[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 221363 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221363 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 221363 Policy Kit Unlock Buttons Greyed Out when using NX -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
It seem that Marcelo Boveto Shima had a temp fix for NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/221363 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/221363/comments/23 At least it work in my environment. -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
James, I am experiencing the same behaviour and tried both of your suggestions: running a new session in a nested login window and telling the NX client to run ck-launch-session gnome-session. However both those options didn't help. Thanks for your help, Matthias -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
I can confirm this bug, over NX policykit doesnt work. NX is very important feautere for linux desktop, so this must be repaired. ck-list-sessions Session1: uid = '1000' realname = 'test,,,' seat = 'Seat1' session-type = '' active = TRUE x11-display = ':0' x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7' display-device = '' remote-host-name = '' is-local = TRUE on-since = '2008-06-18T06:35:38Z' polkit doesnt show anything.. ** Changed in: policykit (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 05:19 +, TylerF wrote: James, I honestly don't know the inner workings of NX or how it sets up a session. Basically, I open the NX client, and in my settings I tell it to log me in with a gnome session. Other options are kde, xdm, cde, or custom, where I can tell it to use the system default or run a custom command. So when I log in, it will do one of 2 things: 1) Detect that I still have a session open from earlier and reconnect me to it. 2) Open a brand new session, loading gnome as if I have just logged in. VNC, as I understand it, operates more like path 1, where someone has already logged in and it just connects to that session. NX actually creates a new session with whatever window manager I want and I get a brand new everything (unless I reconnect to an existing NX session). However, if I log into the machine with its own kb and mouse, NX will NOT connect to that existing session like VNC will. (unless I am mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that's how it works.) Hi, If it is loading gnome-session rather than gdm then it sounds like it should be opening a consolekit session for you itself. If it is not doing that then it may well lead to the behaviour that you are seeing. Thanks, James -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 05:19 +, TylerF wrote: James, I honestly don't know the inner workings of NX or how it sets up a session. Basically, I open the NX client, and in my settings I tell it to log me in with a gnome session. Other options are kde, xdm, cde, or custom, where I can tell it to use the system default or run a custom command. So when I log in, it will do one of 2 things: You could try getting NX to open a consolekit session prior to launching gnome-session. To help with this there is a ck-launch-session command, it will run whatever command you give it in a new consolekit session, so you could get NX to launch ck-launch-session gnome-session. Thanks, James -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
Hi, Thanks for the information, it is useful. Paul, is your Policykit.conf file really empty? That may well cause this problem. Tyler, unfortunately I am unfamiliar with NX, so I need some help to understand how your session gets launched. In order for consolekit to work correctly whatever starts the session needs to start a consolekit session before launching everything else. There is code in gdm and sshd to do this. How is an NX session set up? Is there something executed for the session (e.g. gdm) that would set up consolekit, or would NX need to do it itself? Do you have any luck from within a second session? Thanks, James ** Changed in: policykit (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
Hi James, My Policykit.conf file is not really empty - but I just attached it to the log without pasting into a text file first and (I think) as it is an XML file it confuses the LaunchPad site. If you download the file and open it with a text editor you can see it there. And in fact, it look's the same as Tyler's to me. Let me know if it would be easier in a text file, and I will do that later today when I get to the machine. Regards, Paul. -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 11:08 +, paulsdavies wrote: Let me know if it would be easier in a text file, and I will do that later today when I get to the machine. Hi Paul, