KDE window borders issue

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#1 Post by **AltTabDelete** » Thu Apr 06, 2023 4:50 pm

In my efforts to repair an issue with VLC, I managed to mess up my KDE desktop and default theme. Now my applications open in a small size with no way to resize, minimize, maximize or close the window from the border. I'm sure there is a way to repair this, but I don't know where to start. Any assistance welcomed. I tried to attach a screenshot, but it is too large to attach.

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System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-21-amd64 [5.10.162-1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.10.0-21-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 vt: 7 dm: SDDM 
           Distro: MX-21.3_KDE_x64 Wildflower October 20  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: System76 product: Serval Professional v: serp7 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: System76 model: Serval Professional v: serp7 serial: <filter> 
           BIOS: American Megatrends v: 4.6.4 date: 08/09/2011 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 12.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 12.9/77.0 Wh (16.7%) volts: 14.8 
           min: 14.8 model: Clevo CO. X51 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Full 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-2860QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge 
           family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F cache: L2: 8 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 39911 
           Speed: 899 MHz min/max: 800/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 899 2: 910 3: 946 4: 1885 
           5: 974 6: 2426 7: 1067 8: 1008 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GF116M [GeForce GT 560M] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: nouveau v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1251 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") 
           s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 size: 344x193mm (13.5x7.6") 
           diag: 394mm (15.5") 
           OpenGL: renderer: NVCF v: 4.3 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GF116 High Definition Audio vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0bee class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-21-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: JMicron JMC250 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: jme 
           v: 1.0.8 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 197b:0250 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl port: d000 
           bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b1 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 51.46 GiB (11.0%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST95005620AS size: 465.76 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 
           serial: <filter> rev: SD28 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 41.14 GiB size: 40.19 GiB (97.71%) used: 11.93 GiB (29.7%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: root.fsm 
           ID-2: /boot raw-size: 512 MiB size: 487.2 MiB (95.16%) used: 188.8 MiB (38.8%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
           ID-3: /home raw-size: 416.09 GiB size: 408.48 GiB (98.17%) used: 39.34 GiB (9.6%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 253:1 mapped: 1.home.fsm 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.98 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/dm-2 maj-min: 253:2 mapped: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 63.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2584 lib: 1449 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 266 Uptime: 1h 28m wakeups: 2 Memory: 31.34 GiB used: 1.74 GiB (5.6%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

#2 Post by **AltTabDelete** » Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:14 pm

Screenshot_20230406_160810.png

Notice that the attached window cannot be moved around the desktop or resized and the upper right-hand border does not have the minimize, maximize or close icons in the border.

#3 Post by **dolphin_oracle** » Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:54 pm

is kwin actually running?

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kwin --replace

#4 Post by **AltTabDelete** » Thu Apr 06, 2023 6:02 pm

@dolphin_oracle From Konsole: "Command 'kwin' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install kwin-x11"

So I did. I believe all of the default themes were uninstalled.

#5 Post by **AltTabDelete** » Thu Apr 06, 2023 6:20 pm

@dolphin_oracle Installing kwin-x11 in Konsole fixed the issue with the application windows borders. Again, I thank you!

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