[SOLVED] Mageia Welcome - mate and cinnamon unknown

[doktor5000]

have just updated an MGA5-x86 to Cauldron,
quick test run seems quite stable, will give it better run over the next week or so.

Mageia Welcome for Mate and Cinnamon report desktop as "unknown".
Do I require to open a bug for these?

best regards

Benmc

[ozky]

I hate these users who upgrade to Cauldron then they complain some minor issues.... if you don't know how to handle bugs in cauldron you should use stable version.
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Cauldron

[doktor5000]

@ozky: That is pretty strong language. Please pay attention to the Mageia Code of Conduct
He noticed an issue, and asked if that warrants a bug report - which is a perfectly valid question you have missed completely.

[benmc]

Yes Ozky, it is a minor / cosmetic issue.

However, for Mageia 5 release, a similar issue was reported in Cauldron well before QA started testing and was not until RC that it was resolved. (bug 12974)

Mageia Welcome is the go-to screen that is displayed when first booting into a new Mageia, and if the Mageia Welcome cannot display correctly the desktop type, what impression will a new user derive from a minor cosmetic issue that is missed, with regards to the quality of the whole system?

Would it not be time better spent fixing the small cosmetic issues as they arise / noted, rather than in a rush to get all those small things fixed, when more complex issues are maybe holding up release of a new version of Mageia, and time / resources are un-available to address those small but cosmetic issues?

[doktor5000]

@benmc: Please report it, and post the link here. Thanks in advance.

[napcok]

@benmc: Can you please show the output of command:
env | grep DESKTOP
from MATE and Cinnamon sessions? Thanks in advance.

[doktor5000]

as requested Napcok:

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@localhost ~]$ env | grep DESKTOP
MATE_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE_PID=28531
GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE=/usr/share/applications/org.kde.konsole.desktop
DESKTOP_SESSION=MATE
DESKTOP=MATE
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=MATE

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@localhost ~]$ env | grep DESKTOP
DESKTOP_SESSION=Cinnamon
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
DESKTOP=Cinnamon
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=X-Cinnamon

I have put a note on Bug 12974, but have not re-opened it

regards

Benmc

[napcok]

This issue is now fixed on git.
http://gitweb.mageia.org/software/magei ... e355534cc8

Thanks Benmc

[doktor5000]

Thanks Daniel

[benmc]

thanks napcok,

I'll wait for it to filter through.