Bug 9161 - changing kdm settings via "login screen - system settings" not possible
Summary: changing kdm settings via "login screen - system settings" not possible
Status: RESOLVED OLD
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Depends on: 9326
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Reported: 2013-02-22 20:03 CET by Florian Bauer
Modified: 2019-04-04 14:36 CEST (History)
4 users (show)

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screenshot failure window (44.50 KB, image/png)
2013-02-22 20:04 CET, Florian Bauer 		Details
output of "ls -l /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/" (2.03 KB, text/plain)
2013-03-02 11:28 CET, Florian Bauer 		Details
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Description Florian Bauer 2013-02-22 20:03:30 CET 
MGA 3 beta 2

Changing KDM settings in KDE system settings -> login screen leads into failure window if button "apply" gets pressed.
Normal behaviour should be to ask for root password.

Failure window text:
Unable to authenticate/execute the action: DBus Backend error: could not contact the helper. Connection error: Could not get owner of name 'org.kde.kcontrol.kcmkdm': no such name. Message error: Failed to execute program /usr/libexec/dbus-1/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success (code 7)
Comment 1 Florian Bauer 2013-02-22 20:04:17 CET 
Created attachment 3541 [details]
screenshot failure window
Manuel Hiebel 2013-02-24 13:54:34 CET

CC: (none) => balcaen.john, lmenut, nicolas.lecureuil

Comment 2 Nicolas Lécureuil 2013-03-02 01:19:50 CET 
please do ls -l /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/
Comment 3 Florian Bauer 2013-03-02 11:28:40 CET 
Created attachment 3571 [details]
output of "ls -l /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/"
Luc Menut 2013-03-11 01:10:35 CET

Depends on: (none) => 9326

Comment 4 Luc Menut 2013-03-11 01:28:26 CET 
Please, could you give the group of dbus-daemon-launch-helper, with the result of
  ls -l /usr/libexec/dbus-1/dbus-daemon-launch-helper

I guess that it's due to a bug in dbus (see bug 9326) and that reinstalling dbus by
  urpmi --replacepkgs dbus
will fix it.

How did you install mga 3 beta 2, with LiveDVD or DVD installer ?
Comment 5 Florian Bauer 2013-03-11 19:20:58 CET 
Hallo Luc

The ls command output is:
-rwsr-x--- 1 root root 307552 Jan 11 18:23 /usr/libexec/dbus-1/dbus-daemon-launch-helper*


I've used the Beta 2 LiveDVD for install.

Now I've the same failure on a second machine. I've used the 64bit Beta 3 LiveDVD this time.

I'll try re-installing dbus...
Comment 6 Florian Bauer 2013-03-11 20:40:29 CET 
'urpmi --replacepkgs dbus' fixed it!
Comment 7 Luc Menut 2013-03-12 22:41:30 CET 
Thanks for the feedback.
Colin has fixed a bug in dbus-1.6.8-4. We will see with beta4 LiveDVD if it's definitively fixed.
Comment 8 Marja Van Waes 2015-04-17 22:54:34 CEST 
Sorry, but this bug saw no action since over 2 yrs ago. 
No cauldron package has stayed the same since then.

Closing as OLD

Please reopen if this report is still valid for _current_ cauldron and/or fully
updated Mageia 4

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

play game 2019-03-27 17:02:06 CET

CC: (none) => thanos17997
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