KDE settings problem

Since the stable update of November, 22nd, I’m having a few problems with KDE.

  • GTK application styles are messed up and settings are not saved, e.g.:
    this is how they look:

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this is how they should look:

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I can get them to look as they should with these settings:

However, somehow they are not saved and in the next session GTK styles will be corrupted again.

  • Sound volume levels are also not preserved between sessions and visual feedback is inconsistent, e.g.: in the following image you can see that the volume bar is at 100% while actually the volume is at 5%.

This inconsistency sometimes happens with brightness levels too.

I might guess it is like this:

Also considering your icons and such … it appears you may not be fully up-to-date.

I have the same issue with borked window decorations in gtk apps no matter what plasma theme/gtk style combination is active, and my system is always up to date.

You might need to make a distinction … gtk2 vs gtk3 … because gtk2 is a different issue.

True, all the apps showing this are gtk3 though, such as pamac and pulseeffects.

See here:

Or here

Probably related to this:

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That works.
I actually found that commenting the line

gtk-button-images=true

in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini also works, but this file is overwritten and reset to the old state at each login, which can be solved by changing the owner to root. :slight_smile: What a hack, that is.
I just wonder what happens if plasma is updated again.

This solved the GTK applications style corruption. Thanks.
As for the voulme and brightenss inconsistencies, I’m still at a loss.

I went to KDE Settings > Application Style > Configure GNOME/GTK. The single dropdown box was empty. I made a selection and clicked Apply. GUI’s seemed fixed. A number of files were updated in my home directory (find -newermt "1 minute ago"). I think there are a number of changes going on in this area.

Regarding sound, check the KDE Bug Database. They seem to point to either the kernel or pulseaudio. There are entries in the forum, like: