Bug 4644

Summary:	lxdm not included in task-lxde and not listed for selection in installation package selector
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Richard Walker <richard.j.walker>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Oliver Burger <oliver.bgr>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	ennael1
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	task-lxde	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Richard Walker 2012-02-22 22:50:50 CET

Description of problem:
As it is not included with task-lxde and it is not possible to select it for installation, the user may inadvertently end up with gdm or kdm along with their associated cluster of KDE and Gnome packages resulting in a very much larger than necessary installation load. This is a particular problem when installing over a network from a remote site as the installation process is unnecessarily bloated.

If gdm and kdm are de-selected then the only option is xdm which is spartan and lacking in some standard features (shutdown options, window manager options)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia 2 (Cauldron) Beta 1

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install Beta 1 from DVD
2.At package selection, select Custom and Individual package selection
3.Make sure only LXDE and Console/Configuration tools are ticked
4.In individual package selection, check there are no KDE or Gnome packages to bloat the install.
5.Install the system (less than 5 minutes from DVD!)

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-23 11:43:48 CET

lxdm was removed from the task because of:
"switch back to gdm as lxdm is not good enough for now"
http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/task-lxde/current/SPECS/task-lxde.spec?view=log

oliver, ennael, maybe we can remove that ?

CC: sysadmin-bugs => ennael1
Component: Release (media or process) => RPM Packages
Source RPM: (none) => task-lxde

Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-23 12:17:31 CET

Assignee: bugsquad => oliver.bgr

Comment 2 Oliver Burger 2012-02-23 13:00:02 CET

I saw that commit message from ennael, but didn't want to ask her before beta1 release.

Comment 3 Richard Walker 2012-02-23 20:01:00 CET

In my opinion lxdm is preferable to an alternative, be that gdm or kdm, as it does not pull in as long a list of dependencies for desktops I won't be using. Furthermore it has recently been improved to fix a bug which was causing a cpu to max out.

It is certainly better than xdm as that does not appear to offer an easy way to select shutdown options or window manager selections.

If it is not deemed good enough to be used with LXDE then may we at least select it as an alternative to kdm and gdm in the installer?

Comment 4 Richard Walker 2012-02-23 20:18:29 CET

I notice leafpad is also listed as a "suggest" and is also not installed.

Comment 5 Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-23 20:55:19 CET

(In reply to comment #4)
> I notice leafpad is also listed as a "suggest" and is also not installed.

same as bug 4649 and lxdm, missing in the iso too.

Comment 6 Richard Walker 2012-03-04 22:42:14 CET

From the changelog of task-lxde;

  * Tue Feb 28 2012 obgr_seneca <obgr_seneca> 1:2-1.mga2
        + Revision: 215799
        - push version to 2
        - replace gdm by lxdm as suggest
      
Can we confirm that lxdm is now in the iso?

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