| Summary: | remote input from laptop not working on Xubuntu | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] kdeconnect | Reporter: | Alejo <alejo_guitarra> |
| Component: | android-application | Assignee: | Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | batalema, nicolas.fella |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Ubuntu | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
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Description
Alejo
2020-06-30 04:47:12 UTC
The input field is available in a newer version of KDE Connect (1.4) that Xubuntu 18.04 does not provide as it ships 1.3 I just upgraded to Xubuntu 20.04 LTS, and so it did KDE connect, now I can see I have 1.4 insalled. Some features are close to what I was expecting: when I get a SMS or a Facebook Message, I get the notification on my desktop, and I can choose the "answer" option, and so, answer the message from a small text box on my desktop. But if I'm trying to, let's say, send a WhatsApp message (not answering one), choosing the virtual keyboard on my android device, enabling the plug-in on my desktop, yet doesn't works. Thanks for the advice! You need to open kdeconnect-app, select your device > Remote input. There will be a text field to type into The kde-connect app doesn't start. Never did, even in Xubuntu 18.04. I thought it was just a command to install the TSR. In kdeconnect-settings, I have selected the remote input. Tried to run the app on the terminal,I get this output. QQmlApplicationEngine failed to load component qrc:/qml/main.qml:93 Cannot assign object of type "DevicesModel" to property of type "QAbstractItemModel*" as the former is neither the same as the latter nor a sub-class of it. Also, and this might be related, I think when I type this command, another app, the Albert launcher, crashes. I can reload it, but it crashes again. I can stop the terminal command, and re-start Albert yet it crashes again. After a reboot, Albert works fine (tried the process of typing kdeconnect-app in the terinal two times more with the same result). Hi. I made a fresh install of Lubuntu 20.04 Several things work better, like I can copy text on my laptop and later paste it on my cell phone. Also, I can answer messages (SMS, WhatsApp) directly from a text box on my laptop, only if I do it directly from the notification in the exact moment it arrives to my desktop. Yet, the remote keyboard function doesn't work. No troubles with other apps, and yet, I get the same output from the terminal when I run kdeconnect-app: QQmlApplicationEngine failed to load component qrc:/qml/main.qml:93 Cannot assign object of type "DevicesModel" to property of type "QAbstractItemModel*" as the former is neither the same as the latter nor a sub-class of it. Thanks for the help and sorry for the troubles I’m using Ubuntu 20.04, running i3, and I’m getting the a similar problem with KDE Connect:
fish-3.1> kdeconnect-app
QApplication: invalid style override passed, ignoring it.
Available styles: Windows, Fusion
QQmlApplicationEngine failed to load component
qrc:/qml/main.qml:93 Cannot assign object of type "DevicesModel" to property of type "QAbstractItemModel*" as the former is neither the same as the latter nor a sub-class of it.
Any chance of this bug being fixed someday?
It is fixed, with https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-kde/-/commit/58a400af8cb51edf2f897929ebb9071387edd76d, released in 1.4.1, in October 2020 Apparently Ubuntu 20.04 still ships 1.4.0 so please ask them to update the package |