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MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit [Solved]
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 8:32 am
by specialk
Hi,
Just noticed that when launching MX Service Manager tool, it asks me the admin password (ok), but once the app is opened and by just moving the mouse, I get a dialog box saying that the app needs admin privileges, need to restart the app. I click ok and it closes. So basically, I cannot do anything.
Seems like I have log entries in syslog when this happens.
I thought it was an issue with kernel 6.12, but same with 6.9
(it's been a while since I ran service manager for the last time, but never had this issue)
Thanks for any help.
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System:
Kernel: 6.9.12-2-liquorix-amd64 [6.9-12~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
intel_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.9.12-2-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro
quiet init=/lib/systemd/systemd
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.6_KDE_x64 Libretto
July 31 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: Zenbook UM5302TA_UM5302TA v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: UM5302TA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
LLC. v: UM5302TA.313 date: 09/10/2024
Battery:
ID-1: BATT charge: 43.9 Wh (71.0%) condition: 61.8/67.1 Wh (92.1%) volts: 15.9 min: 15.9
model: ASUSTeK UM5302 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 607
Device-1: hid-0018:04F3:2F2B.0002-battery model: ELAN9008:00 04F3:2F2B serial: N/A charge: N/A
status: N/A
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 6800U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x44 (68)
stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA404101
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB
desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1353 high: 2385 min/max: 400/4768 scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp
governor: powersave cores: 1: 1363 2: 1365 3: 2385 4: 1394 5: 1360 6: 1363 7: 1334 8: 400 9: 1335
10: 2356 11: 2167 12: 400 13: 1338 14: 1366 15: 1336 16: 400 bogomips: 86239
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Vulnerable: Safe RET, no microcode
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: always-on; RSB
filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Rembrandt [Radeon 680M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2
code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:1681 class-ID: 0300 temp: 39.0 C
Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-1:2
chip-ID: 13d3:5463 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2880x1800 s-dpi: 192 s-size: 381x238mm (15.00x9.37") s-diag: 449mm (17.69")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: Samsung 0x4172 built: 2021 res: 2880x1800 hz: 60 dpi: 253
gamma: 1.2 size: 289x186mm (11.38x7.32") diag: 344mm (13.5") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 2880x1800
min: 640x480
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 25.0.7-2~mx23ahs renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi rembrandt
LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.9.12-2-liquorix-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_pci_acp6x v: kernel
alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x,
snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.9.12-2-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Foxconn
driver: mt7921e v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-3:2
chip-ID: 0489:e0e2 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
sub-v: 2411 hci-v: 5.2 rev: 616
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:6 sco-mtu: 240:8 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 132.83 GiB (13.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD PC SN735 SDBPNHH-1T00-1002
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 70626000 temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 58.59 GiB size: 57.37 GiB (97.92%) used: 24.47 GiB (42.7%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 600 MiB size: 598.8 MiB (99.80%) used: 7.8 MiB (1.3%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 maj-min: 259:8
ID-3: /home raw-size: 78.12 GiB size: 76.35 GiB (97.73%) used: 34.18 GiB (44.8%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1.07 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p9
maj-min: 259:9
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 38.9 C mobo: 34.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 38.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2780 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2769 libs: 1550 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
pm: flatpak pkgs: 11
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
2: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg] https://repo.waydro.id/ bookworm main
Info:
Processes: 397 Uptime: 36m wakeups: 13783 Memory: 14.87 GiB used: 2.77 GiB (18.6%) Init: systemd
v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 10:24 am
by j2mcgreg
I can't duplicate that behaviour on any of my machines. Can you try it with another mouse?
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 10:25 am
by siamhie
specialk wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 8:32 am
Hi,
Just noticed that when launching MX Service Manager tool, it asks me the admin password (ok), but once the app is opened and by just moving the mouse, I get a dialog box saying that the app needs admin privileges, need to restart the app. I click ok and it closes. So basically, I cannot do anything.
I can replicate this also. If I re-open the program, it eventually asks for the password again even if I just move the mouse around the screen.
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Snapshot created on: 20250809_1546
System:
Kernel: 6.16.1-x64v3-xanmod1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: clang v: 19.1.7
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.16.1-x64v3-xanmod1 root=UUID=<filter> ro splash quiet
init=/lib/systemd/systemd
Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_fluxbox_x64 Libretto
September 15 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) v: 2.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: A.F0 date: 10/11/2023
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4 level: v3 note: check
built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2
microcode: 0xA20120E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 16 tpc: 2 threads: 32 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-16x32
KiB; i-16x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 16x512 KiB L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2572 high: 3400 min/max: 582/5086 boost: disabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 3399 2: 3399 3: 3399 4: 3400 5: 3399
6: 1746 7: 1746 8: 3399 9: 1746 10: 1746 11: 3400 12: 1746 13: 1746 14: 1746 15: 1746 16: 1746
17: 1746 18: 3400 19: 3399 20: 3397 21: 3400 22: 3398 23: 3399 24: 1746 25: 3396 26: 3399
27: 3397 28: 1746 29: 1746 30: 1746 31: 1746 32: 1746 bogomips: 217588
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: always-on; RSB
filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT] vendor: Tul / PowerColor
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-3 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, Writeback-1
bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73df class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: Picom v: 12.5 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.65x15.00") s-diag: 777mm (30.58")
Monitor-1: DP-3 mapped: DisplayPort-2 model: HP X27q serial: <filter> built: 2021
res: 2560x1440 hz: 165 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (navi22 LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.64
6.16.1-x64v3-xanmod1) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Creative Labs CA0132 Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series BlasterX AE-5 Plus]
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0
chip-ID: 1102:0012 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.16.1-x64v3-xanmod1 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Message: No PCI device data found.
Device-1: NetGear Wireless_Device type: USB driver: mt7921u bus-ID: 4-1:2 chip-ID: 0846:9060
class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 8.64 TiB used: 1.4 TiB (16.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 613000WD temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 102000WD temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: ST8000DM004-2CX188 size: 7.28 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5425 serial: <filter>
rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465 GiB size: 456.63 GiB (98.20%) used: 13.24 GiB (2.9%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 779 MiB size: 777.5 MiB (99.80%) used: 32.4 MiB (4.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 64 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb2
maj-min: 8:18
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 32.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 45.0 C mem: 48.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 781
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2413 libs: 1311 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list
1: deb https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xanmod-release.list
1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/xanmod-archive-keyring.gpg] http://deb.xanmod.org releases main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https://repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
Info:
Processes: 497 Uptime: 1h 15m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.26 GiB used: 2.14 GiB (6.8%) Init: systemd
v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 11:23 am
by j2mcgreg
@siamhie wrote:
I can replicate this also. If I re-open the program, it eventually asks for the password again even if I just move the mouse around the screen.
Does that imply that you had to close Service Manager first in order to reopen it?
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 11:40 am
by specialk
It's not just the mouse, I mean, any interaction while in the app leads to the dialog box "This app needs admin privileges, close and open again" (while I was first asked for the passwd). Using, the arrows, etc
I tried with other MX Tools requiring a password at opening, no problem.
Here's what is related to this in my syslog :
2025-08-17T13:54:18.295903+02:00 thebeast systemd[1559]: Started app-mx\x2dservice\x2dmanager-64f15da15fea4caa94e1325eaa335dd7.scope - MX Service Manager.
2025-08-17T13:54:18.477725+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Listener adapter polkit_qt_listener_initiate_authentication
2025-08-17T13:54:18.478354+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: GSimpleAsyncResult:
2025-08-17T13:54:18.478435+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: polkit_qt_listener_initiate_authentication callback for
2025-08-17T13:54:18.478526+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Initiating authentication
2025-08-17T13:54:18.512679+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Message of action: "MX Service Manager"
2025-08-17T13:54:18.582658+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Action description has been found
2025-08-17T13:54:18.586596+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: WinId of the dialog is 29360144 29360144
2025-08-17T13:54:18.598353+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: WinId of the shown dialog is 29360144 29360144
2025-08-17T13:54:18.598471+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Trying again
2025-08-17T13:54:18.639222+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: REQUEST
2025-08-17T13:54:18.639414+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Request: "Password: "
2025-08-17T13:54:18.639497+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: "Password: "
2025-08-17T13:54:21.873327+02:00 thebeast sh[1967]: Cleanup-notifier: available space at '/boot' 30677 MiB
2025-08-17T13:54:22.962444+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Dialog accepted
2025-08-17T13:54:23.066657+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: COMPLETED
2025-08-17T13:54:23.066822+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Completed: true
2025-08-17T13:54:23.066869+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Finishing obtaining privileges
2025-08-17T13:54:23.066914+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Listener adapter polkit_qt_listener_initiate_authentication_finish
2025-08-17T13:54:23.066985+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: polkit_qt_listener_initiate_authentication_finish callback for
2025-08-17T13:54:23.067153+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Finish obtain authorization: true
2025-08-17T13:54:23.082863+02:00 thebeast plasmashell[2355]: DEBUG: Exit code 0 does not match expected elevation error codes
2025-08-17T13:54:23.110535+02:00 thebeast plasmashell[2355]: systemctl list-units --type=service --all -o json
2025-08-17T13:54:24.684552+02:00 thebeast plasmashell[2355]: systemctl list-unit-files --type=service --state=masked -o json
2025-08-17T13:54:28.176590+02:00 thebeast systemd[1]: systemd-fsckd.service: Deactivated successfully.
2025-08-17T13:54:28.177423+02:00 thebeast systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Deactivated successfully.
2025-08-17T13:54:28.335183+02:00 thebeast plasmashell[2355]: DEBUG: Exit code 0 does not match expected elevation error codes
2025-08-17T13:54:41.588194+02:00 thebeast systemd[1559]: app-mx\x2dservice\x2dmanager-64f15da15fea4caa94e1325eaa335dd7.scope: Consumed 1.231s CPU time.
2025-08-17T13:54:41.646893+02:00 thebeast kwin_x11[1730]: kwin_core: Failed to focus 0x3400006 (error 3)
2025-08-17T13:54:41.648167+02:00 thebeast kwin_x11[1730]: kwin_core: Failed to focus 0x3400006 (error 3)
2025-08-17T13:54:41.651663+02:00 thebeast kwin_x11[1730]: kwin_core: XCB error: 152 (BadDamage), sequence: 6940, resource id: 14680352, major code: 143 (DAMAGE), minor code: 3 (Subtract)
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:10 pm
by BitterTruth
What version are you all using?
There was an update yesterday I think and a couple of days before that too. I think Adrian added the sudo password functionality because it wasn't showing the info correctly. I have version 25.8 (About) and it's working fine
EDIT: I am using sysv instead of systemd
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:10 pm
by siamhie
j2mcgreg wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 11:23 am
@siamhie wrote:
I can replicate this also. If I re-open the program, it eventually asks for the password again even if I just move the mouse around the screen.
Does that imply that you had to close Service Manager first in order to reopen it?
No. When you launch the program, it initially asks for the password and it then opens.
While idling, a prompt shows up stating administrator privileges are required and selecting OK closes the program.
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:14 pm
by siamhie
BitterTruth wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:10 pm
What version are you all using?
25.8 (booting systemd)
This is what I see when I start the program in a terminal.
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╔═[siamhie@flux23]═[09:12 17/08/25]═════════════════════════════════════════════════[~]
╚═> mx-service-manager
DEBUG: Exit code 0 does not match expected elevation error codes
systemctl list-units --type=service --all -o json
systemctl list-unit-files --type=service --state=masked -o json
DEBUG: Exit code 0 does not match expected elevation error codes
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:20 pm
by Melber
maybe someone should tag @Adrian
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:22 pm
by specialk
siamhie wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:14 pm
BitterTruth wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:10 pm
What version are you all using?
25.8 (booting systemd)
This is what I see when I start the program in a terminal.
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╔═[siamhie@flux23]═[09:12 17/08/25]═════════════════════════════════════════════════[~]
╚═> mx-service-manager
DEBUG: Exit code 0 does not match expected elevation error codes
systemctl list-units --type=service --all -o json
systemctl list-unit-files --type=service --state=masked -o json
DEBUG: Exit code 0 does not match expected elevation error codes
Same as you (version and terminal message).
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 2:39 pm
by j2mcgreg
@siamhie wrote:
No. When you launch the program, it initially asks for the password and it then opens.
While idling, a prompt shows up stating administrator privileges are required and selecting OK closes the program.
I don't get that at all. But here are the differences. I'm using the Liquorix 6.9.xxx kernel, XFCE and the Greybird theme. You are using a Xanmod kernel with Fluxbox plus SystemD and
@specialk is using KDE with the same Liquorix 6.9.xxx kernel plus SystemD. For reference here is my QSI:
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System:
Kernel: 6.9.12-2-liquorix-amd64 [6.9-12~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
intel_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.9.12-2-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro
quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_x64 Libretto April 13 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 17-ca1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 85B3 v: 91.47 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.56 date: 07/13/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.5/38.5 Wh (100.0%) volts: 12.4 min: 11.6
model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 3 3200U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen/Zen+
note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check built: 2019 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
model-id: 0x18 (24) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8108109
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 192 KiB
desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x64 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 2x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1477 high: 1700 min/max: 1400/2600 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1584 2: 1700 3: 1225 4: 1400 bogomips: 20760
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling;
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8
class-ID: 0300 temp: 42.0 C
Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-6.1:5
chip-ID: 04f2:b67f class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 424x239mm (16.69x9.41") s-diag: 487mm (19.16")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: BOE Display 0x069b built: 2015 res: 1600x900 hz: 60
dpi: 106 gamma: 1.2 size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1600x900 min: 640x480
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics (raven2 LLVM 15.0.6 DRM
3.57 6.9.12-2-liquorix-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_pci_acp3x
v: kernel alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci,
snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
snd_sof_amd_acp63 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2
class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.9.12-2-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce,wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-6.2:6
chip-ID: 0bda:b00a class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2
sub-v: f098 hci-v: 4.2 rev: 75b8
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 255:12 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
telephony
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 15.13 GiB (3.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Lexar model: SSD NS100 512GB size: 476.94 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 200 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.69 GiB size: 468.13 GiB (98.21%) used: 15.13 GiB (3.2%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 42.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 42.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2187 libs: 1086 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
Processes: 296 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 4 Memory: 9.63 GiB used: 1.09 GiB (11.3%) Init: SysVinit
v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 2:48 pm
by j2mcgreg
As a test I tried rebooting with SystemD but it had no effect.
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 3:45 pm
by specialk
Here's what in the syslog for MX Service Manager (problem) and MX Boot options (no problem).
Both require admin password when launching the app.
(Kernel 6.12 AHS doesn't change the issue)
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2025-08-17T21:30:34.063944+02:00 thebeast systemd[1559]: Started app-mx\x2dservice\x2dmanager-97116701477a407fa285c59b3f9e1e79.scope - MX Service Manager.
