sddm Installation Menu Unresponsive to Arrow Key Inputs

[roadsidev]

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:

1. Run install.sh.
2. Wait until the script reaches the "sddm" installation step.
3. 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

[roadsidev]

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!

[JaKooLit]

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.

[catluvies]

very good

[JaKooLit]

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

[roadsidev]

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.

[PerfMonk]

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 ???

[JaKooLit]

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

[rivando-al-rasyid]

i have that to fisrt time i use script
bu i nstall first after that it work