Setting up wi-fi, missing system tray

[Schwarzer Kater]

What does ls /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/ look like? And is there actual data within the directories?

[Schwarzer Kater]

[…]
Unfortunately I don't know by heart which packages contain the system tray plasmoid and modules… Hopefully someone else here does.

They should be part of plasma-desktop (and its dependencies?) and some more are part of plasma-widgets-addons as far as I can tell.

[schlurb]

That's what I was picturing would be there running --fix-broken came back with
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded.

apt list --upgradable showed me everything that I can upgrade, but I'm not sure what the command is to upgrade all of them, or if that will even help with this issue.

If this is the end of the line for where you're able to help, I just want to say I really appreciate all the time you've put into guiding me through this and the progress you have helped me make. As this is my first foray into this community, you've really left a glowing impression, thank you for everything!

[schlurb]

Oh I'm sorry, I missed the last two messages. ls /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/ looks like this:

org.kde.desktopcontainment
org.kde.plasma.manage-inputmethod
org.kde.kdeconnect
org.kde.plasma.marginsseparator
org.kde.kscreen
org.kde.plasma.mediacontroller
org.kde.kupapplet
org.kde.plasma.mediaframe
org.kde.milou
org.kde.plasma.minimizeall
org.kde.panel
org.kde.plasma.networkmanagement
org.kde.plasma.activitybar
org.kde.plasma.nightcolorcontrol
org.kde.plasma.activitypager
org.kde.plasma.notes
org.kde.plasma.addons.katesessions
org.kde.plasma.notifications
org.kde.plasma.analogclock
org.kde.plasma.pager
org.kde.plasma_applet_dict
org.kde.plasma.panelspacer
org.kde.plasma.appmenu
org.kde.plasma.printmanager
org.kde.plasma.battery
org.kde.plasma.private.grouping
org.kde.plasma.binaryclock
org.kde.plasma.private.systemtray
org.kde.plasma.bluetooth
org.kde.plasma.quicklaunch
org.kde.plasma.calculator
org.kde.plasma.quickshare
org.kde.plasma.calendar
org.kde.plasma.showActivityManager
org.kde.plasma.clipboard
org.kde.plasma.showdesktop
org.kde.plasma.colorpicker
org.kde.plasma.systemmonitor
org.kde.plasma.comic
org.kde.plasma.systemmonitor.cpu
org.kde.plasma.devicenotifier
org.kde.plasma.systemmonitor.cpucore
org.kde.plasma.digitalclock
org.kde.plasma.systemmonitor.diskactivity
org.kde.plasma.diskquota
org.kde.plasma.systemmonitor.diskusage
org.kde.plasma.fifteenpuzzle
org.kde.plasma.systemmonitor.memory
org.kde.plasma.folder
org.kde.plasma.systemmonitor.net
org.kde.plasma.fuzzyclock
org.kde.plasma.systemtray
org.kde.plasma.grouping
org.kde.plasma.taskmanager
org.kde.plasma.icon
org.kde.plasma.timer
org.kde.plasma.icontasks
org.kde.plasma.trash
org.kde.plasma.keyboardindicator
org.kde.plasma.userswitcher
org.kde.plasma.keyboardlayout
org.kde.plasma.vault
org.kde.plasma.kickerorg.kde.plasma.volume
org.kde.plasma.kickerdash
org.kde.plasma.wacomtablet
org.kde.plasma.kickoff
org.kde.plasma.weather
org.kde.plasma.kimpanel
org.kde.plasma.webbrowser
org.kde.plasma.konsoleprofiles
org.kde.plasma.windowlist
org.kde.plasma.lock_logout
touchpad

[schlurb]

I'm not sure how to tell if there is data in the directories

[Schwarzer Kater]

I don't think that you are missing something there (at least not at this directory level).
You can simply use Dolphin to take a look into those directories.
Copy /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/ into Dolphin's navigation bar like you would copy an URL into a web browser (I suggested to use CLI and ls before just out of habit).

[…]
apt list --upgradable showed me everything that I can upgrade, but I'm not sure what the command is to upgrade all of them, or if that will even help with this issue.

