Bug 1785973 - startx fails due to a bad path in latest update to plasmashell 5.17.4
Summary: startx fails due to a bad path in latest update to plasmashell 5.17.4
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: plasma-workspace
Version: 31
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Rex Dieter
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-12-22 22:12 UTC by gjcarter2
Modified: 2020-01-13 02:19 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: plasma-workspace-5.17.5-1.fc31
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Last Closed: 2020-01-13 02:19:52 UTC
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Modified File attached (2.27 KB, application/x-shellscript)
2019-12-22 22:12 UTC, gjcarter2
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Description gjcarter2 2019-12-22 22:12:08 UTC
Created attachment 1647246 [details]
Modified File attached

Description of problem:
startx fails.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
KDE 4.17.4

How reproducible:
type startx

Steps to Reproduce:
1. manually start KDE
2. configure the /etc/sysconfig/desktop with appropriate settings for KDE
3. startx

Actual results:
Plasma shell fails to boot

Expected results:
Plasmashell should boot.

Additional info:
Corrected via editing the XClients file:

/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients

Change the definition of the STARTKDE line to: 

STARTKDE="$(type -p startplasma-x11)"

Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2019-12-23 16:32:15 UTC
%changelog
* Mon Dec 23 2019 Rex Dieter <rdieter> - 5.17.4-2
- provide compat /usr/bin/startkde symlink (#1785826, #1785973)

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2019-12-23 19:43:38 UTC
FEDORA-2019-499b84d03f has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-499b84d03f

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2020-01-04 22:23:05 UTC
plasma-workspace-5.17.4-2.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-499b84d03f

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2020-01-09 01:07:46 UTC
bluedevil-5.17.5-1.fc31, breeze-gtk-5.17.5-1.fc31, grub2-breeze-theme-5.17.5-1.fc31, kactivitymanagerd-5.17.5-1.fc31, kde-cli-tools-5.17.5-1.fc31, kde-gtk-config-5.17.5-1.fc31, kdecoration-5.17.5-1.fc31, kdeplasma-addons-5.17.5-1.fc31, kgamma-5.17.5-1.fc31, khotkeys-5.17.5-1.fc31, kinfocenter-5.17.5-1.fc31, kmenuedit-5.17.5-1.fc31, kscreen-5.17.5-1.fc31, kscreenlocker-5.17.5-1.fc31, ksshaskpass-5.17.5-1.fc31, ksysguard-5.17.5-1.fc31, kwayland-integration-5.17.5-1.fc31, kwin-5.17.5-1.fc31, kwrited-5.17.5-1.fc31, libkscreen-qt5-5.17.5-1.fc31, libksysguard-5.17.5-1.fc31, pam-kwallet-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-breeze-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-browser-integration-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-desktop-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-discover-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-drkonqi-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-integration-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-milou-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-nm-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-oxygen-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-pa-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-sdk-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-systemsettings-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-user-manager-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-vault-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-workspace-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.17.5-1.fc31, plymouth-kcm-5.17.5-1.fc31, plymouth-theme-breeze-5.17.5-1.fc31, polkit-kde-5.17.5-1.fc31, powerdevil-5.17.5-1.fc31, sddm-kcm-5.17.5-1.fc31, xdg-desktop-portal-kde-5.17.5-1.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-515c3c4b9d

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2020-01-13 02:19:52 UTC
bluedevil-5.17.5-1.fc31, breeze-gtk-5.17.5-1.fc31, grub2-breeze-theme-5.17.5-1.fc31, kactivitymanagerd-5.17.5-1.fc31, kde-cli-tools-5.17.5-1.fc31, kde-gtk-config-5.17.5-1.fc31, kdecoration-5.17.5-1.fc31, kdeplasma-addons-5.17.5-1.fc31, kgamma-5.17.5-1.fc31, khotkeys-5.17.5-1.fc31, kinfocenter-5.17.5-1.fc31, kmenuedit-5.17.5-1.fc31, kscreen-5.17.5-1.fc31, kscreenlocker-5.17.5-1.fc31, ksshaskpass-5.17.5-1.fc31, ksysguard-5.17.5-1.fc31, kwayland-integration-5.17.5-1.fc31, kwin-5.17.5-1.fc31, kwrited-5.17.5-1.fc31, libkscreen-qt5-5.17.5-1.fc31, libksysguard-5.17.5-1.fc31, pam-kwallet-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-breeze-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-browser-integration-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-desktop-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-discover-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-drkonqi-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-integration-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-milou-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-nm-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-oxygen-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-pa-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-sdk-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-systemsettings-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-user-manager-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-vault-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-workspace-5.17.5-1.fc31, plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.17.5-1.fc31, plymouth-kcm-5.17.5-1.fc31, plymouth-theme-breeze-5.17.5-1.fc31, polkit-kde-5.17.5-1.fc31, powerdevil-5.17.5-1.fc31, sddm-kcm-5.17.5-1.fc31, xdg-desktop-portal-kde-5.17.5-1.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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