Bug 28155

Summary:	add wpa_supplicant to LXDE only i586 install
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Ben McMonagle <westel>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia tools maintainers <mageiatools>
Status:	RESOLVED MOVED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	High	CC:	fri, isobuild, ouaurelien
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	Triaged
Target Milestone:	Mageia 8
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	drakx-net-2.54-1.mga8.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Ben McMonagle 2021-01-18 06:50:30 CET

Description of problem:LXDE only install from mga8rc1 C1 32 does include wpa_supplicant (and dependency libpcslite1). if the installer does not include these, as the 32bit install media is unavailable if a USB, some users may be unable to connect to the internet if their hardware only has WIFI and no wired LAN connection. it is a catch-22 situation.    

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.install LXDE only DE 32 CI via USB media, onto hardware that does not have a wired LAN
2.attempt to connect to internet via WIFI
3.

Ben McMonagle 2021-01-18 07:00:19 CET

Summary: add wpa_supplicant to LXDE only 1586 install => add wpa_supplicant to LXDE only i586 install

Comment 1 Morgan Leijström 2021-01-18 11:52:04 CET

I think a workaround is to redo installation, and select these packages and  selecting to not format anything.  Loop mouinting manually is too tricky for normal users, and i would need intenet access to read up on it first ;)

Much better if task-lxde pull in what is needed for connecting to internet.

- that goes for any DE really! - should we check more?

Source RPM: (none) => task-lxde
CC: (none) => fri

Comment 2 Aurelien Oudelet 2021-01-18 21:59:18 CET

Hi, thanks for reporting this bug.
Assigned to the package maintainer.

(Please set the status to 'assigned' if you are working on it)

Priority: Normal => High
CC: (none) => ouaurelien
Source RPM: task-lxde => task-lxde-8-3.mga8.src.rpm
Component: Installer => RPM Packages
Keywords: (none) => Triaged
Severity: enhancement => major
Target Milestone: --- => Mageia 8

Comment 3 Lewis Smith 2021-01-19 20:31:52 CET

Yes, it is fundamental that WiFi should be installed every time.
> Assigned to the package maintainer.
Done! CC'ing ISO group in case this is a case of ISO content.

Assignee: bugsquad => nicolas.salguero
CC: (none) => isobuild

Comment 4 Nicolas Salguero 2021-01-20 15:37:53 CET

Hi,

I checked how the requirement of wpa_supplicant is handled for Plasma and Gnome, for example, and it appears wpa_supplicant is not directly required by those DEs but by networkmanager (via networkmanager-wifi).

I do not think it is the job of a DE to handle such a requirement.  For me, the good package should be drakx-net-applet.  Hence, not only LXDE but all DEs depending on drakx-net-applet would have wpa_supplicant automatically installed.

Currently, I think wpa_supplicant is only installed when the first wireless interface is configured so that a PC without Wi-Fi will not contain a useless package.

Best regards,

Nico.

Source RPM: task-lxde-8-3.mga8.src.rpm => drakx-net-2.54-1.mga8.src.rpm
Assignee: nicolas.salguero => mageiatools

Comment 5 Ben McMonagle 2021-01-21 07:03:48 CET

(In reply to Nicolas Salguero from comment #4)
> Hi,
> 
> I checked how the requirement of wpa_supplicant is handled for Plasma and
> Gnome, for example, and it appears wpa_supplicant is not directly required
> by those DEs but by networkmanager (via networkmanager-wifi).
> 
> I do not think it is the job of a DE to handle such a requirement.  For me,
> the good package should be drakx-net-applet.  Hence, not only LXDE but all
> DEs depending on drakx-net-applet would have wpa_supplicant automatically
> installed.
> 
> Currently, I think wpa_supplicant is only installed when the first wireless
> interface is configured so that a PC without Wi-Fi will not contain a
> useless package.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Nico.

thanks for looking into this Nico.

will closing this bug and creating another.

I have tried several i586 DE and they are all affected on this hardware.

Comment 6 Ben McMonagle 2021-01-21 07:16:28 CET

see Bug 28179

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => MOVED