS mode with no boot options.

Any ideas on how to solve this? The computer is completely useless :(

Hi, Yesterday I had a prompt from within Neon to upgrade to Neon 6.2. I usually upgrade using apt/pkcon, but did this GUI upgrade anyway.

It seems to have done a lot of unwanted things. For starters, my Trackpoint middle button no longer scrolls. While investigating, I discovered it had removed a lot of packages. At the moment, I'm mostly concerned about losing middle button scroll, but will have to reinstall all the missing packages, and prevent this from happening again.

Was this a glitch in the distribution?

Here are the packages it removed:

 amd-smi-lib clang-tools-17 comgr composablekernel-dev half hip-dev hip-doc hip-runtime-amd hip-samples hipblas hipblas-dev hipblaslt
 hipblaslt-dev hipcc hipcub-dev hipfft hipfft-dev hipfort-dev hipify-clang hiprand hiprand-dev hipsolver hipsolver-dev hipsparse
 hipsparse-dev hipsparselt hipsparselt-dev hiptensor hiptensor-dev hsa-amd-aqlprofile hsa-rocr hsa-rocr-dev hsakmt-roct-dev libamd-comgr-dev
 libamd-comgr2 libamd2 libamdhip64-5 libamdhip64-dev libappimage1.0 libappstreamqt-3 libboost-dev libboost-filesystem1.74.0 libboost1.83-dev
 libcamd2 libccolamd2 libcholmod3 libcolamd2 libdrm-amdgpu-amdgpu1 libdrm-amdgpu-dev libdrm-amdgpu-radeon1 libdrm-dev libdrm2-amdgpu
 libelf-dev libfile-copy-recursive-perl libfile-which-perl libgl-dev libglx-dev libhiprtc-builtins5 libhsa-runtime-dev libhsa-runtime64-1
 libhsakmt1 libjasper4 libmetis5 libmpdec3 libncurses5 libnsl2 libnuma-dev libopenblas-dev libopenblas-pthread-dev libopenblas0
 libpciaccess-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev libpython3-all-dev libpython3.10 libpython3.10-minimal libpython3.10-stdlib libqalculate23
 libsnapd-glib1 libsnapd-qt1 libsuitesparseconfig5 libsystemd-dev libtinfo5 liburi-encode-perl libx11-dev libxau-dev libxcb1-dev
 libxdmcp-dev libxsimd-dev libzstd-dev lld-17 mesa-common-dev migraphx migraphx-dev miopen-hip miopen-hip-dev openmp-extras-dev
 openmp-extras-runtime python3-all-dev python3-beniget python3-gast python3-pip python3-ply python3-pythran python3-wheel rccl rccl-dev
 rocalution rocalution-dev rocblas rocblas-dev rocfft rocfft-dev rocm-cmake rocm-core rocm-dbgapi rocm-debug-agent rocm-developer-tools
 rocm-device-libs rocm-device-libs-17 rocm-gdb rocm-language-runtime rocm-llvm rocm-opencl rocm-opencl-dev rocm-opencl-icd-loader
 rocm-opencl-runtime rocm-opencl-sdk rocm-openmp-sdk rocm-smi-lib rocminfo rocprim-dev rocprofiler rocprofiler-dev rocprofiler-plugins
 rocprofiler-register rocrand rocrand-dev rocsolver rocsolver-dev rocsparse rocsparse-dev rocthrust-dev roctracer roctracer-dev rocwmma-dev
 sqlite3 ubuntu-advantage-tools valgrind x11proto-dev xorg-sgml-doctools xtl-dev xtrans-dev xul-ext-ubufox

i need help editing the grub file after update it just boots to black screen , i have to chose the advanced options at boot

an chose the current kernel then it works but the grub file looks this

GRUB_DEFAULT=0

GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden

GRUB_TIMEOUT=0

GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`(Kde Neon 6.1)

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

i assume the line

GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`(Kde Neon 6.1) is the issue

my question is can i change the (Kde Neon 6.1) line to the current kernel

if so how should that look , is the way the kernel is appears in neofetch the correct way

if so could i just copy an paste it where the (Kde Neon 6.1) is ?

Ok, that title doesn't give much. But I have a question, in plasma the implementation of which I guess is DDC/CI is pretty good, one could archieve it with Gnome, and use a extesion to control brightness in a slider, but with a small "delay". In other distros, I've noticed the same delay in plasma, but for some reason it isn't present in Neon, what exactly neon does that other distros that uses Plasma doesn't?

TL;DR

Changing the monitor brightness on Neon is instant while on other distros with plasma there's a small delay, why?

KDE has recently released the KDE 24.04 LTS update (which I wanna hold off on for a couple of months to allow it to settle a bit more), but since KDE is built on Ubuntu, at this time shouldn't the latest version be KDE 24.10?

So I've used KDE Neon based on 22.04 and decided to do a clean install of 24.04 version. Installation goes well, but when I reboot, I only have black screen after grub. Not even a loading screen. I found workaround on official website to use nomodeset and I'm able to access desktop without hardware acceleration. I installed a few updates that way, but still the issue persists. I have Intel Xe graphics and had no issues on updated 22.04.

What can I do next?

just realized that the latest update (to 24.04) has deleted my entire printer (hplip) setup. Even CUPS is lost entirely. consequently even system configuration does not display any printer config.

it is hopefully easy to fix, but feels weired.

