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apiaio
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by apiaio Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:48 pm
After last world update lxde startup gives error message
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Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Permission denied
Shutdown or reboot is possible from command line only.
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apiaio on Sat Apr 28, 2018 6:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
apiaio
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by apiaio Fri Apr 27, 2018 5:10 pm
Up to now not solved. There must be something wrong with polkit. Every polkit command e.g.
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# pkaction
Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Permission denied
gives the same error message.
Edit:
This problem I have in profile 17.0. Old installation 13.0 is OK. Both amd64. In the meantime I upgraded world - no change.
apiaio
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by apiaio Sat Apr 28, 2018 6:22 pm
After endless searching in different linux distros I found the clue in Gentoo forums:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1 ... art-0.html
Novazur's problem was different, but solution is the same:
GID of the messagebus in /etc/group and /etc/passwd has to be equal.
SimonLitt
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by SimonLitt Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:26 am
I had a similar issue.Changing permissions to root:messagebus solves the issue.
Hu
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by Hu Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:21 pm
SimonLitt: what is the output of grep -n -e scanner -e messagebus /etc/group /etc/passwd ?
