Hi, >> I faced with problem after updating from Squeeze to Wheezy on my laptop: >> KDM fails to start because spacefun theme for KDM is absent [1]. > > That's not a problem, the Wheezy theme is Joy.
This will be a problem for inexperienced users who will update their systems. >> I was surprised and checked problem on clean install in VirtualBox. >> And the bug is reproducible. > > So you installed a clean KDE Squeeze and upgraded to Wheezy? Yes. >> Possible fix is pretty simple: >> >> --- desktop-base.links (revision 0) >> +++ desktop-base.links (working copy) >> @@ -0,0 +1 @@ >> +usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/joy usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/spacefun > > That looks like a wrong way to do it. In any case, kdm shouldn't > directly use spacefun or joy but use a generic name so it's correctly > handled on upgrades. What puzzles me is that Joy is available since > months and you're the first one to report an issue with upgrades. KDE System Settings allow to choose any KDM theme manually. In this case after updating package desktop-base KDM will fails to start. Maybe the problem is in KDM: it should use default theme if current theme is not found. > I have no knowledge of KDE so I'll let involved people reply, but > there's something very fishy here. Nothing fishy. Everyone could check it using VirtualBox, Qemu and etc. For a note: I didn't use a CD with KDE, but netinstall + kde metapackage. Best regards, Boris
