Disable display of media controls on lock screen (showMediaControls) on KDE Plasma 5.12.7
The KDE lock screen has media player controls that look like this:
I would like to turn this feature off,
as described in D9685 (Add config for the lockscreen to toggle media controls) and KDE Bug 384264.
I am running KUbuntu 18.04 with KDE Plasma 5.12.7,
and my lock screen config file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kcfg xmlns="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0
http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0/kcfg.xsd" >
<kcfgfile name=""/>
<group name="General">
<entry name="showMediaControls" type="Bool">
<label>If true, shows any currently playing media along with controls to pause it.</label>
<default>true</default>
</entry>
</group>
</kcfg>
/usr/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.kde.breeze.desktop/contents/lockscreen/config.xml
Unlike older versions, the media controls are configurable in Plasma 5.12.7:
$ grep -B 3 -A 2 config.showMediaControls /usr/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.kde.breeze.desktop/contents/lockscreen/LockScreenUi.qml
Loader {
Layout.fillWidth: true
Layout.preferredHeight: item ? item.implicitHeight : 0
active: config.showMediaControls
source: "MediaControls.qml"
}
Accordingly, I have tried to change the showMediaControls setting,
but the setting is not available in the screenlocker menu:
$ kcmshell5 screenlocker
Changing the theme from KUbuntu to Breeze or Breeze Dark had no effect.
I also tried changing the configuration from the command line. Since the name attribute of the kcfgfile element is empty, I would expect the config file to be lockscreenrc, so I used this command:
kwriteconfig5 --file lockscreenrc --group 'General' --key 'showMediaControls' --type 'bool' 'false'
However, this had no effect. Even after writing this setting to all these files:
- breezerc
- kcmshell5rc
- kdeglobals
- lockscreenrc
- plasmarc
the player controls are still visible on the lock screen. How can I actually remove the controls from the lock screen?
18.04 kubuntu kde lock-screen plasma-5
asked Mar 20 at 2:15
Nathaniel M. BeaverNathaniel M. Beaver
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The KDE lock screen has media player controls that look like this:
I would like to turn this feature off,
as described in D9685 (Add config for the lockscreen to toggle media controls) and KDE Bug 384264.
I am running KUbuntu 18.04 with KDE Plasma 5.12.7,
and my lock screen config file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kcfg xmlns="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0
http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0/kcfg.xsd" >
<kcfgfile name=""/>
<group name="General">
<entry name="showMediaControls" type="Bool">
<label>If true, shows any currently playing media along with controls to pause it.</label>
<default>true</default>
</entry>
</group>
</kcfg>
/usr/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.kde.breeze.desktop/contents/lockscreen/config.xml
Unlike older versions, the media controls are configurable in Plasma 5.12.7:
$ grep -B 3 -A 2 config.showMediaControls /usr/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.kde.breeze.desktop/contents/lockscreen/LockScreenUi.qml
Loader {
Layout.fillWidth: true
Layout.preferredHeight: item ? item.implicitHeight : 0
active: config.showMediaControls
source: "MediaControls.qml"
}
Accordingly, I have tried to change the showMediaControls setting,
but the setting is not available in the screenlocker menu:
$ kcmshell5 screenlocker
Changing the theme from KUbuntu to Breeze or Breeze Dark had no effect.
I also tried changing the configuration from the command line. Since the name attribute of the kcfgfile element is empty, I would expect the config file to be lockscreenrc, so I used this command:
kwriteconfig5 --file lockscreenrc --group 'General' --key 'showMediaControls' --type 'bool' 'false'
However, this had no effect. Even after writing this setting to all these files:
- breezerc
- kcmshell5rc
- kdeglobals
- lockscreenrc
- plasmarc
the player controls are still visible on the lock screen. How can I actually remove the controls from the lock screen?
18.04 kubuntu kde lock-screen plasma-5
asked Mar 20 at 2:15
Nathaniel M. BeaverNathaniel M. Beaver
223113
Did you look at nixgh.com/linux/2018/03/03/…? But even if that works, you'll need to make the change each time the file is updated. I don't know what effect the other changes you've made to various other *rc files will have. I'd be cautious there.