KDE Neon is truly awesome. I have an HP ZBook and couldn't get Manjaro to stick. I ran Kubuntu 22.04 and then upgraded to 24.04. After some updates ended up with a boot issue (wouldn't boot into Kubuntu) so I switched to KDE Neon. I since updated to 24.04 in KDE Neon.

• KDEConnect didn't work for me in 22.04 in KDE Neon, but it works since I upgraded to 24.04
• External monitor didn't work with Nvidia 550 after upgrading to 24.04...I grabbed the PPA, switched to Nvidia driver 650 and voilà, external monitor is working!
• Wayland works but...it doesn't work with certain apps, so I'm sticking with Xorg for now lol
• I love getting the latest KDE Plasma updates. I wish it would include FeatherNotes, one of my favorite Qt apps that I use daily, but at least I got that upgraded with the 24.04 upgrade!
• I can't seem to run 32 bit applications on WINE in KDE Neon. Most apps I'd want to run in WINE are 32 bit lol (newer Windows programmes are trash and I haven't used Windows as a daily driver since Windows XP so I can't be bothered to use newer Windows software), but I have Windows in VirtualBox so it's no big deal

I really love Manjaro and OpenSUSE as well (but I can't stand Mint lol). I used to love Ubuntu distros (Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu) but after my recent bad experiences with Kubuntu and Xubuntu, I think I'll stick with KDE Neon and enjoy cutting edge KDE Plasma apps as well as awesome stability.

Hello,

after upgrading to 24.04 and some issues with the UEFI boot option I now have another issue. I use kdewallet and add my ssh key passphrase at startup, but since the latest upgrade I get another another popup asking for my unlock key.

I have never seen this one before (and no unlock key set) and now I am unable to use my ssh key anymore. According to my syslog the window belongs to gnupg and Gnome keyring.

How can I disable Gnome Keyring? I have never used that before and I don't like to do

2024-10-15T18:26:53.639780+02:00 ceres gpg-agent[1904]: can't connect to the daemon /usr/lib/gnupg/scdaemon: IPC "connect" Aufruf fehlgeschlagen
2024-10-15T18:26:53.680057+02:00 ceres dbus-daemon[1408]: [session uid=1000 pid=1408] Activating service name='org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter' requested by ':1.114'
(uid=1000 pid=8293 comm="pinentry --display :1" label="unconfined")
2024-10-15T18:26:53.944703+02:00 ceres dbus-daemon[1408]: [session uid=1000 pid=1408] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter'
2024-10-15T18:27:04.381213+02:00 ceres gpg-agent[1904]: failed to unprotect the secret key: Verarbeitung wurde abgebrochen
2024-10-15T18:27:04.381484+02:00 ceres gpg-agent[1904]: failed to read the secret key
2024-10-15T18:27:04.381665+02:00 ceres gpg-agent[1904]: ssh sign request failed: Verarbeitung wurde abgebrochen <Pinentry>

Update: For clarification - the key passphrase has been added to kdewallet, but it looks like it's not used

I recently upgraded my VPS from Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04. Now, I'm having trouble installing CloudPanel. I'm getting the following error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

python3-pkg-resources : Breaks: python3-setuptools (< 73) but 68.1.2-2ubuntu1.1 is to be installed

python3-setuptools : Depends: python3-pkg-resources (= 68.1.2-2ubuntu1.1) but 73.0.1-1 is to be installed

E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

ERROR: CloudPanel couldn't be installed. Check the log above for errors that occurred in the install process.

Can anyone help me resolve this dependency conflict and successfully install CloudPanel on Ubuntu 24.04?

Went through the upgrade process just fine, rebooted into the new Neon once and it automatically ran discover that had some more updates. Ran those and the system rebooted. Now I only get my Lenovo splash screen and nothing else. I can get access to Bios and everything but no way to enter recovery mode or anything like it. I really don't want to reinstall but it looks like I'm going to have to. And as much as I like the way KDE neon looks and feels if I have to do so, it'll be into Mint more than likely.

UPDATE I went in and used the boot repair that MrMastr recommended and that at least got me to the GRUB menu on boot again. However, attempting to boot with that had the same issue. I saw someone else mention here (www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1f6naow/ubuntu_24041_fresh_install_no_splash_on_boot/, simply edit the /etc/default/grub and remove “splash” from the “GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT) that splash in the GRUB might be the issue. I edited the GRUB to remove splash as they recommended and it works just fine.

So, it seems like many of these booting issues may be casued by the inclusion of splash in the GRUB.

Updated 2 of my machines to 24.04 base.

One of my machines does not render panels and wallpaper. Krunner works and apps launch as usual.

Dmesg says that it it a problem with amdgpu driver. amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff was set during update

Debootstrapped installation causes Firefox to stutter while LiveUSB Neon does not present this issue.

Both running on Wayland and with a fresh user dir.

Perhaps I have missed something when doing a debootstrapped install.

Here are the steps I took to manually install Neon:

1. debootstrap noble into chroot
2. copy most relevant apt configs from /etc/apt/ (i.e. neon sources and preferences)
3. apt dist-upgrade

This results in a nice and responsive KDE 6.2 system, however for some reason firefox stutters when scrolling from time to time. Triggering any kind of animated desktop effect (such as overview effect) fixes the stutter for a few minutes and scrolling is very smooth again.

Maybe there is some extra config I need to add that the installer does?

(The reason I am installing manually is because I am installing it into a ZFS dataset)

Tuxedo is already working on their upgrade to Noble, and it’d be beneficial to both parties if Tuxedo can handle the pieces that breaks during the upgrade. It might even speed up Tuxedo’s own upgrade to 24.04.

Just a thought.