MX-23 RC2 (Xfce) feedback thread

[fehlix]

Below are 2 screenshots of the polkit-1 folders from my install of 21.3 and 23 RC2.
The top shot is from RC2
There is no "localauthority" folder in the RC2 install.
"Show hidden files" is checked in both installs.
I experienced this same situation in the Alpha, and both Betas.
What am I doing wrong?

Maybe read the answer already given to you again and carefully.

policykit has changed a bit between debian 11 and debian 12. the folders are there but I don't know if what you had set up prior will work or not.

In bookworm and above polkit is using rules files no pkla anymore.
To get and idea of authorization rules file and syntax maybe

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man polkit  

can be of help or online Polkit.

[rokytnji.1]

Gave the nvidia 390 driver a try in MX 23 xfce. I am now dual booting this rig. With 2 beta release versions. antiX 23 and MX 23.

harry@shop:~
$ inxi -G
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 520] driver: nouveau v: kernel
Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: NVD9
harry@shop:~

I received no desktop screens using the 390 driver so I purged nvidia and went back to using Nouveau driver. Just posting info in case someone else has this card.

Otherwise not much to report. Everything has been stable in my use case.

[muskt]

OK. I think that I have the jist of it now. The basic answer appears to be "You must verify who you are whenever you want to do something, nearly every time".
In the words of the old country song, "I don't like it, but I guess things happen that way".
Thanks for the responses.
Since I do not desire to create any conflicts, I will now crawl back under my rock.
Jerry

[Somewhat Reticent]

Just tried to update live-usb made from RC2 - is mx-live-usb-maker not in repo?

[dolphin_oracle]

Just tried to update live-usb made from RC2 - is mx-live-usb-maker not in repo?

we are pushing a lot of updates, some twice in a day. so check again in a bit.

[pbear]

Since I do not desire to create any conflicts, I will now crawl back under my rock.

FWIW, I think your question was reasonable and also the follow-up. After all, dolphin_oracle did say " the folders are there" (and they aren't).

My hunch is that there's still a way to do what you describe (which I do also), but I'm waiting till MX-23 goes final to tackle the problem.
If it's any consolation, this old special-purpose procedure works for me in MX-23 beta, so there's hope.

[dolphin_oracle]

OK. I think that I have the jist of it now. The basic answer appears to be "You must verify who you are whenever you want to do something, nearly every time".
In the words of the old country song, "I don't like it, but I guess things happen that way".
Thanks for the responses.
Since I do not desire to create any conflicts, I will now crawl back under my rock.
Jerry

I guess not all the folders are there. but /etc/polkit-1/rules.d is the one you want. you'll need to format a rules file. example here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Polkit ... ord_prompt

in debian though there is no wheel group. you'll probalby want to use "sudo" as the group instead. or add your user to the "wheel" group after creating it.

[muskt]

Thank you DO.
I shall investigate that tomorrow.

I really do appreciate your knowledge, skills, and your willingness to suffer with hand holding those of us who continue to ask what may seem to be trivial or (essentially) stupid questions.

Thank you again, & good nite.
Jerry

[pbear]

you'll need to format a rules file. example here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Polkit ... ord_prompt
in debian though there is no wheel group. you'll probalby want to use "sudo" as the group instead.

Thank you! As far as I can tell in a quick test, that works perfectly in MX-23. @muskt , if by some mad chance you have trouble (not likely), open a thread in MX Help and we can share notes.

[thomasl]

Two niggles I've run into with Thunar.

1. I'm upgrading from MX19 to MX23, so I already had a Thunar config in my $HOME. If I run "File>>Open root Thunar here" nothing happens. Reason is that the custom action (inherited from MX19) tries to start thunar via mx-pkexec... which doesn't seem to exist in MX23. pkexec does exist and does the job. It's no biggie but I thought I'd mention it as many people will be upgrading.

2. This is more an xfce4 than an MX23 problem methinks. Starting thunar as root (not via the Thunar custom action but as real root, eg from a root CLI) means that no Edit>>Preferences are ever stored in /root which is annoying. Turns out that thunar does not have a valid DBUS session (see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=240261 ). Enabling Edit>>Preferences needs:

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dbus-run-session thunar

and then it'll work. I have defined an alias for that.