– DK Bose
Mar 20 at 3:54
1
Yes, I read that, but that's for older versions. MyLockScreenUI.qmlfile hasactive: config.showMediaControls(I'll update the question to make this explicit). And I've reverted the changes to the config files after verifying they didn't have any effect.
– Nathaniel M. Beaver
Mar 20 at 13:34
Purely speculating here … what about commenting out that particular Loader section if you have the OS in a VM?
– DK Bose
Mar 20 at 13:56
I know I can make the media controls go away if I set "active: false" by editing LockScreenUi.qml. Doing this changes the setting for all users, requires root privileges, is difficult to script, diverges my system from distro and upstream, and more generally makes upstream more likely to ignore my bug reports. So I want to actually use the setting in the config file as intended by upstream.
– Nathaniel M. Beaver
Mar 20 at 14:09
add a comment |
The KDE lock screen has media player controls that look like this:
I would like to turn this feature off,
as described in D9685 (Add config for the lockscreen to toggle media controls) and KDE Bug 384264.
I am running KUbuntu 18.04 with KDE Plasma 5.12.7,
and my lock screen config file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kcfg xmlns="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0
http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0/kcfg.xsd" >
<kcfgfile name=""/>
<group name="General">
<entry name="showMediaControls" type="Bool">
<label>If true, shows any currently playing media along with controls to pause it.</label>
<default>true</default>
</entry>
</group>
</kcfg>
/usr/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.kde.breeze.desktop/contents/lockscreen/config.xml
Unlike older versions, the media controls are configurable in Plasma 5.12.7:
$ grep -B 3 -A 2 config.showMediaControls /usr/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.kde.breeze.desktop/contents/lockscreen/LockScreenUi.qml
Loader {
Layout.fillWidth: true
Layout.preferredHeight: item ? item.implicitHeight : 0
active: config.showMediaControls
source: "MediaControls.qml"
}
Accordingly, I have tried to change the showMediaControls setting,
but the setting is not available in the screenlocker menu:
$ kcmshell5 screenlocker
Changing the theme from KUbuntu to Breeze or Breeze Dark had no effect.
I also tried changing the configuration from the command line. Since the name attribute of the kcfgfile element is empty, I would expect the config file to be lockscreenrc, so I used this command:
kwriteconfig5 --file lockscreenrc --group 'General' --key 'showMediaControls' --type 'bool' 'false'
However, this had no effect. Even after writing this setting to all these files:
- breezerc
- kcmshell5rc
- kdeglobals
- lockscreenrc
- plasmarc
the player controls are still visible on the lock screen. How can I actually remove the controls from the lock screen?
18.04 kubuntu kde lock-screen plasma-5
asked Mar 20 at 2:15
Nathaniel M. BeaverNathaniel M. Beaver
223113
The KDE lock screen has media player controls that look like this:
I would like to turn this feature off,
as described in D9685 (Add config for the lockscreen to toggle media controls) and KDE Bug 384264.
I am running KUbuntu 18.04 with KDE Plasma 5.12.7,
and my lock screen config file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kcfg xmlns="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0
http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0/kcfg.xsd" >
<kcfgfile name=""/>
<group name="General">
<entry name="showMediaControls" type="Bool">
<label>If true, shows any currently playing media along with controls to pause it.</label>
<default>true</default>
</entry>
</group>
</kcfg>
/usr/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.kde.breeze.desktop/contents/lockscreen/config.xml
Unlike older versions, the media controls are configurable in Plasma 5.12.7:
$ grep -B 3 -A 2 config.showMediaControls /usr/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.kde.breeze.desktop/contents/lockscreen/LockScreenUi.qml
Loader {
Layout.fillWidth: true
Layout.preferredHeight: item ? item.implicitHeight : 0
active: config.showMediaControls
source: "MediaControls.qml"
}
Accordingly, I have tried to change the showMediaControls setting,
but the setting is not available in the screenlocker menu:
$ kcmshell5 screenlocker
Changing the theme from KUbuntu to Breeze or Breeze Dark had no effect.
