KDE Connect won't work

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DR77
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KDE Connect won't work

#1 Post by DR77 »

KDE Connect cannot find any device on my network. If i look for listening ports with 'sudo netstat -tunelp' i don't see kdeconnect process, also i don't see kdeconnect daemon running in task manager. Anyone else having issue with KDE Connect?

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-17-amd64 [6.1.69-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-17-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.2_x64 Libretto July 31  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteBook 8560w v: A0001D02
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1631 v: KBC Version 01.39 serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68SVD Ver. F.22 date: 01/05/2012
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0% condition: 20.8/20.8 Wh (100.0%) volts: 4.9 min: 14.8
    model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: not charging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-2820QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge gen: core 2 level: v2
    built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 812 high: 843 min/max: 800/3400 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: conservative cores: 1: 809 2: 824 3: 843 4: 807 5: 798 6: 800 7: 800 8: 820
    bogomips: 36716
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  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_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  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 GF108GLM [Quadro 1000M] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: nvidia v: 390.157
    non-free: series: 390.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~late 2022) arch: Fermi code: GF1xx
    process: 40/28nm built: 2010-16 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:0dfa class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0-Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-1.4:5 chip-ID: 13d3:5125 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 143 s-size: 341x190mm (13.43x7.48") s-diag: 390mm (15.37")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
    diag: 394mm (15.53") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.157 renderer: Quadro 1000M/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 6
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF108 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0bea class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-17-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: 5020 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 25:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0085 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: HP Broadcom 2070 Bluetooth Combo driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-1.6:6 chip-ID: 03f0:231d class-ID: fe01
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1
    sub-v: 4203 hci-v: 2.1 rev: 132
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.02 TiB used: 794.02 GiB (76.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37120G size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: B1D1
    scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS541010B7E610 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 111.29 GiB size: 108.98 GiB (97.93%) used: 53.01 GiB (48.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: root.fsm
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 500 MiB size: 458.3 MiB (91.67%) used: 275.9 MiB (60.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2.02 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 46 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 3038 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3025 libs: 1680 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 13
  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 bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/element-io.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/element-io-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.element.io/debian/ default main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-webdesigner.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/webdesigner/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirror.telepoint.bg/mxlinux-repo/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list
    1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial-added-by-mxpi.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-bookworm.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 i386] https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian bookworm main
Info:
  Processes: 305 Uptime: 9h 45m wakeups: 2 Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.71 GiB
  used: 4.16 GiB (54.0%) Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release
  inxi: 3.3.28
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)
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FullScale4Me
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Re: KDE Connect won't work

#2 Post by FullScale4Me »

KDE Connect when the MX 23 Uncomplicated Firewall is running blocks some apps incoming communication.

On the firewall open port range 1714-1764 UDP & TCP. There is a pre-configured rule to accomplish this.

See MX 23 User Manual section 4.5.1 for additional info.
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Eadwine Rose
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Re: KDE Connect won't work

#3 Post by Eadwine Rose »

Or you can disable the firewall if you're ok with that. Firewall has been turned on on MX23.
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DR77
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Re: KDE Connect won't work

#4 Post by DR77 »

I disabled firewall but it still won't find any devices.
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DR77
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Re: KDE Connect won't work

#5 Post by DR77 »

I don't think the firewall is the issue. On Ubuntu there is a process kdeconnectd running, which i don't have on MX Linux. For some reason KDE Connect daemon is not installed.
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Re: KDE Connect won't work

#6 Post by DR77 »

I reinstalled KDE Connect but the kdeconnectd service is still not installed. Any idea why?
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Re: KDE Connect won't work

#7 Post by chrispop99 »

Perhaps it needs systemd? Try booting with that.

From the Wiki:

When the GRUB screen is displayed at the very beginning of the boot process, click on Advanced options… and select to use systemd. Use MX Boot Options to make this the default.

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Re: KDE Connect won't work

#8 Post by Dennis-TW »

chrispop99 wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:04 am Perhaps it needs systemd? Try booting with that.
Works for me in SysVinit (however in KDE Plasma and firewall off)

Maybe some dependency not pulled it on when in Xfce?
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Re: KDE Connect won't work

#9 Post by DR77 »

chrispop99 wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:04 am Perhaps it needs systemd? Try booting with that.

From the Wiki:

When the GRUB screen is displayed at the very beginning of the boot process, click on Advanced options… and select to use systemd. Use MX Boot Options to make this the default.

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systemd is enabled.
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Re: KDE Connect won't work

#10 Post by GaugingBottling »

DR77 wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:48 am I reinstalled KDE Connect but the kdeconnectd service is still not installed. Any idea why?
I still have this exact same nasty issue and haven't figured out where is kdeconnectd ...

I only found in my system:

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/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kdeconnectd
When i try to run it:

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$ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kdeconnectd 
Failed to load Legacy provider
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