On 12/11/2013 05:01 PM, Armin K. wrote: > On 12/11/2013 11:53 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: >> On 12/11/2013 03:56 PM, Armin K. wrote: >>> On 12/11/2013 10:06 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: >>>> On 12/11/2013 12:20 PM, Armin K. wrote: >>>>> On 12/11/2013 06:45 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: >>>>>> In addition to GParted, I would like to employ this method for the >>>>>> Catalyst Control Center for my ATI-Radeon chip. >>>>> You have to edit both .desktop files and add "pkexec /path/to/program" >>>>> to the Exec= line. Do note that using pkexec requires an authentication >>>>> agent to be running, such as polkit-gnome or lxpolkit. >>>>> >>>>> The file you mentioned is necessarry because pkexec won't allow running >>>>> gui programs by default. >>>>> >>>> When I first read this, I didn't do anything because I have polkit-gnome >>>> installed. When I made the changes for pkexec in the gparted.desktop >>>> file and tried to run it, nothing happened. I didn't even get the >>>> message that I needed to be root. I guess that's progress. >>>> >>> You don't need to be root. As I said, pkexec *won't* allow you to run >>> gui programs when using "pkexec guiprogram" unless you *create* a policy >>> file in /usr/share/polkit-1/actions (which is the file you posted and I >>> linked to in the arch forums). >> I was unclear in my statement. I created the policy file containing the >> action. I edited the gparted.desktop file to include pkexec. When I >> selected "GParted" in my Applications Menu, nothing happened. I did not >> even get a message. >> >> For clarity's sake, I'll include the files. I kept from doing this to >> keep the posts shorter. But maybe there is something in them that >> prevents what I'm trying to do. >> >> Here is >> /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.policykit.pkexec.run-gparted.policy: >> >>> exec.run-gparted.policy >>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >>> <!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC >>> "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN" >>> "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1/policyconfig.dtd";> >>> <policyconfig> >>> >>> <action id="org.freedesktop.policykit.pkexec.run-gparted"> >>> <description>Run GParted</description> >>> <message>Authentication is required to run GParted</message> >>> <defaults> >>> <allow_any>no</allow_any> >>> <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive> >>> <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active> >>> </defaults> >>> <annotate >>> key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/sbin/gparted</annotate> >>> <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">TRUE</annotate> >>> </action> >>> >>> </policyconfig> > I've created /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gnome.gparted.policy file > with the same contents (name shouldn't matter), and restarted polkitd > daemon. > >> Here is /usr/share/applications/gparted.desktop: >> >>> Name=GParted >>> GenericName=Partition Editor >>> Comment=Create, reorganize, and delete partitions >>> Exec=pkexec /usr/sbin/gparted %f >>> Icon=gparted >>> Terminal=false >>> Type=Application >>> Categories=GNOME;System;Filesystem; >>> StartupNotify=true > I've edited the desktop file and made it same as yours. > >> And finally, the >> /etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop: >> >>> [Desktop Entry] >>> Name=PolicyKit Authentication Agent >>> Comment=PolicyKit Authentication Agent >>> Exec=/usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 >>> Terminal=false >>> Type=Application >>> Categories= >>> NoDisplay=true >>> OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;Unity; >>> AutostartCondition=GNOME3 unless-session gnome > I have the same desktop file here. However, you do need to verify if > authentication agent is started. Run "ps aux | grep polkit". You should > get something like: > > armin 726 0.0 0.2 565160 15636 ? Sl 17:48 0:00 > /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 > > in the output. This is the exact output I get:
> polkitd 807 0.0 0.1 514052 9048 ? Sl 06:19 0:00 > /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug > dan 12378 0.0 0.1 240516 7348 tty1 Sl 15:20 0:00 > /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 > root 12804 0.0 0.0 16416 1100 pts/0 S+ 17:15 0:00 grep --color=auto polkit It looks like what you got, but Gparted doesn't start. I don't know enough to distinguish the forest from the trees here and am responding only to what you say. I don't have the knowledge to analyze this. Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