I also tried changing the configuration from the command line. Since the name attribute of the kcfgfile element is empty, I would expect the config file to be lockscreenrc, so I used this command:
kwriteconfig5 --file lockscreenrc --group 'General' --key 'showMediaControls' --type 'bool' 'false'
However, this had no effect. Even after writing this setting to all these files:
- breezerc
- kcmshell5rc
- kdeglobals
- lockscreenrc
- plasmarc
the player controls are still visible on the lock screen. How can I actually remove the controls from the lock screen?
18.04 kubuntu kde lock-screen plasma-5
18.04 kubuntu kde lock-screen plasma-5
asked Mar 20 at 2:15
Nathaniel M. BeaverNathaniel M. Beaver
223113
asked Mar 20 at 2:15
Nathaniel M. BeaverNathaniel M. Beaver
223113
edited Mar 20 at 20:17
Nathaniel M. Beaver
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Did you look at nixgh.com/linux/2018/03/03/…? But even if that works, you'll need to make the change each time the file is updated. I don't know what effect the other changes you've made to various other *rc files will have. I'd be cautious there.
– DK Bose
Mar 20 at 3:54
1
Yes, I read that, but that's for older versions. MyLockScreenUI.qmlfile hasactive: config.showMediaControls(I'll update the question to make this explicit). And I've reverted the changes to the config files after verifying they didn't have any effect.
– Nathaniel M. Beaver
Mar 20 at 13:34
Purely speculating here … what about commenting out that particular Loader section if you have the OS in a VM?
– DK Bose
Mar 20 at 13:56
I know I can make the media controls go away if I set "active: false" by editing LockScreenUi.qml. Doing this changes the setting for all users, requires root privileges, is difficult to script, diverges my system from distro and upstream, and more generally makes upstream more likely to ignore my bug reports. So I want to actually use the setting in the config file as intended by upstream.
– Nathaniel M. Beaver
Mar 20 at 14:09
add a comment |
Did you look at nixgh.com/linux/2018/03/03/…? But even if that works, you'll need to make the change each time the file is updated. I don't know what effect the other changes you've made to various other *rc files will have. I'd be cautious there.
– DK Bose
Mar 20 at 3:54
1
Yes, I read that, but that's for older versions. MyLockScreenUI.qmlfile hasactive: config.showMediaControls(I'll update the question to make this explicit). And I've reverted the changes to the config files after verifying they didn't have any effect.
– Nathaniel M. Beaver
Mar 20 at 13:34
Purely speculating here … what about commenting out that particular Loader section if you have the OS in a VM?
– DK Bose
Mar 20 at 13:56
I know I can make the media controls go away if I set "active: false" by editing LockScreenUi.qml. Doing this changes the setting for all users, requires root privileges, is difficult to script, diverges my system from distro and upstream, and more generally makes upstream more likely to ignore my bug reports. So I want to actually use the setting in the config file as intended by upstream.
– Nathaniel M. Beaver
Mar 20 at 14:09
Did you look at nixgh.com/linux/2018/03/03/…? But even if that works, you'll need to make the change each time the file is updated. I don't know what effect the other changes you've made to various other *rc files will have. I'd be cautious there.
– DK Bose
Mar 20 at 3:54
Did you look at nixgh.com/linux/2018/03/03/…? But even if that works, you'll need to make the change each time the file is updated. I don't know what effect the other changes you've made to various other *rc files will have. I'd be cautious there.
– DK Bose
Mar 20 at 3:54
1
1
Yes, I read that, but that's for older versions. My
LockScreenUI.qml file has active: config.showMediaControls (I'll update the question to make this explicit). And I've reverted the changes to the config files after verifying they didn't have any effect.– Nathaniel M. Beaver
Mar 20 at 13:34
Yes, I read that, but that's for older versions. My
LockScreenUI.qml file has active: config.showMediaControls (I'll update the question to make this explicit). And I've reverted the changes to the config files after verifying they didn't have any effect.– Nathaniel M. Beaver
Mar 20 at 13:34
Purely speculating here … what about commenting out that particular Loader section if you have the OS in a VM?
– DK Bose
Mar 20 at 13:56
Purely speculating here … what about commenting out that particular Loader section if you have the OS in a VM?
– DK Bose
Mar 20 at 13:56
I know I can make the media controls go away if I set "active: false" by editing LockScreenUi.qml. Doing this changes the setting for all users, requires root privileges, is difficult to script, diverges my system from distro and upstream, and more generally makes upstream more likely to ignore my bug reports. So I want to actually use the setting in the config file as intended by upstream.