2025-08-17T21:30:34.137831+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Listener adapter polkit_qt_listener_initiate_authentication
2025-08-17T21:30:34.138055+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: GSimpleAsyncResult:
2025-08-17T21:30:34.138119+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: polkit_qt_listener_initiate_authentication callback for
2025-08-17T21:30:34.138177+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Initiating authentication
2025-08-17T21:30:34.139884+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Message of action: "MX Service Manager"
2025-08-17T21:30:34.150880+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Action description has been found
2025-08-17T21:30:34.154216+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: WinId of the dialog is 29360198 29360198
2025-08-17T21:30:34.157232+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: WinId of the shown dialog is 29360198 29360198
2025-08-17T21:30:34.157351+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Trying again
2025-08-17T21:30:34.190952+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: REQUEST
2025-08-17T21:30:34.191131+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Request: "Password: "
2025-08-17T21:30:34.191232+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: "Password: "
2025-08-17T21:30:35.225335+02:00 thebeast kernel: tpm tpm0: A TPM error (256) occurred attempting get random
2025-08-17T21:30:38.414530+02:00 thebeast kded5[379814]: Initializing "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/plasma/kcms/systemsettings/kcm_mouse.so"
2025-08-17T21:30:38.468089+02:00 thebeast kded5[379814]: Initializing "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/plasma/kcms/systemsettings/kcm_touchpad.so"
2025-08-17T21:30:38.468280+02:00 thebeast kded5[379814]: kcm_touchpad: Using X11 backend
2025-08-17T21:30:43.816076+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Dialog accepted
2025-08-17T21:30:43.925891+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: COMPLETED
2025-08-17T21:30:43.926051+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Completed: true
2025-08-17T21:30:43.926101+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Finishing obtaining privileges
2025-08-17T21:30:43.926141+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Listener adapter polkit_qt_listener_initiate_authentication_finish
2025-08-17T21:30:43.926181+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: polkit_qt_listener_initiate_authentication_finish callback for
2025-08-17T21:30:43.926294+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Finish obtain authorization: true
2025-08-17T21:30:43.943143+02:00 thebeast plasmashell[379739]: DEBUG: Exit code 0 does not match expected elevation error codes
2025-08-17T21:30:43.960391+02:00 thebeast plasmashell[379739]: systemctl list-units --type=service --all -o json
2025-08-17T21:30:45.465314+02:00 thebeast kernel: tpm tpm0: A TPM error (256) occurred attempting get random
2025-08-17T21:30:45.523678+02:00 thebeast plasmashell[379739]: systemctl list-unit-files --type=service --state=masked -o json
2025-08-17T21:30:48.983197+02:00 thebeast plasmashell[379739]: DEBUG: Exit code 0 does not match expected elevation error codes
2025-08-17T21:30:55.705387+02:00 thebeast kernel: tpm tpm0: A TPM error (256) occurred attempting get random
2025-08-17T21:31:00.849275+02:00 thebeast systemd[1559]: app-mx\x2dservice\x2dmanager-97116701477a407fa285c59b3f9e1e79.scope: Consumed 1.131s CPU time.
2025-08-17T21:31:00.868595+02:00 thebeast kwin_x11[1730]: kwin_core: Failed to focus 0x3400006 (error 3)
2025-08-17T21:31:00.869742+02:00 thebeast kwin_x11[1730]: kwin_core: Failed to focus 0x3400006 (error 3)
2025-08-17T21:31:00.872793+02:00 thebeast kwin_x11[1730]: kwin_core: XCB error: 152 (BadDamage), sequence: 31685, resource id: 15403651, major code: 143 (DAMAGE), minor code: 3 (Subtract)
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2025-08-17T21:31:50.773717+02:00 thebeast systemd[1559]: Started app-mx\x2dboot\x2doptions-9dfda13ef8ac49169380fb3b3ddee837.scope - MX Boot Options.
2025-08-17T21:31:50.798530+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Listener adapter polkit_qt_listener_initiate_authentication
2025-08-17T21:31:50.798748+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: GSimpleAsyncResult:
2025-08-17T21:31:50.798817+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: polkit_qt_listener_initiate_authentication callback for
2025-08-17T21:31:50.798874+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Initiating authentication
2025-08-17T21:31:50.799962+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Message of action: "MX Boot Options"
2025-08-17T21:31:50.810646+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Action description has been found
2025-08-17T21:31:50.813931+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: WinId of the dialog is 29360203 29360203
2025-08-17T21:31:50.815929+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: WinId of the shown dialog is 29360203 29360203
2025-08-17T21:31:50.816090+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Trying again
2025-08-17T21:31:50.867013+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: REQUEST
2025-08-17T21:31:50.867182+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Request: "Password: "
2025-08-17T21:31:50.867250+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: "Password: "
2025-08-17T21:31:51.285228+02:00 thebeast systemd[1]: systemd-timedated.service: Deactivated successfully.
