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Bug#981543: marked as done (task-lxqt-desktop: when selected in d-i, installs both gdm3 & sddm, presenting the user with an unhelpful choice)

Your message dated Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:32:07 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#981543: task-lxqt-desktop: when selected in d-i, installs both gdm3 & sddm, presenting the user with an unhelpful choice
has caused the Debian Bug report #981543,
regarding task-lxqt-desktop: when selected in d-i, installs both gdm3 & sddm, presenting the user with an unhelpful choice
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Package: task-lxqt-desktop
Version: 3.63
Severity: minor

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?

     Installing using the daily D-I image from here:
       https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/20210131-1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

     Installed it in a VM, as should be seen here (if you look soon enough for
     the job not to have been flushed):

       https://openqa.debian.net/tests/10133

     (I'll attach a screenshot to ensure that this bug report remains meaningful after those links rot)

   * What was the outcome of this action?

     This video shows the point in the install where the user is prompted to
     choose a display manager:

       https://openqa.debian.net/tests/10133/video?filename=video.ogv&t=26.25,26.29

     It shows the GDM3's debconf question about which DM should be the default
     out of the choices of 'gdm3' and 'sddm'. If only sddm was installed at this
     point the question would not need to be asked, which is what we see with
     other desktop selections.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

     Other desktop tasks, such as task-xfce-desktop avoid bothering the user
     about this, despite depending upon lightdm in XFCE's case, so they
     presumably avoiding pulling gdm3 in during the install.

HTH

Cheers, Phil.

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Hi Holger,

Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> wrote (Sat, 6 Feb 2021 16:43:43 +0100):
>> I did some test installations, and cannot reproduce your findings.
>> First I installed LXQT and then in another installation XFCE. And gdm3
>> was NOT installed in both tests.
>> 
>> Looking at your screenshots at https://openqa.debian.net/tests/10133
>> it seems that you have selected two desktop environments, Gnome + LXQt.
>> So the seen result of gdm3 and sddm being installed is expected and correct.
>
> I guess this one can be closed then?

It certainly can (so I closed it here) since it was caused by an error
in my test scripting, as can be seen here:

  https://openqa.debian.net/tests/10133#step/choose_software/3

Note that it has deselected the 'Debian Desktop Environment' option
(rather than what I intended it to do: deselect 'Gnome') with the result
that it installs both desktops, and thus pulls in both display managers.

Sorry for not noticing this sooner.

Cheers, Phil.
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