Bug 8626 - Graphical installer sometimes doesn't start on RHEL 10
Summary: Graphical installer sometimes doesn't start on RHEL 10
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: ThinLinc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Server Installer (show other bugs)
Version: trunk
Hardware: PC Unknown
: P2 Normal
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Reported: 2025-07-02 09:29 CEST by Alexander Zeijlon
Modified: 2025-07-02 14:00 CEST (History)
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Description Alexander Zeijlon cendio 2025-07-02 09:29:29 CEST 
The GTK ThinLinc installer doesn't start on a fresh RHEL 10 system, text fallback is used instead.

This is due to a missing dependency that gets installed directly when running the installer -> xorg-x11-xauth.
Comment 1 Alexander Zeijlon cendio 2025-07-02 13:24:39 CEST 
If I run "install-server" as root, the GTK installer starts without issue without xorg-x11-xauth installed.

It looks like it is there is some check for the initial window that prompts the user to run sudo, that for some reason requires this package.
Comment 2 Alexander Zeijlon cendio 2025-07-02 14:00:07 CEST 
This isn't a regression in ThinLinc. I tried the same operation with 4.16.0 and got the same behavior as above. Note that I did this while being logged directly on the host as a non-root user, both when testing with 4.19.0rc1 and 4.16.0

I also tested this on a RHEL 9 machine. There, the installer doesn't fall back to text mode. RHEL 9 already has xorg-x11-xauth installed.

Also note that in all cases above, Gnome has been installed via the "Server with GUI" dnf group.
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