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kscreen-console

KScreen Console is a CLI tool to query KScreen status


Show information needed for a bug report

kscreen-console bug  

Show KScreen config files

kscreen-console config          

Show output information

kscreen-console outputs        

Monitor for changes

kscreen-console monitor         

Show current KScreen config

kscreen-console json            

Run KScreen against a specific X display

  • Useful when debugging multi-seat or nested X sessions
kscreen-console --display :0
kscreen-console --display :1

Set application window title and icon (debugging)

kscreen-console --title "KScreen Debug Session"
kscreen-console --icon preferences-desktop-display

Force a specific Qt platform plugin

kscreen-console --platform xcb
kscreen-console --platform wayland

Restore a previous Qt session

kscreen-console --session plasma

Debug QML / JS components used by KScreen

kscreen-console --qmljsdebugger port:1234,block