On 10/30/16 00:09, stan wrote:
For some reason my reply didn't make it to the list. At least,
I
didn't receive it. So, I'm copying this back to the test list.
On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 09:24:17 +0200
Joachim Backes <joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de> wrote:
> On 10/28/16 19:02, stan wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:26:01 +0200
>> Joachim Backes <joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi f25 guys,
>>>
>>> seeing a problem in f25 if I try to install the lxde desktop group:
>>>
>>> 1. rpm -qa|grep -i lxde
>>> (empty output, in my eyes it seems no lxde package is
>>> installed)
>>
>> When I do the equivalent, the 3 packages below show up.
>>
>>> My question: Is lxde installed, or not?
>>
>> I run lxde as my principal desktop. These are the only packages
>> installed that have lxde in the name.
>>
>> imsettings-lxde-1.7.2-1.fc25.x86_64
>> lxde-common-0.99.1-1.fc25.noarch
>> lxde-icon-theme-0.5.1-2.fc24.noarch
>>
>> Does the program /usr/bin/startlxde exist on your system?
>
> Hi Stan,
>
> does not exist!
Then, lxde is not installed, no matter what dnf says.
>>> If try to login, no lxde desktop variant is offered.
>>>
>>> I remember that a had similar dnf problems in f24 if I tried to
>>> install desktop groups.
>>>
>>> Any help?
>>
>> What if you start in multiuser mode (old runlevel 3), login, and run
>> startlxde from a terminal?
>
> As I said: does not exist!
>
>>
>> Is this an upgrade rather than a clean install? Is it possible
>> that at the time of the upgrade a new lxde wasn't available, so the
>> old one was deleted leaving an artifact behind still indicating
>> that lxde group is installed, but it is actually gone?
>
> It is an upgrade from F24.
What if you do a dnf group remove lxde to remove any cruft left over.
Then try to do the group install again.
Stan,
This helped!
Thanks.
Kind regards
Joachim Backes
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