some more packages missing when KDE is installed over butterknife without WM #6
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I did a fresh install of butterknife without a WM on a ASrock NUCBOX 1165G7. Core i7-1165G7.
I installed the missing firmware and video codes mentioned in the readme. And I installed xdg-user-dirs.
The rest of the installation went as expected. However, Some minor issue are occurring. I could not track down a fix for this one.
In Settings -> themes I could not change the SDDM theme due to a DBUS error which google says could be a polkit permissions issue. But all suggested fixed didn't work.
For comparison, I did a net-installed using the netinstall debian 13.5 ISO and setup the partitions and subvols like you do and then selected Plasma in the tasksel popup. That completed fine and I did not have any SDDM theme setup issues.
So there are some subtle missing items that are included with a Net expert Install vs. butterknife. It's more than the video stuff for sure.
Let me know if you need further testing.
A couple things that I am looking at:
I am considering how to add vanilla DEs without adding additional code (or very minimal code) to the butterknife menu
Because this is a minimal install it is really not adding the normal Debian Net install packages and maybe that was a mistake. I was trying to cherrypick a little too much.
BTW, if you are installing KDE xdg-user-dirs should be part of that install.
My main reason for reporting these issues is I didn't want folks to assume that the butterknife install without a WM is the same a Net install minimal without a WM or Desktop.
It took me a lot longer to try to fix the issues with KDE on top of Butterknife than just doing a net install with KDE to start with. Once you've followed your minimal install videos and done a btrfs install with the Subvols right you can do that from memory in about 30 minutes. Timeshift is simple and grub-btrfs is just following the git hub readme except for the clever hook of timeshift with apt. That was a nice add.
New iso released. Check the release notes. v0.2.5
Not sure what you want to do with this but it's good information. On my NUCBOXg3 N100 box, I install both Butterknife 2.25 with the KDE option at the end, and Debian 13.5 netinstall with KDE at the tasksel page. Each is on a separate NVME drive so I can switch them out for additional testing if needed. After each install I used dpkg-query to list the installed packages. I used meld against these files to produce an interest comparison.
Bottom line is the butterknife 2.25 kde install works but one glaring problem is the inability to change the theme on the SDDM login page using system setting -> color & themes -> SDDM Login Screen.
Fixed it in the DE installer: it now runs apt-get install --fix-policy after the desktop task to backfill the missing Recommends. Only on the desktop path, so headless/WM-only stays lean.
Your diff also caught efibootmgr missing from the base. Unrelated to KDE, but it's a UEFI thing so it's going in the base too.
Should sort the SDDM theme issue. Next ISO. Thanks for running both side by side, that's what made it findable.
Using the latest 2.8 ISO, I redid the packages comparison lists. They are very close and I can not figure out what is causing the dbus error when you try to change the sddm login page theme. It's not critical but one of those bugs that forces you to get out the whiskey. Must be time for that now. Overall, I'd say this feature is very close now. I'll try some other DEs for testing this coming week.
did you screenshot the dbus error?
I will post it after a little research
Here is the screen shot after I selected the sddm theme and clicked apply. Seems to be more of a permissions issue that a missing package. Not sure what in the netinstall is setting a permission differently than butterknife
fixed it.
used google search to find this:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&channel=entpr&q=+Failed+to+execute+program+org.kde.kcontrol.kcmsddm%3A+Permission+denied
It was fix number 2. But how is this different from the Net Install ISO? maybe a setup script missed?
I found the same thing. 0.2.9 change: the --numeric-owner extraction makes the dbus launch helper land root:messagebus from the start, so every User=root KAuth helper works now.