Bug 17972 - sddm is chosen by installer as display manager but list of sessions does not display those at the end of the list
Summary: sddm is chosen by installer as display manager but list of sessions does not ...
Status: RESOLVED OLD
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installer (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nicolas Lécureuil
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords: UPSTREAM, USABILITY
: 20406 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2016-03-12 14:30 CET by Dick Gevers
Modified: 2019-08-11 12:09 CEST (History)
6 users (show)

See Also:
Source RPM: sddm
CVE:
Status comment:


Attachments
picture of sddm showing only part of available DEs (496.94 KB, image/jpeg)
2016-03-13 16:58 CET, Dick Gevers
Details

Description Dick Gevers 2016-03-12 14:30:55 CET
Description of problem:

Install M6 from classical iso.

The sddm is installed and configured to be used after reboot.

But after reboot it shows the installed sessions only partially: in my case the end of the list is below the edge of the screen, so they can be scrolled to and entered but only show up afterwards, because those are invisible.

Moreover the login GUI cannot be moved upward, so the end is always invisible here.
Dick Gevers 2016-03-12 14:31:28 CET

Keywords: (none) => 6dev1

Comment 1 Dick Gevers 2016-03-12 14:33:08 CET
Moreover, if xfce4 is selected as DE during install it does not appear in the sddm session box: not visible and not invisible (I tried all available to get it to show)
Comment 2 Marja Van Waes 2016-03-12 18:36:19 CET
this is about the classical QA iso of 11/3

(In reply to Dick Gevers from comment #0)
> Description of problem:
> 
> Install M6 from classical iso.
> 
> The sddm is installed and configured to be used after reboot.
> 
> But after reboot it shows the installed sessions only partially: in my case
> the end of the list is below the edge of the screen, so they can be scrolled
> to and entered but only show up afterwards, because those are invisible.
> 
> Moreover the login GUI cannot be moved upward, so the end is always
> invisible here.

do you care to attach one or more screenshots or pictures?

Assigning to sddm maintainer

(In reply to Dick Gevers from comment #1)
> Moreover, if xfce4 is selected as DE during install it does not appear in
> the sddm session box: not visible and not invisible (I tried all available
> to get it to show)

CC'ing wally

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => jani.valimaa, marja11
Assignee: bugsquad => mageia
Source RPM: classical iso of 11/3 => sddm

Comment 3 Dick Gevers 2016-03-12 19:13:44 CET
I cant make a photo of stg invisible ;))

It is the standard sddm login screen, with the last box showing the top of the row of the available DE's and the remainder invisible below the edge of the screen. That's all there is to it....

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Comment 4 Dick Gevers 2016-03-13 16:58:56 CET
Created attachment 7568 [details]
picture of sddm showing only part of available DEs
Comment 5 Marja Van Waes 2016-03-13 21:41:58 CET
(In reply to Dick Gevers from comment #4)
> Created attachment 7568 [details]
> picture of sddm showing only part of available DEs

That does help, even if you explained it well :-)

It would be nice if SDDM would have a visible scrollbar, so that it becomes evident that there are more DE choices than the ones shown.

Wondering why the one who reported this upstream manages to see 35 sessions to choose from 

https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/305

Keywords: (none) => UPSTREAM

Marja Van Waes 2016-03-13 21:42:08 CET

See Also: (none) => https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/305

Comment 6 Marja Van Waes 2016-03-13 21:46:39 CET
btw, I don't understand that SDDM bug report ... it was closed in January 2015 and in November 2015 someone assigned it to himself?
Comment 7 Dick Gevers 2016-03-13 22:31:32 CET
And I wish I could see 35 sessions as I have nowhere near that number. I wonder how he manages to see them when I see never more than 10 or so (out of 15 or so available).
Comment 8 Dick Gevers 2016-05-22 12:54:11 CEST
Valid for 6sta1 (classical 64 bit iso dtd 20 May 2016) no doubt other ones too

Keywords: 6dev1 => 6sta1

Comment 9 Dick Gevers 2016-12-06 12:25:57 CET
Valid for 6sta2 (64 bit iso dated 05 12 2016)

Keywords: 6sta1 => 6sta2

Comment 10 Dick Gevers 2016-12-06 12:29:06 CET
@marja11@xs4all.nl:  If upstream is closed, the keyword UPSTREAM seems inappropriate to me
Comment 11 Rémi Verschelde 2016-12-06 12:37:55 CET
The upstream report is not closed. What you see is only a reference to another closed issue.
Comment 12 Dick Gevers 2016-12-06 12:45:55 CET
(In reply to Rémi Verschelde from comment #11)
> The upstream report is not closed. What you see is only a reference to
> another closed issue.

sorry, my bad :(
Comment 13 Lewis Smith 2017-04-11 07:09:39 CEST
Classic64 RC 7 April 2017

Problem still present: after installing all 6 desktops, the SDDM list presented at login shows about 10 entries. Those beyond *are* present, and you can blindly scroll/arrow down and select them.

CC: (none) => lewyssmith

Dick Gevers 2017-04-11 09:15:21 CEST

Keywords: 6sta2 => 6RC

Comment 14 Dick Gevers 2018-09-21 18:25:16 CEST
Remains

Keywords: 6RC => 6.1, FOR_ERRATA6

Lewis Smith 2018-09-23 09:31:42 CEST

CC: lewyssmith => (none)

Comment 15 Lewis Smith 2019-02-05 10:57:08 CET
Remains M7beta2 early 2019, Classic x64 install with 6 desktops.

CC: (none) => lewyssmith

Comment 16 Lewis Smith 2019-02-05 10:58:19 CET
*** Bug 20406 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Dick Gevers 2019-02-05 12:43:01 CET

Keywords: 6.1, FOR_ERRATA6 => 7beta2

Comment 17 Dick Gevers 2019-02-05 12:51:48 CET
The bz mail says i removed "for errata 6" but it wasnt there.

Cannot add for_errata7 because it is not available
Comment 18 Thomas Backlund 2019-02-05 13:37:03 CET
FOR_ERRATA7 and IN_ERRATA7 added

CC: (none) => tmb

Comment 19 Dick Gevers 2019-02-05 14:50:58 CET
Thanks !

Keywords: (none) => FOR_ERRATA7

Comment 20 Dick Gevers 2019-04-07 18:04:11 CEST
This is less severe now that multiple-wm installs (7beta3) use GDM and Plasma only does not have enough menu choices to hit the bug.

Triage might close it, but I keep it for followup of upstream.

Severity: normal => critical
Keywords: 7beta2 => IN_ERRATA7, USABILITY

Comment 21 Dick Gevers 2019-04-07 19:38:05 CEST
(In reply to Dick Gevers from comment #20)
Severity: normal => critical

I'm definitely sure I chose "minor" and Not "critical" ;((

Severity: critical => minor

Comment 22 papoteur 2019-06-29 09:59:05 CEST
Hello,
Is this IN errata or FOR errata? Both keywords are used.
I didn't find any entry for it in errata page for Mageia 7.

CC: (none) => yves.brungard_mageia

Comment 23 Dick Gevers 2019-06-29 12:40:19 CEST
I suspect sddm is not used at this time...
Comment 24 Morgan Leijström 2019-06-29 16:21:29 CEST
As this is minor, no regression (not specific to upgrade either), and also not specific to Mageia, IMO this do not need to go in errata.
And is it even relevant anymore? ( #23 )

CC: (none) => fri
Keywords: FOR_ERRATA7, IN_ERRATA7 => (none)

Comment 25 Dick Gevers 2019-08-11 12:09:59 CEST
Acc c23; 24

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


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