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?
The mouse RH button opened a very restricted screen menu, and I was
able to access the standard personal configuration menu, but it did
not appear to offer any help.
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?
plasmashell --replace
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 My memory may be outdated.
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].
Just saw the Logitech errors mentioned in a follow-up. Curious what
comes of that.
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