Bug 12506

Summary:	Not a single password manager window turns up when I start application with root privilege
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Robert Ottlovich <timpul>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	mageia, thierry.vignaud
Version:	4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
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Description Robert Ottlovich 2014-02-02 00:09:40 CET

Description of problem:
Not a single password manager window turns up when I start application with root privilege.

First case with drakconf and when I wanted to install a simple rpm file.

I installed only Mate and LXDE. The problem occurs in both gui-s.

The only window informs me that it cannot be run because of a problem and just submit the problem to the bug reporting.


Occurs: everytime.

screenshot: http://i61.tinypic.com/30u8ms1.png

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

David Walser 2014-02-02 00:12:27 CET

Component: Security => RPM Packages
QA Contact: security => (none)

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2014-02-27 16:58:14 CET

is a polkit agent installed ? what does give rpm -qa | grep polkit ?

(sorry looks like your bug was missed)

Comment 2 Robert Ottlovich 2014-02-27 20:52:39 CET

Oh yes:
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$ rpm -qa | grep polkit
gksu-polkit-0.0.3-0.git20131130.9.mga4
mate-polkit-1.6.1-2.mga4
polkit-desktop-policy-0.112-2.mga4
lib64polkit1_0-0.112-2.mga4
lib64gksu-polkit0-0.0.3-0.git20131130.9.mga4
polkit-kde-agent-1-0.99.0-6.mga4
lib64mate-polkit1_0-1.6.1-2.mga4
polkit-0.112-2.mga4
lib64polkit-qt-agent-1_1-0.103.0-3.mga4
lib64polkit-qt-core-1_1-0.103.0-3.mga4
$
===

Polkit run as daemon with system start and is still running.

Authentication message comes in CLI.

By the way. When I run Krusader (blue) and run in root (red icon), the password manager window (KDE su: /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/kdesu) comes up. Extremely interesting.

Comment 3 Manuel Hiebel 2014-02-27 21:21:55 CET

I don't know what to check more then.

CC: (none) => mageia, thierry.vignaud

Comment 4 Robert Ottlovich 2014-02-27 21:28:37 CET

I now know.
I'm afraid Mageia 3 contains bad settings in a .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart and/or MATE and LXDE startup settings hit each others'.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED