Touchpad settings not found after plasma5-session install

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#1

Hello,

I installed plasma5-session on openSUSE 13.2 64bit. Installation went smooth without errors. When I log in to Plasma 5, my touchpad settings were overridden. I guess it explains as KDE4 was replaced. However, I cannot find any GUI utility to re-configure the touchpad. There is only “Mouse Controls” in the KDE Control Module.

Anybody encountered the same with Plasma 5?

Regards,

Ish

#2

Did you add any additional repos or are you using Plasma5 as included in 13.2?

I think the touchpad config module was not part of Plasma5 in 5.2.2 (as available in 13.2) yet. You might have to install kcm-touchpad5 manually in this case.
And make sure that you run systemsettings5, not KDE4’s systemsettings.

#3

On 06/22/2015 07:26 PM, wolfi323 wrote:
>
> I think the touchpad config module was not part of Plasma5 in 5.2.2 (as
> available in 13.2) yet. You might have to install kcm-touchpad5 manually
> in this case.
> And make sure that you run systemsettings5, not KDE4’s systemsettings.
>

Yes, that was it :slight_smile:

I installed kcm-touchpad5 and ran systemsettings5. Then Hardware > Input
Devices > Touchpad.

To answer the earlier question, no, I didn’t add additional repos.
Installed as it is in 13.2.

Thanks wolfi323.

Regards,

Ish

#4

You’re welcome.

The config module was “integrated” into Plasma5 in 5.3, which might get released as update for 13.2 too or not. I have no idea what the current plans are.
But kcm-touchpad5 is available in 13.2 anyway. It’s just a pre-release version, but AFAIK it’s basically identical to the one included in 5.3.0.

OTOH, if you want to have the “latest and greatest”, you could install it from the KDE:Frameworks5 repo, but then you should use KDE:Qt5 too for updated Qt5 versions.
See https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories#KDE_Frameworks_5_.26_Plasma_5
If you’re fine with Plasma 5.2.2, there’s not really a need though.

The KF5 based applications that are released already (i.e. KDE Applications 15.04) are available for 13.2 as well in case you didn’t know:
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories#Updated_KDE_Applications_only
But don’t install kdenlive from there, as it crashes with the Qt4 based mlt in 13.2… :wink:

#5

Hi,

I’m a new linux user. I recently installed openSUSE 42.1. I have the same issue. Can you please explain how I can make sure that I am running systemsettings5?

Thanks,

Roger

#6

Press Alt+F2, or start Konsole, and enter “systemsettings5”.

But if this is a fresh installation, you should only have systemsettings5 anyway.

And please elaborate what “same issue” you have.
The OP was running openSUSE 13.2 and Plasma 5.2 and did not have the touchpad settings module installed. In current versions (i.e. in Leap 42.1 too), the touchpad settings are integrated into plasma5-desktop, so if you use Plasma5, they should be available in any case.