Maverick A3 Kubuntu 64bit OEM install is installing netbook instead of desktop

Bug #613879 reported by Jeff Lane 
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace

When performing a Kubuntu Maverick OEM installation, the installer is apparently installing netbook instead of desktop, regardless of whether a system meets the netbook criteria or not.

My system is a 64 bit VBox VM, and testing has been with 64bit Kubuntu via CD and DVD ISOs for Alpha 3.

After discussing this with Riddell on #ubuntu testing, it appears that in order for netbook to be installed, the system must meet three (at least) criteria:

a: laptop-detect must determine that we're on a laptop
b: screen resolution must be less than 700 px tall according to xdpyinfo
c: no CDROM drive must be present according to lshal

On my system, the following is true:
A: laptop-detect returns a 0, and laptop-detect -v says it's a laptop due to ACPI batteries found.
B: xdpyinfo says screen height is 600px (VM is running at 800x600x32bit)
C: lshal DOES indicate the presence of a CDROM.

Now, on NON-OEM installs, the -desktop is installed, Riddell thinks this is due to the presence of CDROM. However, on OEM installs, -netbook is installed regardless of the presence of CDROM.

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Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote :

Tagged and milestoned per Riddell's request

Changed in kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu):
milestone: none → ubuntu-10.10-beta
tags: added: kubuntu
tags: added: iso-testing
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Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote :

Just did a 32bit OEM install via DVD and discovered that that one did NOT install -netbook. Instead it installed -desktop as it should have due to the presence of CDROM... Curiouser and curiouser...

summary: - Maverick A3 Kubuntu OEM install is installing netbook instead of desktop
+ Maverick A3 Kubuntu 64bit OEM install is installing netbook instead of
+ desktop
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Felix Geyer (debfx) wrote :

Just a side note:
Kubuntu Maverick always installs both: desktop and netbook.
It's just a matter of what is selected as default.
You can always change it in System Settings -> Workspace.

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Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote : Re: [Bug 613879] Re: Maverick A3 Kubuntu 64bit OEM install is installing netbook instead of desktop

On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 08:34 +0000, Felix Geyer wrote:
> Just a side note:
> Kubuntu Maverick always installs both: desktop and netbook.
> It's just a matter of what is selected as default.
> You can always change it in System Settings -> Workspace.

Right... but the issue is that if I install Kubuntu from the desktop iso
normally, choosing only all defaults, I get desktop.

If I install kubuntu OEM from the desktop iso choosing only all
defaults, I get netbook.

Both on the same VM...

OTOH, I think it is cool that both are installed... I wish Ubuntu did
that (or at least ubuntu-netbook) as I run both on my Lenovo S-10.
Sometimes you feel like UNE, sometimes you don't ;-)

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

Is this still reproducible with a more recent release?

affects: kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu) → kde-workspace (Ubuntu)
Changed in kde-workspace (Ubuntu):
milestone: ubuntu-10.10-beta → none
status: New → Incomplete
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Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote :

Closing this...

Changed in kde-workspace (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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