Re: dnf remove question

On 6/14/26 10:31 PM, Francis Montagnac via users wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> On Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:23:48 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On 6/14/26 6:29 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> 
>>>> xfce4-screensaver idle/lock failure after xscreensaver removal
>>>> due to orphaned autostart desktop entries
> 
>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488676
> 
> Using "dnf remove xscreensaver" properly removes
> /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop, but as a file in
> the xscreensaver-base required RPM.
> 
> See trace below.
> 
> How did you removed it ?

dnf remove

> 
>    - with "rpm -e" ?
>    - with "dnf remove --no-autoremove" ?
> 
> Trace:
> 
> dnf -q -y install xscreensaver
> Package                   Arch   Version                  Repository        Size
> Installing:
>   xscreensaver             x86_64 1:6.15-1.fc44            updates        0.0   B
> Installing dependencies:
>   appres                   x86_64 0:1.0.7-5.fc44           fedora        14.4 KiB
>   libgle                   x86_64 0:3.1.0-37.fc44          fedora       142.6 KiB
>   perl-diagnostics         noarch 0:1.40-524.fc44          updates      471.0 KiB
>   xscreensaver-base        x86_64 1:6.15-1.fc44            updates        1.9 MiB
>   xscreensaver-extras      x86_64 1:6.15-1.fc44            updates       10.7 MiB
>   xscreensaver-extras-base x86_64 1:6.15-1.fc44            updates      690.1 KiB
>   xscreensaver-gl-base     x86_64 1:6.15-1.fc44            updates       20.2 KiB
>   xscreensaver-gl-extras   x86_64 1:6.15-1.fc44            updates       85.7 MiB
> 
> Transaction Summary:
>   Installing:         9 packages
> [...]
> root@localhost
> 
> rpm -qf /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop
> xscreensaver-base-6.15-1.fc44.x86_64
> root@localhost
> 
> dnf -q -y  remove xscreensaver
> Package                   Arch   Version                  Repository        Size
> Removing:
>   xscreensaver             x86_64 1:6.15-1.fc44            updates        0.0   B
> Removing unused dependencies:
>   appres                   x86_64 0:1.0.7-5.fc44           fedora        14.4 KiB
>   libgle                   x86_64 0:3.1.0-37.fc44          fedora       142.6 KiB
>   perl-diagnostics         noarch 0:1.40-524.fc44          updates      471.0 KiB
>   xscreensaver-base        x86_64 1:6.15-1.fc44            updates        1.9 MiB
>   xscreensaver-extras      x86_64 1:6.15-1.fc44            updates       10.7 MiB
>   xscreensaver-extras-base x86_64 1:6.15-1.fc44            updates      690.1 KiB
>   xscreensaver-gl-base     x86_64 1:6.15-1.fc44            updates       20.2 KiB
>   xscreensaver-gl-extras   x86_64 1:6.15-1.fc44            updates       85.7 MiB
> 
> Transaction Summary:
>   Removing:           9 packages
> 
> [...]
> root@localhost

> rpm -qf /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop
> error: file /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop: No such file or directory
> root@localhost
> 
$ rpm -qf /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop.disabled
file /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop.disabled is not 
owned by any package


$ rpm -qf /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop
xscreensaver-base-6.15-1.fc44.x86_64


$ dnf provides /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop
...
xscreensaver-base-1:6.15-1.fc44.x86_64 : A minimal installation of 
xscreensaver
Repo         : @System
Matched From :
Filename     : /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop

xscreensaver-base-1:6.14-1.fc44.x86_64 : A minimal installation of 
xscreensaver
Repo         : fedora
Matched From :
Filename     : /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop

xscreensaver-base-1:6.15-1.fc44.x86_64 : A minimal installation of 
xscreensaver
Repo         : updates
Matched From :
Filename     : /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop


$ rpm -qa | grep -i xscreen
xscreensaver-gl-base-6.15-1.fc44.x86_64
xscreensaver-extras-base-6.15-1.fc44.x86_64
xscreensaver-gl-extras-6.15-1.fc44.x86_64
xscreensaver-base-6.15-1.fc44.x86_64
xscreensaver-extras-6.15-1.fc44.x86_64


# dnf remove xscreensaver-gl-base-6.15-1.fc44.x86_64 
xscreensaver-extras-base-6.15-1.fc44.x86_6 
xscreensaver-gl-extras-6.15-1.fc44.x86_64 
xscreensaver-base-6.15-1.fc44.x86_64 xscreensaver-extras-6.15-1.fc44.x86_64






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