2025-08-17T21:31:55.000077+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Dialog accepted
2025-08-17T21:31:55.109853+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: COMPLETED
2025-08-17T21:31:55.110199+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Completed: true
2025-08-17T21:31:55.110276+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Finishing obtaining privileges
2025-08-17T21:31:55.110319+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Listener adapter polkit_qt_listener_initiate_authentication_finish
2025-08-17T21:31:55.110358+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: polkit_qt_listener_initiate_authentication_finish callback for
2025-08-17T21:31:55.110441+02:00 thebeast polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[1874]: Finish obtain authorization: true
2025-08-17T21:31:55.128481+02:00 thebeast plasmashell[381430]: mx-boot-options version: 25.8
2025-08-17T21:31:55.363557+02:00 thebeast plasmashell[381430]: "/bin/bash" QList("-c", "df --output=fstype /boot | tail -n1")
2025-08-17T21:31:57.144303+02:00 thebeast kernel: tpm tpm0: A TPM error (256) occurred attempting get random
2025-08-17T21:32:07.385409+02:00 thebeast kernel: tpm tpm0: A TPM error (256) occurred attempting get random
2025-08-17T21:32:17.625661+02:00 thebeast kernel: tpm tpm0: A TPM error (256) occurred attempting get random
2025-08-17T21:32:20.891700+02:00 thebeast plasmashell[381430]: Running MXBO cleanup code
2025-08-17T21:32:20.965107+02:00 thebeast kwin_x11[1730]: kwin_core: XCB error: 152 (BadDamage), sequence: 46366, resource id: 15404503, major code: 143 (DAMAGE), minor code: 3 (Subtract)
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 4:01 pm
by siamhie
j2mcgreg wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 2:48 pm
As a test I tried rebooting with SystemD but it had no effect.
I can't replicate it while booted to sys-V. I launch the program, it asks for password (as usual) and
I let it idle for 3 minutes while moving the mouse around and I never got the popup prompt that I posted in comment #7.
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Snapshot created on: 20250809_1546
System:
Kernel: 6.12.42-x64v3-xanmod1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.42-x64v3-xanmod1 root=UUID=<filter> ro splash quiet
Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_fluxbox_x64 Libretto
September 15 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) v: 2.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: A.F0 date: 10/11/2023
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4 level: v3 note: check
built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2
microcode: 0xA20120E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 16 tpc: 2 threads: 32 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-16x32
KiB; i-16x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 16x512 KiB L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1617 high: 3405 min/max: 550/5084 boost: disabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 3400 2: 550 3: 550 4: 3400 5: 550 6: 550
7: 3397 8: 3395 9: 550 10: 3399 11: 550 12: 550 13: 550 14: 3393 15: 550 16: 550 17: 3392
18: 550 19: 3397 20: 3405 21: 3399 22: 3398 23: 3398 24: 550 25: 550 26: 550 27: 550 28: 550
29: 550 30: 550 31: 550 32: 550 bogomips: 217584
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: always-on; RSB
filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT] vendor: Tul / PowerColor
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-3 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, Writeback-1
bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73df class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: Picom v: 12.5 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.65x15.00") s-diag: 777mm (30.58")
Monitor-1: DP-3 mapped: DisplayPort-2 model: HP X27q serial: <filter> built: 2021
res: 2560x1440 hz: 165 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (navi22 LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.61
6.12.42-x64v3-xanmod1) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Creative Labs CA0132 Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series BlasterX AE-5 Plus]
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0
chip-ID: 1102:0012 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.42-x64v3-xanmod1 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Message: No PCI device data found.
Device-1: NetGear Wireless_Device type: USB driver: mt7921u bus-ID: 4-1:2 chip-ID: 0846:9060
class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 8.64 TiB used: 1.4 TiB (16.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 613000WD temp: 41.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 102000WD temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: ST8000DM004-2CX188 size: 7.28 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5425 serial: <filter>
rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465 GiB size: 456.63 GiB (98.20%) used: 13.25 GiB (2.9%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 779 MiB size: 777.5 MiB (99.80%) used: 32.4 MiB (4.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 64 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb2
maj-min: 8:18
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 35.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 49.0 C mem: 52.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2413 libs: 1311 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list
1: deb https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xanmod-release.list
1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/xanmod-archive-keyring.gpg] http://deb.xanmod.org releases main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https://repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
Info:
Processes: 476 Uptime: 8m wakeups: 1 Memory: 31.26 GiB used: 1.75 GiB (5.6%) Init: SysVinit
v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 4:21 pm
by specialk
The DEBUG output (from console and in syslog) seems "weird".
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DEBUG: Exit code 0 does not match expected elevation error codes
systemctl list-units --type=service --all -o json
edit : I confirm that booting on SysVinit does NOT have the issue. Meanwhile ...
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 4:27 pm
by Eadwine Rose
Please post code like this [code]code output here[/code] for better readability.
Or you can select the code and tick the </> button (it's next to the quote)
Thanks.
