Bug 1084445

Summary:	The GDM greeter does not offer KDE as desktop after installing the group "KDE Plasma Workspaces"
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Joachim Backes <joachim.backes>
Component:	yum	Assignee:	Packaging Maintenance Team <packaging-team-maint>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	22	CC:	admiller, extras-orphan, joachim.backes, jreznik, kevin, ltinkl, packaging-team-maint, rdieter, rnovacek, ry, smparrish
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Description Joachim Backes 2014-04-04 11:09:47 UTC

Description of problem:

I installed the env group "KDE Plasma Workspaces" and expected that
after logout KDE is offered as additional desktop env, but I don't see
this if pressing the gear-wheel on the gdm login greeter. Why not?

Only "yum install @kde-desktop was" helpful: after this, I coukd login into the kde desktop.

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


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.install the group "KDE Plasma Workspaces"
2.logout
3.

Actual results:
try to login into kde desktop in the GDM greeter, but it's not offered

Expected results:
kde is offered.

Additional info:
"yum install @kde-desktop" solves my problem.

Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2014-04-04 11:30:20 UTC

This is either a yum or comps problem.

Comps defines 2 things:

<group>
  <id>kde-desktop</id>
  <_name>KDE</_name>
...
</group>

Which is the core/base classic group (which works), and a newer "Environment"

<environment>
  <id>kde-desktop-environment</id>
  <_name>KDE Plasma Workspaces</_name>
  <display_order>10</display_order>
  <grouplist>
...
    <groupid>kde-desktop</groupid>
    </grouplist>
  <optionlist>
    <groupid>kde-apps</groupid>
    <groupid>kde-education</groupid>
    <groupid>kde-media</groupid>
    <groupid>kde-office</groupid>
    <groupid>kde-telepathy</groupid>
    <groupid>3d-printing</groupid>
  </optionlist>
</environment>

Now *I* would expect installing the environment ought to pull in all the stuff listed in <grouplist>, one of which is kde-desktop.  That is apparently not the case, as evidenced by this bug.

Can anyone clarify how these <environment> items are expected to work?

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Comment 3 Joachim Backes 2015-05-29 11:43:01 UTC

No such bug in F22!