– Nathaniel M. Beaver
Mar 20 at 14:09
I know I can make the media controls go away if I set "active: false" by editing LockScreenUi.qml. Doing this changes the setting for all users, requires root privileges, is difficult to script, diverges my system from distro and upstream, and more generally makes upstream more likely to ignore my bug reports. So I want to actually use the setting in the config file as intended by upstream.
– Nathaniel M. Beaver
Mar 20 at 14:09
add a comment |
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KDE/Plasma Music Controls in Lock Screen
By https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.12.0.php :
Media controls have been added to the lock screen. For added privacy,
they can be disabled in Plasma 5.12.
but: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389483#c4
Urgh, there's a bug.
If the "Appareance" tab is not the active tab on load, then it doesn't
render the second QtQuick UI
Fixed with the Plasma 5.12.2 or later...
But: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389483#c17
A quick test with the Debian, Ubuntu and the Neon:
Debian - not working: https://imgur.com/oluO1Tu Ubuntu - not working:
https://imgur.com/tu1q2iL Neon - working: https://imgur.com/57EgU2d
...
This seems to be an Debian/Ubuntu problem. Maybe a bug repot in the
Debian/Ubuntu bug tracking system will help.
This is still broken in the Kubuntu 18.04. With the Kubuntu 18.10 the configuration option is there.
Manual configuration
The KDE screen locker configuration file is:
$ locate screenlocker
/home/<usernamehere>/.config/kscreenlockerrc
the kscreenlockerrc.
The configuration option is (true/false):
[Greeter][LnF][General]
showMediaControls=false
This can be added with the kwriteconfig5:
kwriteconfig5 --file kscreenlockerrc --group Greeter --group LnF
--group General --key showMediaControls --type bool false
Testing
Without:
With the 'false':
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KDE/Plasma Music Controls in Lock Screen
By https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.12.0.php :
Media controls have been added to the lock screen. For added privacy,
they can be disabled in Plasma 5.12.
but: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389483#c4
Urgh, there's a bug.
If the "Appareance" tab is not the active tab on load, then it doesn't
render the second QtQuick UI
Fixed with the Plasma 5.12.2 or later...
But: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389483#c17
A quick test with the Debian, Ubuntu and the Neon:
Debian - not working: https://imgur.com/oluO1Tu Ubuntu - not working:
https://imgur.com/tu1q2iL Neon - working: https://imgur.com/57EgU2d
...
This seems to be an Debian/Ubuntu problem. Maybe a bug repot in the
Debian/Ubuntu bug tracking system will help.
This is still broken in the Kubuntu 18.04. With the Kubuntu 18.10 the configuration option is there.
Manual configuration
The KDE screen locker configuration file is:
$ locate screenlocker
/home/<usernamehere>/.config/kscreenlockerrc
the kscreenlockerrc.
The configuration option is (true/false):
[Greeter][LnF][General]
showMediaControls=false
This can be added with the kwriteconfig5:
kwriteconfig5 --file kscreenlockerrc --group Greeter --group LnF
--group General --key showMediaControls --type bool false
Testing
Without:
With the 'false':
answered Mar 21 at 10:10
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KDE/Plasma Music Controls in Lock Screen
By https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.12.0.php :
Media controls have been added to the lock screen. For added privacy,
they can be disabled in Plasma 5.12.
but: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389483#c4
Urgh, there's a bug.
If the "Appareance" tab is not the active tab on load, then it doesn't
render the second QtQuick UI
Fixed with the Plasma 5.12.2 or later...
But: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389483#c17
A quick test with the Debian, Ubuntu and the Neon:
Debian - not working: https://imgur.com/oluO1Tu Ubuntu - not working:
https://imgur.com/tu1q2iL Neon - working: https://imgur.com/57EgU2d
...
This seems to be an Debian/Ubuntu problem. Maybe a bug repot in the
Debian/Ubuntu bug tracking system will help.
This is still broken in the Kubuntu 18.04. With the Kubuntu 18.10 the configuration option is there.