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:41 pm
by Adrian
The "DEBUG: Exit code ... does not match..." should be harmless, but I will remove it because it might be confusing, I don't understand the issue and can't replicate it. The code is actually pretty simple:
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if (asRoot && getuid() != 0) {
if (exitCode() == EXIT_CODE_PERMISSION_DENIED || exitCode() == EXIT_CODE_COMMAND_NOT_FOUND) {
handleElevationError();
} else {
qDebug() << "DEBUG: Exit code" << exitCode() << "does not match expected elevation error codes";
}
}
That dialog box saying that the app needs admin privileges is triggered by "handleElevatationError()" that is executed only in case the exitCode() == either EXIT_CODE_PERMISSION_DENIED or EXIT_CODE_COMMAND_NOT_FOUND
I guess the program is trying to run a command that either is not found or exits with a code that is the same as "Command not found" -- not sure why is doing that, it doesn't do it for me, I tried both sysvinit and systemd (which I see a number of people who have problems have in QSI)
Can you guys who are having issue run this checks:
type systemctl
file /sbin/service
file /sbin/update-rc.d
I don't think I try to run any other command as root.
It can ask for a second prompt if you wait long enough so the cached authentication expires, but then you just need to enter the root password and if you don't enter it it should close -- which is normal behavior.
Thanks,
Adrian
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 6:03 pm
by siamhie
Adrian wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:41 pm
The "DEBUG: Exit code ... does not match..." should be harmless, but I will remove it because it might be confusing, I don't understand the issue and can't replicate it. The code is actually pretty simple:
Code: Select all
if (asRoot && getuid() != 0) {
if (exitCode() == EXIT_CODE_PERMISSION_DENIED || exitCode() == EXIT_CODE_COMMAND_NOT_FOUND) {
handleElevationError();
} else {
qDebug() << "DEBUG: Exit code" << exitCode() << "does not match expected elevation error codes";
}
}
That dialog box saying that the app needs admin privileges is triggered by "handleElevatationError()" that is executed only in case the exitCode() == either EXIT_CODE_PERMISSION_DENIED or EXIT_CODE_COMMAND_NOT_FOUND
I guess the program is trying to run a command that either is not found or exits with a code that is the same as "Command not found" -- not sure why is doing that, it doesn't do it for me, I tried both sysvinit and systemd (which I see a number of people who have problems have in QSI)
Can you guys who are having issue run this checks:
type systemctl
file /sbin/service
file /sbin/update-rc.d
I don't think I try to run any other command as root.
It can ask for a second prompt if you wait long enough so the cached authentication expires, but then you just need to enter the root password and if you don't enter it it should close -- which is normal behavior.
Thanks,
Adrian
type systemctl
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╔═[siamhie@flux23]═[15:01 17/08/25]═════════════════════════════════════════════════[~]
╚═> systemctl
UNIT >
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount >
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.1-0000:01:00.0-nvme-nvme0-nvme0n1-nvme0n1p1.device>
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.1-0000:01:00.0-nvme-nvme0-nvme0n1-nvme0n1p2.device>
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.1-0000:01:00.0-nvme-nvme0-nvme0n1.device >
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.1-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-bloc>
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.1-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-bloc>
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.1-ata2-host1-target1:0:0-1:0:0:0-bloc>
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.1-ata2-host1-target1:0:0-1:0:0:0-bloc>
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.1-ata2-host1-target1:0:0-1:0:0:0-bloc>
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.2-0000:03:00.0-0000:04:00.0-nvme-nvme>
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.2-0000:03:00.0-0000:04:00.0-nvme-nvme>
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.2-0000:03:00.0-0000:04:00.0-nvme-nvme>
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.2-0000:03:07.0-0000:05:00.0-sound-car>
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:03.1-0000:09:00.0-0000:0a:00.0-0000:0b:00.1-sound-car>
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:08.1-0000:14:00.3-usb4-4\x2d1-4\x2d1:1.0-net-wlan0.de>
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.1-tty-ttyS1.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.10-tty-ttyS10.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.11-tty-ttyS11.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.12-tty-ttyS12.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.13-tty-ttyS13.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.14-tty-ttyS14.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.15-tty-ttyS15.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.16-tty-ttyS16.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.17-tty-ttyS17.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.18-tty-ttyS18.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.19-tty-ttyS19.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.2-tty-ttyS2.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.20-tty-ttyS20.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.21-tty-ttyS21.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.22-tty-ttyS22.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.23-tty-ttyS23.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.24-tty-ttyS24.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.25-tty-ttyS25.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.26-tty-ttyS26.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.27-tty-ttyS27.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.28-tty-ttyS28.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.29-tty-ttyS29.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.3-tty-ttyS3.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.30-tty-ttyS30.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.31-tty-ttyS31.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.4-tty-ttyS4.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.5-tty-ttyS5.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.6-tty-ttyS6.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.7-tty-ttyS7.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.8-tty-ttyS8.device >
