[Debian-on-mobile-maintainers] Bug#968106: phosh: Shell doesn't start

[Michel Le Bihan]

Hello,

I added `--aptopt='Apt::Install-Recommends "true"'` to mmdebstrap
options, so my command was `sudo mmdebstrap --aptopt='Apt::Install-
Recommends "true"' --include=linux-image-amd64,live-boot,xserver-xorg-
video-all,phosh --arch amd64 bullseye debian-live-root 
http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/`. I ended up with a 2.5G root that had
gdm3 and gnome-shell that aren't quite useful or even wanted on mobile
devices. When I selected Phosh as my shell and entered my password,
Phosh didn't start and I ended up back on the login screen. I was able
to start gnome-shell normally.

Also, why would a package required for Phosh to function only be
recommended? Are there setups where Phosh can be started without those
packages being installed?

Michel Le Bihan