Hi, on fresh install (multiple) of Fedora 42 GNOME the KDE Connect app after install wont open.
Either it will stay running in processes but nothing will display or it will immediately crash with an error.
GSconnect doesn’t even show up after install.
If I install Fedora 42 KDE it works fine. But I don’t like KDE. Any idea what’s up with this?
EDIT: Thanks for help, anyhow. In the end I found that I will just use KDE Connect for clipboard between my laptop, PC and phone but the desired functionality I wanted when connected to my phone is available with scrcpy and it’s quite something. Can’t believe it has such a stupid name as I never heard of it. It’s so freaking good!
The Gnome-shell extension is supposed to show up as a button in the top right menu. How did you install it? Should be called “gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect”.
The bacground app is Amberol btw
Hmm, that doesn’t show a lot of details but it seems correct. Gnome should have an Extension manager. It should show up if you type some first letters of the word “Extensions” into the app overview. Maybe look if shows up there and got activated.
But thanks, I found GS conncect in the Extension manager… Why the hell is it even there? Anyhow, it works. But the fact I cant uninstall KDE Connect now drives me crazy… Time for fresh system install I guess… Again
Just in case you haven’t started reinstalling yet, and has a transaction history. I can’t look a link up right now, but the command goes something like “dnf history undo <number>”, where the number is the transaction id of the transaction that installed KDE connect. You can find the transaction id in “dnf history”
I’ve already reinstalled and set up everything :)
I did check the history btw, it was not there at all. And there were only 16 lines as well so it’s not like I’ve overlooked it.
Okay, that’s weird. It shouldn’t try to remove sudo. That’s just silly. But I haven’t used Fedora, I have no idea what’s going on here.
I cant even uninstall KDE-connect now. Even via terminal it doesn’t work.
By the way. AFter fresh install I’ve installed GSConnect directly from extensions and it immediatelly shows up in the menu by default. The GSConnect from Discover store shows as not installed. Also nowhere in the Discover store it says it’s an extensions.
They really need to make this more clear tbh, it’s very confusing for people who never used it.
Maybe Discover isn’t the best choice. I believe that’s made for the KDE desktop and Gnome should come with “Gnome Software” per default?! I’m not entirely sure what kind of concept Fedora has. I usually use the command line or some of the older package managers with more options and settings, so I can’t really tell what’s best here. These modern and shiny ones also regularly confuse me and I install Flatpaks by accident or whatever. Maybe try something else, maybe the Fedora community has some recommendations for a better one.
Yes, it’s Gnome Software. Discover = Gnome Software… the default app finder that comes with the OS once you install it. It’s not like I’ve installed a different app searcher for some reason.