The GDM greeter does not offer KDE as desktop after installing the group "KDE Plasma Workspaces"

[Joachim Backes]

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.

Any ideas?

Kind regards

Joachim Backes

[Liam Proven]

On 3 April 2014 10:36, Joachim Backes  wrote:
> 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.
>
> Any ideas?

Just a guess: that is just a subcomponent of KDE and doesn't install
the whole desktop.

[Martin Bříza]

On Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:36:02 +0200, Joachim Backes
 wrote:
> 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.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Joachim Backes

Quite possibly GDM only lists the new sessions when it starts, so try
either restarting GDM (systemctl restart gdm.service) or rebooting.

Everything necessary to start the session is in the kde-workspace package.

[Joachim Backes]

On 04/03/2014 12:33 PM, Martin Briza wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:36:02 +0200, Joachim Backes
>  wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Joachim Backes
>
> Quite possibly GDM only lists the new sessions when it starts, so try
> either restarting GDM (systemctl restart gdm.service) or rebooting.
>
> Everything necessary to start the session is in the kde-workspace package.

yum install @kde-desktop

solved my problem.

Kind regards

Joachim Backes

[Ahmad Samir]

On 3 April 2014 12:53, Joachim Backes  wrote:
> On 04/03/2014 12:33 PM, Martin Briza wrote:
> > On Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:36:02 +0200, Joachim Backes
> >  wrote:
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > >
> > > Joachim Backes
> >
> > Quite possibly GDM only lists the new sessions when it starts, so try
> > either restarting GDM (systemctl restart gdm.service) or rebooting.
> >
> > Everything necessary to start the session is in the kde-workspace package.
>
> yum install @kde-desktop
>
> solved my problem.

IIUC, installing the "KDE Plasma Workspaces" group should have
installed the kde-desktop group (among other mandatory groups).

[Rex Dieter]

Ahmad Samir wrote:
> On 3 April 2014 12:53, Joachim Backes 
> wrote:
> > On 04/03/2014 12:33 PM, Martin Briza wrote:
> > > On Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:36:02 +0200, Joachim Backes
> > >  wrote:
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards
> > > >
> > > > Joachim Backes
> > >
> > > Quite possibly GDM only lists the new sessions when it starts, so try
> > > either restarting GDM (systemctl restart gdm.service) or rebooting.
> > >
> > > Everything necessary to start the session is in the kde-workspace
> > > package.
> >
> > yum install @kde-desktop
> >
> > solved my problem.
>
> IIUC, installing the "KDE Plasma Workspaces" group should have
> installed the kde-desktop group (among other mandatory groups).

Issue is being tracked here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084445

Indeed, it seems yum treats kde-desktop-environment (of which kde-desktop is 
a member) differently, not sure exactly how yet.

-- Rex