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WM/Desktop profiles

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
52/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
linux, python
Domain
desktop, operating-systems

Research direction

Start with archinstall/lib/hardware.py at the linked section and inspect the WM/Desktop profile handling for niri, river, GNOME, and KDE. Compare their seat-access behavior and installed Xorg libraries; done means niri avoids an unnecessary prompt, river has the expected prompt, and Wayland profiles no longer install the unintended Xorg dependencies.

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Description

niri should not ask for seat access since they directly depend on seatd
river on the other hand should have a seat access prompt it's currently missing :)

They also still install xorg libs https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/blob/97dd099c0e19665c08e4b628d271d46f2d3c2d6f/archinstall/lib/hardware.py#L85 which is not intended behavior for newer wayland standards (GNOME, KDE, etc would be the same issue) ~Adds about 130 pkgs of bloat

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