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.9-tty-ttyS9.device >
sys-devices-pnp0-00:04-00:04:0-00:04:0.0-tty-ttyS0.device >
sys-devices-virtual-misc-rfkill.device >
sys-module-configfs.device >
sys-module-fuse.device >
sys-subsystem-net-devices-wlan0.device >
-.mount >
boot-efi.mount >
dev-hugepages.mount >
dev-mqueue.mount >
media-Data.mount >
media-Stream.mount >
proc-fs-nfsd.mount >
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount >
run-credentials-systemd\x2dsysctl.service.mount >
run-credentials-systemd\x2dsysusers.service.mount >
run-credentials-systemd\x2dtmpfiles\x2dsetup.service.mount >
run-credentials-systemd\x2dtmpfiles\x2dsetup\x2ddev.service.mount >
run-rpc_pipefs.mount >
run-user-1000-doc.mount >
run-user-1000-gvfs.mount >
run-user-1000.mount >
sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount >
sys-kernel-config.mount >
sys-kernel-debug.mount >
sys-kernel-tracing.mount >
acpid.path >
systemd-ask-password-plymouth.path >
systemd-ask-password-wall.path >
init.scope >
session-1.scope >
accounts-daemon.service >
acpi-fakekey.service >
acpid.service >
alsa-restore.service >
avahi-daemon.service >
blk-availability.service >
chrony.service >
console-setup.service >
cpufrequtils.service >
cron.service >
cups-browsed.service >
dbus.service >
emby-server.service >
getty@tty1.service >
haveged.service >
hwclock-mx.service >
ifupdown-pre.service >
iperf3.service >
keyboard-setup.service >
kmod-static-nodes.service >
lactd.service >
lightdm.service >
lm-sensors.service >
loadcpufreq.service >
lvm2-monitor.service >
ModemManager.service >
network-manager.service >
networking.service >
NetworkManager-wait-online.service >
NetworkManager.service >
nfs-blkmap.service >
nfs-idmapd.service >
nfs-mountd.service >
nfs-server.service >
nfsdcld.service >
nordvpnd.service >
openvpn.service >
plymouth-quit-wait.service >
plymouth-read-write.service >
plymouth-start.service >
polkit.service >
preload.service >
rc-local.service >
rpc-statd-notify.service >
rpc-statd.service >
rpcbind.service >
rsyslog.service >
rtkit-daemon.service >
smartmontools.service >
systemd-binfmt.service >
systemd-journal-flush.service >
systemd-journald.service >
systemd-logind.service >
systemd-modules-load.service >
systemd-random-seed.service >
systemd-remount-fs.service >
systemd-sysctl.service >
systemd-sysusers.service >
systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service >
systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service >
systemd-udev-trigger.service >
systemd-udevd.service >
systemd-update-utmp.service >
systemd-user-sessions.service >
tlp.service >
udisks2.service >
upower.service >
user-runtime-dir@1000.service >
user@1000.service >
wpa_supplicant.service >
-.slice >
system-getty.slice >
system-modprobe.slice >
system.slice >
user-1000.slice >
user.slice >
acpi-fakekey.socket >
acpid.socket >
avahi-daemon.socket >
dbus.socket >
dm-event.socket >
lvm2-lvmpolld.socket >
nordvpnd.socket >
rpcbind.socket >
syslog.socket >
systemd-fsckd.socket >
systemd-initctl.socket >
systemd-journald-audit.socket >
systemd-journald-dev-log.socket >
systemd-journald.socket >
systemd-udevd-control.socket >
systemd-udevd-kernel.socket >
dev-disk-by\x2duuid-17dafcf4\x2dae90\x2d45fb\x2da9e8\x2dd1091c55ee25.swap >
basic.target >
cryptsetup.target >
getty.target >
graphical.target >
integritysetup.target >
local-fs-pre.target >
local-fs.target >
multi-user.target >
network-online.target >
network.target >
nfs-client.target >
nss-lookup.target >
nss-user-lookup.target >
paths.target >
remote-fs-pre.target >
remote-fs.target >
rpc_pipefs.target >
rpcbind.target >
slices.target >
sockets.target >
sound.target >
swap.target >
sysinit.target >
time-set.target >
time-sync.target >
timers.target >
veritysetup.target >
anacron.timer >
apt-daily-upgrade.timer >
apt-daily.timer >
dpkg-db-backup.timer >
e2scrub_all.timer >
fstrim.timer >
logrotate.timer >
man-db.timer >
plocate-updatedb.timer >
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer >
LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.
206 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.
To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.
lines 191-213/213 (END)
file /sbin/service
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╔═[siamhie@flux23]═[14:57 17/08/25]═════════════════════════════════════════════════[~]
╚═> file /sbin/service
/sbin/service: POSIX shell script, ASCII text executable, with very long lines (459)
file /sbin/update-rc.d
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╔═[siamhie@flux23]═[14:57 17/08/25]═════════════════════════════════════════════════[~]
╚═> file /sbin/update-rc.d
/sbin/update-rc.d: Perl script text executable
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 6:18 pm
by Adrian
OK, I think I figured it out, you guys don't have the "awk" or "jq" command, I will add those as dependencies.
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:21 pm
by siamhie
Adrian wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 6:18 pm
OK, I think I figured it out, you guys don't have the "awk" or "jq" command, I will add those as dependencies.