If this is the end of the line for where you're able to help, I just want to say I really appreciate all the time you've put into guiding me through this and the progress you have helped me make. As this is my first foray into this community, you've really left a glowing impression, thank you for everything!

sudo apt update && apt list --upgradable syncronizes package informations with the repositories and lists packages that can be updated
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade syncronizes package informations with the repositories and updates installed packages

But it is perfectly fine to update your system and programs with Discover! The only difference is that you will get much more information/feedback in the terminal.

And no: updating your system will very probably not help with the issue of the missing system tray…
Reinstalling plasma-desktop including dependencies might help, though.


Slighty OT:
Thanks for the kind works, btw.
It's the people that have kept me in this forum and why I like trying to help here (and because it is fun and I can always learn something - may it only be the one or other vocabulary).
People like e.g. claydoh, Snowhog, oshunluvr, Qqmike, jlittle, jglen490, Beerislife, GreyGeek, TWPonKubuntu, TwoFistedJustice, MoonRise, kc1di, StarWolf and many others…

[Snowhog]

If this is the end of the line for where you're able to help, I just want to say I really appreciate all the time you've put into guiding me through this and the progress you have helped me make. As this is my first foray into this community, you've really left a glowing impression, thank you for everything!

No one here will tell you (or anyone) "We're done. You're on your own." That's not how we roll.

[schlurb]

Alright! Love that attitude. Packages updated. I tried running

sudo apt install reinstall kde-plasma-desktop

and

sudo apt install reinstall plasma-desktop

but got hit with "E: Unable to locate package reinstall" both times, it looks like I've got the name wrong

[claydoh]

Alright! Love that attitude. Packages updated. I tried running

sudo apt install reinstall kde-plasma-desktop

and

sudo apt install reinstall plasma-desktop

but got hit with "E: Unable to locate package reinstall" both times, it looks like I've got the name wrong

The syntax is incorrect -- use Audi apt install --reinstall packagename . <----Oops! Fixed it.

Without the double dash, apt thinks you want to install two packages, one named 'reinstall'

[Snowhog]

The syntax is incorrect -- use apt --reinstall packagename

No, it's sudo apt install --reinstall packagename [Added: The 'old' way of doing it, and while no longer documented in the current apt man file, it still works this way.]

[Schwarzer Kater]

… or nowadays simply sudo apt reinstall packagename . claydoh just had too many "-" to spare…

I am afraid this won't reinstall the dependencies, though, will it?


PS: You can nearly always use the additional --dry-run flag for apt to test things first if you want to.

There is the possibility to reinstall the whole system with the Calamares installer and still keep your /home including all user settings and data if you are not able to solve it this way.
For safety I would have to know your set-up first, e.g. the installation method you used ("Minimal", "Normal" or "Full") and the information from lsblk -f -e7 and possibly more…
Then I could write up a step-by-step "how to" for you.

[Snowhog]

… or nowadays simply sudo apt reinstall packagename

Well, I'll be hornswaggled. You are correct (and I stand corrected). I've just always used sudo apt install --reinstall packagename. Old dog ya know.

[claydoh]

No, it's sudo apt install --reinstall packagename [Added: The 'old' way of doing it, and while no longer documented in the current apt man file, it still works this way.]

I definitely missed a word there. Oops, and sorry to all.

[Schwarzer Kater]

[…] You are correct (and I stand corrected). I've just always used sudo apt install --reinstall packagename. Old dog ya know.

No, you are also correct - I use apt-get install --reinstall in scripts (to avoid directly using apt), but apt install --reinstall also works in CLI. As does apt reinstall.

[schlurb]

No worries hornswaggled & claydoh! All input here has helped me learn!

If we can take the non-full-wipe possibility at this point I'd love that, as I've started a fresh save in Cataclysm I'm a little attached to already. But if we have to go the nuclear route that's okay too. Here's lsblk -f -e7:

NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
  sda
  ├─sda1
  │ vfat FAT32 EFI 67E3-17ED 166.1M 16% /boot/efi
  ├─sda2
  │ apfs 00241c48-0163-419b-a91a-9aa2ec82dd05
  ├─sda3
  │ vfat FAT32 SWAP 4F9B-1AEE
  └─sda4
  ext4 1.0 kubuntu_2404 2bcf461d-17f8-468f-9aeb-25aca65d85c6 31.3G 26% /var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell
  /
  sr0​

I'm fairly certain I did the "Normal" installation when prompted.