[Desktop-packages] [Bug 872442] Re: jockey-kde tries to install driver as user
This bug was fixed in the package jockey - 0.9.5-0ubuntu1 --- jockey (0.9.5-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low * New upstream release: - When connecting to D-BUS fails, improve error message to let users know what to do. Thanks Martin Owens. - jockey/oslib.py: Work with current PackageKit version. Thanks to Hedayat Vatankhah. (Not relevant for Ubuntu branch) - More user-friendly authentication messages on driver operations. Thanks Robert Roth. (LP: #799725) - Only ask for confirmation in check_composite if --confirm has been set. Thanks to Evan Dandrea. (LP: #855042) - examples/fake.modaliases: add -updates examples - Fix no space typo in VMWare drivers. Thanks Robert Roth. (LP: #722936) - detection.py: Fix crash if Driver ID does not have a package field. (LP: #837495) * debian/control: Add polkit-kde-1 dependency. (LP: #872442) -- Martin Pitt martin.p...@ubuntu.com Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:40:31 +0200 ** Changed in: jockey (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to jockey in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872442 Title: jockey-kde tries to install driver as user Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: After installing kubuntu-desktop having installed the GNOME-based Ubuntu Oneiric, I found the Jockey restricted driver installer by searching in the K menu. It showed me the choice of ATI restricted drivers, but when I clicked Activate, it told me I did not have the privileges necessary to perform the action, i.e. it had not invoked sudo (or its equivalent) and was trying to install the driver as me, rather than as root. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/872442/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 872442] Re: jockey-kde tries to install driver as user
Ah, thanks. I'll add a polkit-kde-1 dependency to jockey-kde. ** Package changed: polkit-kde-1 (Ubuntu) = jockey (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: jockey (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in: jockey (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to jockey in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872442 Title: jockey-kde tries to install driver as user Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: After installing kubuntu-desktop having installed the GNOME-based Ubuntu Oneiric, I found the Jockey restricted driver installer by searching in the K menu. It showed me the choice of ATI restricted drivers, but when I clicked Activate, it told me I did not have the privileges necessary to perform the action, i.e. it had not invoked sudo (or its equivalent) and was trying to install the driver as me, rather than as root. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/872442/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 872442] Re: jockey-kde tries to install driver as user
** Branch linked: lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/jockey/ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to jockey in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872442 Title: jockey-kde tries to install driver as user Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: After installing kubuntu-desktop having installed the GNOME-based Ubuntu Oneiric, I found the Jockey restricted driver installer by searching in the K menu. It showed me the choice of ATI restricted drivers, but when I clicked Activate, it told me I did not have the privileges necessary to perform the action, i.e. it had not invoked sudo (or its equivalent) and was trying to install the driver as me, rather than as root. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/872442/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