Manual configuration
The KDE screen locker configuration file is:
$ locate screenlocker
/home/<usernamehere>/.config/kscreenlockerrc
the kscreenlockerrc.
The configuration option is (true/false):
[Greeter][LnF][General]
showMediaControls=false
This can be added with the kwriteconfig5:
kwriteconfig5 --file kscreenlockerrc --group Greeter --group LnF
--group General --key showMediaControls --type bool false
Testing
Without:
With the 'false':
answered Mar 21 at 10:10
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KDE/Plasma Music Controls in Lock Screen
By https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.12.0.php :
Media controls have been added to the lock screen. For added privacy,
they can be disabled in Plasma 5.12.
but: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389483#c4
Urgh, there's a bug.
If the "Appareance" tab is not the active tab on load, then it doesn't
render the second QtQuick UI
Fixed with the Plasma 5.12.2 or later...
But: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389483#c17
A quick test with the Debian, Ubuntu and the Neon:
Debian - not working: https://imgur.com/oluO1Tu Ubuntu - not working:
https://imgur.com/tu1q2iL Neon - working: https://imgur.com/57EgU2d
...
This seems to be an Debian/Ubuntu problem. Maybe a bug repot in the
Debian/Ubuntu bug tracking system will help.
This is still broken in the Kubuntu 18.04. With the Kubuntu 18.10 the configuration option is there.
Manual configuration
The KDE screen locker configuration file is:
$ locate screenlocker
/home/<usernamehere>/.config/kscreenlockerrc
the kscreenlockerrc.
The configuration option is (true/false):
[Greeter][LnF][General]
showMediaControls=false
This can be added with the kwriteconfig5:
kwriteconfig5 --file kscreenlockerrc --group Greeter --group LnF
--group General --key showMediaControls --type bool false
Testing
Without:
With the 'false':
answered Mar 21 at 10:10
user26687user26687
12.2k12432
KDE/Plasma Music Controls in Lock Screen
By https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.12.0.php :
Media controls have been added to the lock screen. For added privacy,
they can be disabled in Plasma 5.12.
but: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389483#c4
Urgh, there's a bug.
If the "Appareance" tab is not the active tab on load, then it doesn't
render the second QtQuick UI
Fixed with the Plasma 5.12.2 or later...
But: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389483#c17
A quick test with the Debian, Ubuntu and the Neon:
Debian - not working: https://imgur.com/oluO1Tu Ubuntu - not working:
https://imgur.com/tu1q2iL Neon - working: https://imgur.com/57EgU2d
...
This seems to be an Debian/Ubuntu problem. Maybe a bug repot in the
Debian/Ubuntu bug tracking system will help.
This is still broken in the Kubuntu 18.04. With the Kubuntu 18.10 the configuration option is there.
Manual configuration
The KDE screen locker configuration file is:
$ locate screenlocker
/home/<usernamehere>/.config/kscreenlockerrc
the kscreenlockerrc.
The configuration option is (true/false):
[Greeter][LnF][General]
showMediaControls=false
This can be added with the kwriteconfig5:
kwriteconfig5 --file kscreenlockerrc --group Greeter --group LnF
--group General --key showMediaControls --type bool false
Testing
Without:
With the 'false':
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Did you look at nixgh.com/linux/2018/03/03/…? But even if that works, you'll need to make the change each time the file is updated. I don't know what effect the other changes you've made to various other *rc files will have. I'd be cautious there.
– DK Bose
Mar 20 at 3:54
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Yes, I read that, but that's for older versions. My
LockScreenUI.qmlfile hasactive: config.showMediaControls(I'll update the question to make this explicit). And I've reverted the changes to the config files after verifying they didn't have any effect.– Nathaniel M. Beaver
Mar 20 at 13:34
Purely speculating here … what about commenting out that particular Loader section if you have the OS in a VM?
– DK Bose
Mar 20 at 13:56
I know I can make the media controls go away if I set "active: false" by editing LockScreenUi.qml. Doing this changes the setting for all users, requires root privileges, is difficult to script, diverges my system from distro and upstream, and more generally makes upstream more likely to ignore my bug reports. So I want to actually use the setting in the config file as intended by upstream.
– Nathaniel M. Beaver
Mar 20 at 14:09