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0009058Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2025-01-05 11:162025-01-06 05:55
Reportermrnobody Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Summary0009058: Kali and KDE is broken from fresh installation
Description

I have attempted to install Kali several times on both VMware and VirtualBox. Both the 2024.4 and weekly ISO as well as attempted full install and only top 10. After a brand new installation and only choosing the KDE desktop environment Kali boots with several missing apps like Dolphin file explorer and all opened windows are broken. You cannot move, resize or close them.

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mrnobody

mrnobody

2025-01-05 11:27

reporter   ~0020218

I meant to add this as a general bug sorry, first time using this system.
mrnobody

mrnobody

2025-01-05 12:09

reporter   ~0020219

Attempted to go via XFC and then switch DE but it is exactly the same. No file explorer as can be seen by the question mark where dolphin shortcut is and cant move or close any opened windows.
kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2025-01-05 16:40

reporter   ~0020220

Maybe duplicate of 0008950?
arnaudr

arnaudr

2025-01-06 03:51

manager   ~0020221

I just tried to build a fresh Kali VM from kali-rolling, KDE works for me. Dolphin is installed, I can move windows, etc...

I've seen that @daniruiz landed some changes to the kali-desktop-kde metapackage just last week, I think it's fixed now.

Did you try to do a full upgrade of your system after installation (apt update && apt full-upgrade) ?

Alternatively, can you try the latest weekly image (version 2025-W02 that was built this week-end). You can get it from https://kali.download/base-images/kali-weekly/.

Thanks
mrnobody

mrnobody

2025-01-06 05:55

reporter   ~0020224

That is very interesting. I tried it on VMware 17.6.2 and changed back to 17.50.0 and it was the same. I then tried VirtualBox and it was the same issue. I tried apt update && apt full-upgrade for all but made no change. I'm going to try the 2025-W02 this morning and see.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-01-05 11:16 mrnobody New Issue
2025-01-05 11:16 mrnobody File Added: 2025-01-04_15h52_00.png
2025-01-05 11:27 mrnobody Note Added: 0020218
2025-01-05 12:09 mrnobody Note Added: 0020219
2025-01-05 16:40 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0020220
2025-01-06 03:51 arnaudr Note Added: 0020221
2025-01-06 05:55 mrnobody Note Added: 0020224