On Fresh Install - Spell Checking Not Working On KDE Plasma?

Hi,

On a fresh install of KDE Plasma version of Manjaro,
spell checking is not working?

In settings: “Spell Check”, “Default language” is empty and can’t be configured?
“Preferred Languages” is also empty?

How can I fix spell checking on KDE Plasma?

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[sudo] password for jlp: 
System:
  Kernel: 6.12.4-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=e6904fb9-88c7-445f-92eb-bd71124dfe33 rw quiet
    cryptdevice=UUID=ea95b186-2441-4a26-bc26-1445436021f6:luks-ea95b186-2441-4a26-bc26-1445436021f6
    root=/dev/mapper/luks-ea95b186-2441-4a26-bc26-1445436021f6 splash
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <filter> part-nu: SKU uuid: 1dc43fb0-791e-09e2-5630-50ebf6cf13b4
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5003 date: 10/07/2023
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 64 GiB available: 62.71 GiB used: 8.79 GiB (14.0%)
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: DIMM_A1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2 max: 1.2
    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
    part-no: CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 serial: N/A
  Device-2: DIMM_A2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2 max: 1.2
    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
    part-no: CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 serial: N/A
  Device-3: DIMM_B1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2 max: 1.2
    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
    part-no: CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 serial: N/A
  Device-4: DIMM_B2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2 max: 1.2
    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
    part-no: CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Slot: 0 type: PCIe status: in use length: long volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:03.1
    children: 1: 0a:00.0 class-ID: 0300 type: display 2: 0a:00.1 class-ID: 0403
    type: audio
  Slot: 1 type: PCIe status: available length: long volts: 3.3
    bus-ID: 00:1f.7
  Slot: 2 type: PCIe status: available length: short volts: 3.3
    bus-ID: 00:1f.7
  Slot: 3 type: PCIe status: in use length: short volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 02:03.0
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+
    gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm)
    family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201210
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
    desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1752 min/max: 550/4851 boost: enabled
    base/boost: 3800/4850 scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave
    volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 1752 2: 1752 3: 1752 4: 1752
    5: 1752 6: 1752 7: 1752 8: 1752 9: 1752 10: 1752 11: 1752 12: 1752 13: 1752
    14: 1752 15: 1752 16: 1752 bogomips: 121424
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de debug_swap decodeassists erms extapic
    extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht
    hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
    misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
    nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
    pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt
    pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni
    skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor
    svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip user_shstk v_spec_ctrl
    v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt
    x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves xtopology
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  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: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 550.144.03
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of
    2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
    off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: N/A failed: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 162 s-size: 602x341mm (23.70x13.43")
    s-diag: 692mm (27.24")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 163
    size: 600x340mm (23.62x13.39") diag: 690mm (27.15") modes: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: gbm,wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.144.03
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 11.72 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2504
    surfaces: xcb,xlib
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.4-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
    1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
    3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] driver: iwlwifi
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: d000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp6s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: wg0-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-5:2
    chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
  Device-1: luks-ea95b186-2441-4a26-bc26-1445436021f6 maj-min: 254:0
    type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 1.82 TiB
  Components:
  p-1: nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 1.82 TiB
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 226.48 GiB (12.2%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 38.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.37%) used: 226.48 GiB (12.4%)
    fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-ea95b186-2441-4a26-bc26-1445436021f6 label: N/A
    uuid: e6904fb9-88c7-445f-92eb-bd71124dfe33
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 448 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
    maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A uuid: 7687-2945
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 045b:0209 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 1-2.1:4 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 045b:0209 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 1-2.3:5 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 045b:0209 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 1-2.3.1:7 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 045b:0209
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2.3.4:8 info: Brother Industries DCP-L2550DW series
    type: printer driver: usblp interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 2mA
    chip-ID: 04f9:0424 class-ID: 0701 serial: <filter>
  Hub-6: 1-5:3 info: Terminus Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 1a40:0101 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5.4:6 info: Realtek Mass Storage Device (Multicard Reader)
    type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 0bda:0151 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Hub-7: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 2-2:2 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 045b:0210 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 2-2.1:3 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 045b:0210 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-10: 2-2.3:4 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 045b:0210 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-11: 2-2.3.1:5 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 045b:0210
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-12: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-5:2 info: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter
    type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
  Device-2: 3-6:3 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 16mA chip-ID: 0b05:18f3 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-13: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-14: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-1:2 info: USB Optical Mouse type: mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA chip-ID: 30fa:0400 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 5-2:3 info: China Resource Semico USB Keyboard type: keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1a2c:4094 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-15: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 58 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
  Packages: 1527 pm: pacman pkgs: 1500 libs: 502 tools: pamac pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 27
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mnvoip.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://ipng.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 421
  1: cpu: 41.0% command: nxplayer.bin pid: 4332 mem: 546.0 MiB (0.8%)
  2: cpu: 9.8% command: Xorg pid: 980 mem: 283.1 MiB (0.4%)
  3: cpu: 3.2% command: firefox pid: 2506 mem: 1042.2 MiB (1.6%)
  4: cpu: 1.7% command: konsole pid: 475162 mem: 276.4 MiB (0.4%)
  5: cpu: 1.5% command: firefox pid: 2663 mem: 611.7 MiB (0.9%)
  Memory top: 5 of 421
  1: mem: 1057.1 MiB (1.6%) command: soffice.bin pid: 2461 cpu: 0.0%
  2: mem: 1042.2 MiB (1.6%) command: firefox pid: 2506 cpu: 3.2%
  3: mem: 868.0 MiB (1.3%) command: plasmashell pid: 1397 cpu: 0.9%
  4: mem: 852.2 MiB (1.3%) command: firefox pid: 2744 cpu: 1.1%
  5: mem: 645.1 MiB (1.0%) command: firefox pid: 2639 cpu: 0.4%
Info:
  Processes: 421 Power: uptime: 1d 11h 32m states: freeze,mem,disk
    suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
    reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 25.05 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Sudo (sudo) v: 1.9.16p2
    default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37

Open up Manjaro Settings Manager and install your language pack.

That worked, thanks!
(required a reboot)

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Great.
The MSM functions correlate to a handful of packages, depending on what is installed.
In my case thats mainly hunspell and the hunspell-* spell checking packages.
This could additionally include gimp help, libreoffice, firefox, and various other application-specific packs.

(Note that sonnet, plasma’s spell checking framework, can utilize any number of spellchecker backends like hunspell, aspell, hspell for hebrew, and so on.)

Maybe just an end of session (log out), but why not go for the full thing.

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