sddm Installation Menu Unresponsive to Arrow Key Inputs

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sddm Installation Menu Unresponsive to Arrow Key Inputs

roadsidev opened this issue 7 months ago · comments

Hello,

Thank you for the great project. I've encountered an issue on two machines during the installation process.

Upon running install.sh and reaching the "sddm" installation, the selection menu for "gdm3" and "sddm" does not respond to arrow key navigation as expected. Instead, the terminal displays ANSI escape sequences for the arrow keys, halting the installation process. The only way out is using "ctrl + C".

Steps to Reproduce:

Run install.sh.
Wait until the script reaches the "sddm" installation step.
Attempt to navigate the menu using arrow keys.

Expected Behavior:
The arrow keys should navigate between the "gdm3" and "sddm" options.

Actual Behavior:
Arrow key presses result in displaying ANSI escape sequences, preventing menu navigation.

Screenshots:

I'll look into this issue and submit a PR if I find a solution.

Thanks,
Chris

catluvies commented 7 months ago

very good

Chris · Answer 1 · Mon Oct 23 2023 05:24:28 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

So here's what I did to fix it for now: I stopped the sddm setup with Ctrl + C, waited for the rest to install, then ran sudo apt install sddm and after that, I ran sddm.sh. That seemed to work!

Ja.KooLit · Answer 2 · Mon Oct 23 2023 09:33:36 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks for this. I'll keep this issue open for now....

I have also stated on the readme.

For now, highly advised not install SDDM if GDM is already installed.

Ja.KooLit · Answer 3 · Mon Oct 23 2023 11:40:42 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

So here's what I did to fix it for now: I stopped the sddm setup with Ctrl + C, waited for the rest to install, then ran sudo apt install sddm and after that, I ran sddm.sh. That seemed to work!

just a quick question. Debian or Ubuntu

In Debian, when you ran apt install sddm, it is downloads lots of plasma packages

thats why if you check the sddm.sh, I append --no-install-recommends

I havent tested in Ubuntu but during my test, I didnt install sddm as it has already GDM

Chris · Answer 4 · Mon Oct 23 2023 20:19:19 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

So here's what I did to fix it for now: I stopped the sddm setup with Ctrl + C, waited for the rest to install, then ran sudo apt install sddm and after that, I ran sddm.sh. That seemed to work!

just a quick question. Debian or Ubuntu

In Debian, when you ran apt install sddm, it is downloads lots of plasma packages

thats why if you check the sddm.sh, I append --no-install-recommends

I havent tested in Ubuntu but during my test, I didnt install sddm as it has already GDM

I followed these steps on Ubuntu 23.10, using the server image. After a clean installation, I modified the sources.list as outlined in the instructions and then executed the script.

Bernard Tremblay · Answer 5 · Tue Dec 12 2023 07:46:11 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Are all those zillions of plasma packages really needed for SDDM ???? Il looks it want to install whole plasma ...
I did not install sddm and start Hyprland from console instead. In Arch you have a package for sddm qt and another one for sddm gtk but it doesn't bring all those libraries. Can it be an error from the sddm debian packager ???

Ja.KooLit · Answer 6 · Tue Dec 12 2023 07:55:01 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Are all those zillions of plasma packages really needed for SDDM ???? Il looks it want to install whole plasma ...
I did not install sddm and start Hyprland from console instead. In Arch you have a package for sddm qt and another one for sddm gtk but it doesn't bring all those libraries. Can it be an error from the sddm debian packager ???

check script. I have set to install no-recommends...

and if you install on a server none DE type debian install, needed all those qt controls since sddm is only --no-recommends