Polkit isues/ problems [Solved]

[manyroads]

I am running MX19 with bspwm, openbox as well as xfce4; none of gnome, mate or lxpolkit function with either openbox or bspwm. On the same setup each work just fine with xfce4.

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System:    Host: mark-latitude Kernel: 5.4.7-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 
           Desktop: bspwm 0.9.9 Distro: MX-19_x64 patito feo October 21  2019 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E5470 v: N/A 
           serial: <root required> 
           Mobo: Dell model: N/A serial: <root required> UEFI [Legacy]: Dell v: 1.21.6 
           date: 10/02/2019 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.8 Wh condition: 43.4/62.0 Wh (70%) 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-6300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           Speed: 2800 MHz min/max: 400/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2800 2: 2800 
           3: 2800 4: 2800 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 520 driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 520 (Skylake GT2) 
           v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.7-antix.1-amd64-smp 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM driver: e1000e 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 84:7b:eb:44:da:5d 
           Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 
           driver: ath10k_pci 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 68:14:01:57:3d:df 
           Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1008.18 GiB used: 475.02 GiB (47.1%) 
           ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: SD32G size: 30.09 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT1050MX300SSD4 size: 978.09 GiB 
RAID:      Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 952.83 GiB used: 475.02 GiB (49.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 9.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 54.5 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2533 
Info:      Processes: 181 Uptime: 1h 26m Memory: 23.17 GiB used: 1.40 GiB (6.0%) 
           Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.36 
mark@mark-latitude:~

This same situation exists on a mirror PC.

I have tried all manner of Debian, arch and gentoo guidance (that I could find). I am looking for ideas and clues as to what I might need to do to get things kick started.

Thanks!

[KoO]

I add this line to i3 config (exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1) password dialog works just fine for me. Have no idea about openbox nor bspwm. Don't use them.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Other graphical polkit authentication agents are available: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Po ... ion_agents

[manyroads]

I have tried several of the agents listed on arch with no success, Matthew. I'll try others. The authorization (pkexec) works fine on xfce4 in the same user account with xfce (but not bspwm, OB) on Debian; and the entire shooting match works fine (all DEs and WMs) on arch (manjaro) with gnome-polkit.

Very strange....

[manyroads]

I ran further tests... lxpolkit & works on hlwm as well.

On bspwm when I run pkexec-synaptic via cli I get:

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polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to PolicyKit daemon: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: No session for cookie

I'll look to see what that might mean...

Initial examination looks like I may need to run systemd in order for polkit to work. I'm on my way to a test.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

I have tried several of the agents listed on arch with no success

Oh, sorry, I must have missed that in the OP

And what does "tried" mean, exactly? How are you attempting to autostart the agent?

[manyroads]

Generally (for hlwm, bspwm, OB) I use autostart (or equivalent file).... the complicated command for lxpolkit:

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lxpolkit &

It seems that I may have encountered a systemd 'shim' problem. Systemd fails to boot at all. I have to rebuild that machine due to its catastrophic failure. I'm running on unit two (my duplicate) right now while Luckybackup restores 600GB of data.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

the complicated command for lxpolkit

My word, that must have taken some Googling to find :-)

But seriously, the polkit-1-gnome package (which is already installed in a stock MX system) has a .desktop file in /etc/xdg/autostart so it might conflict with lxpolkit unless you've either removed it or disabled the autostart (or if you're running bspwm with startx from a ~/.xinitrc file that doesn't autostart polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1).

And reinstalling because of a minor problem isn't really cricket (IMO): what does "failed to boot" mean, exactly? What do you see? Trobleshooting ftw!

[manyroads]

the complicated command for lxpolkit

My word, that must have taken some Googling to find :-)

But seriously, the polkit-1-gnome package (which is already installed in a stock MX system) has a .desktop file in /etc/xdg/autostart so it might conflict with lxpolkit unless you've either removed it or disabled the autostart (or if you're running bspwm with startx from a ~/.xinitrc file that doesn't autostart polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1).

And reinstalling because of a minor problem isn't really cricket (IMO): what does "failed to boot" mean, exactly? What do you see? Trobleshooting ftw!

I agree... but a complete crash is what I got (one of the best I've seen in several years). I was unable to login via cli... I was unable to use any mode to normally boot. Since it only takes me 10 minutes to rebuild my entire system, and 2 hours for my data download, I chose that route. I just took the path of least resistance (work). After all what is a backup good for if you don't use it and test it every now and again. :lipsrsealed: I'm old and lazy, what can I say.

[manyroads]

Here are the full suite of polkit commands I have tried....

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############# policykit #############
#/usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 &
#/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 &
#lxpolkit &
#/usr/lib/mate-polkit/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1