Re: Bug#694011: desktop-base: problem after updating from Squeeze to Wheezy
Hi Boris, hi Yves-Alexis, Am Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:06:50 +0100 schrieb Yves-Alexis Perez cor...@debian.org: To me there's two issues/fixes: 1) make KDM correctly handle the case where the selected theme is gone That should already be covered. We have a palceholder, namely Theme=@@@ToBeReplacedByDesktopBase@@@ in /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc (Boris could you check that?) which is substituted by kdm's init.d script. The setting is replaced with values from /etc/default/kdm.d/10_desktop-base. So you always should end up with the theme currently installed, since the setting and kdm theme come from the same package (desktop-base). I admit that the whole process is a bit messy and I probably miss something, since this all was set before I was involved. Cheers, -- eshat cakar gpg-id: 799B 95D5 web: www.eshat.de signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Bug#694011: desktop-base: problem after updating from Squeeze to Wheezy
On dim., 2012-11-25 at 13:23 +0100, Eshat Cakar wrote: Hi Boris, hi Yves-Alexis, Am Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:06:50 +0100 schrieb Yves-Alexis Perez cor...@debian.org: To me there's two issues/fixes: 1) make KDM correctly handle the case where the selected theme is gone That should already be covered. We have a palceholder, namely Theme=@@@ToBeReplacedByDesktopBase@@@ in /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc (Boris could you check that?) which is substituted by kdm's init.d script. The setting is replaced with values from /etc/default/kdm.d/10_desktop-base. So it might have failed in this case. I've added Boris to CC so he actually has a chance to check. So you always should end up with the theme currently installed, since the setting and kdm theme come from the same package (desktop-base). I admit that the whole process is a bit messy and I probably miss something, since this all was set before I was involved. Can you at least try to reproduce the issue? Regards, -- Yves-Alexis signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#694011: desktop-base: problem after updating from Squeeze to Wheezy
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
Bug#694011: desktop-base: problem after updating from Squeeze to Wheezy
On ven., 2012-11-23 at 12:11 +0400, Boris Pek wrote: 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 didn't mean that KDM not starting was not a problem. I meant that changing theme from Spacefun to Joy was not one. 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. So you didn't just install a clean KDE Squeeze, you also changed the theme manually? Maybe the problem is in KDM: it should use default theme if current theme is not found. Indeed. Or only present the virtual, Debian theme which points to the current theme. Regards, -- Yves-Alexis signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#694011: desktop-base: problem after updating from Squeeze to Wheezy
On ven., 2012-11-23 at 12:26 +0400, Boris Pek wrote: I have just found bug #570478 and it looks very similar. But I disagree with Severity: normal. Yup, looks related. To me there's two issues/fixes: 1) make KDM correctly handle the case where the selected theme is gone 2) make desktop-base KDE config points to the virtual theme and not the named theme so it's always available Both are even better, because I guess that, if one installs a default KDE Debian and then remove desktop-base the same problem will happen. Regards, -- Yves-Alexis signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#694011: desktop-base: problem after updating from Squeeze to Wheezy
control: reassign 694011 kdm 4:4.8.4-4 control: retitle 694011 kdm: KDM fails to start when current theme is absent I have just found bug #570478 and it looks very similar. But I disagree with Severity: normal. Yup, looks related. To me there's two issues/fixes: 1) make KDM correctly handle the case where the selected theme is gone 2) make desktop-base KDE config points to the virtual theme and not the named theme so it's always available Both are even better, because I guess that, if one installs a default KDE Debian and then remove desktop-base the same problem will happen. Ok, bug is reassigned. Regards, Boris
Bug#694011: desktop-base: problem after updating from Squeeze to Wheezy
On ven., 2012-11-23 at 03:07 +0400, Boris Pek wrote: Package: desktop-base Version: 7.0.3 Severity: important Tags: patch 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. [1] http://packages.debian.org/sid/all/desktop-base/filelist 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? 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. I have no knowledge of KDE so I'll let involved people reply, but there's something very fishy here. Regards, -- Yves-Alexis signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