Thank you.
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 10:43 pm
by siamhie
Thanks @Adrian
25.08.04 solved the issue on my end. I'll let others report back if the update worked for them.
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 5:34 am
by specialk
Thanks @Adrian for the quick response and update.
Just installed it, seems to work fine now.
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit [Solved]
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 10:55 am
by Adrian
Thanks for confirming, actually I release a .05 which doesn't need those dependencies, I was using them for convenience mostly because jq is very small and also because awk is on most of the systems but why use them if there's no need.
I am also thinking to remove that tooltip when hovering over the items, it's not terrible useful and sometime the writing gets mangled. Any opinions?
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit [Solved]
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 11:45 am
by siamhie
Adrian wrote: Mon Aug 18, 2025 10:55 am
Thanks for confirming, actually I release a .05 which doesn't need those dependencies, I was using them for convenience mostly because jq is very small and also because awk is on most of the systems but why use them if there's no need.
I am also thinking to remove that tooltip when hovering over the items, it's not terrible useful and sometime the writing gets mangled. Any opinions?
@Adrian .05 is broken. Program won't launch at all now.
.04 worked.
msm.jpg
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit [Solved]
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 11:47 am
by BV206
mx-service-manager updated today and is broken on my system.
I haven't used it in 2 or3 days and did not have the popup warning before.
Today after the update I get the popup that says:
Administrator Access Required
This operation requires administrator privileges. Please restart the application and enter your password when prompted.
Clicking ok then restarting and same thing happens.
Rebooting didn't fix it.
I apt-purged mx-service-manager and it took mx-apps with it.
Rebooted and installed mx-apps and mx-service-manager and still get the popup.
QSI
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Snapshot created on: 20250104_0855
System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-38-amd64 [6.1.147-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 clocksource: hpet
avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-38-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 with: xfce4-panel
tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_x64 Libretto October 15 2024
base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: HP product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8643 v: SMVB serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
v: F.47 date: 11/28/2023
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech ERGO M575 Trackball serial: <filter> charge: 100%
rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G with Radeon Vega Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen/Zen+
note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check built: 2019 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
model-id: 0x18 (24) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8108109
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1257 min/max: 1400/3700 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1257 2: 1257 3: 1257 4: 1257 5: 1257 6: 1257 7: 1257 8: 1257
bogomips: 59089
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling;
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile
Series] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega
process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300 temp: 42.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: HP 24yh serial: <filter> built: 2019 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 528x297mm (20.79x11.69")
diag: 606mm (23.9") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.7-2~mx23ahs glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.2 direct-render: yes
renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 11 Graphics (radeonsi raven ACO DRM 3.49 6.1.0-38-amd64)
device-ID: 1002:15d8 memory: 1.95 GiB unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon Vega 11
Graphics (RADV RAVEN) driver: mesa radv v: 25.0.7-2~mx23ahs device-ID: 1002:15d8
surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.6 256 bits)
driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.0.7-2~mx23ahs (LLVM 15.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xdriinfo,
xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.6
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-38-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000
bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: mld,NetworkManager
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-12:4 chip-ID: 0bda:b00a class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
software: no address: <filter>
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 255:12 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 157.16 GiB (33.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD BLACK SN770 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 731100WD temp: 35.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 199.98 GiB size: 195.79 GiB (97.90%) used: 77.48 GiB (39.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0 mapped: luks-<filter>
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1.5 GiB size: 1.44 GiB (96.05%) used: 109.4 MiB (7.4%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 147.3 MiB (58.4%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 1 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1024 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 41.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2523 libs: 1342 tools: apt, apt-get, aptitude, nala, synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 29.28 GiB used: 1.68 GiB (5.7%)
Processes: 262 Power: uptime: 8m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0
hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 11.68 GiB
services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.38
Boot Mode: UEFI
Code: Select all
$ apt list -a mx-service-manager
Listing... Done
mx-service-manager/mx,now 25.08.05 amd64 [installed]
mx-service-manager/mx 25.08.05 i386
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit [Solved]
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 12:29 pm
by Adrian
Sigh... I will fix it. Sorry about this.
Fixed deb here, coming to the repos shortly:
https://build.opensuse.org/projects/hom ... 2/binaries
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit [Solved]
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 6:30 pm
by siamhie
@Adrian .06 is working great. No popup authentication windows anymore.
As far as the tooltips go, they seem to display just fine on my end.
Code: Select all
inxi -Gxx
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT]
vendor: Tul / PowerColor driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 pcie:
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-3 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1,
Writeback-1 bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73df
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: Picom v: 12.5 driver:
X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: DP-3 mapped: DisplayPort-2 model: HP X27q res: 2560x1440
dpi: 109 diag: 685mm (27")
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (navi22
LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.64 6.16.1-x64v3-xanmod1) direct-render: Yes
Re: MX Service Manager : keep asking root password and exit [Solved]
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 6:59 pm
by Adrian
Thanks for the confirmation, sorry for the back and forth with this one.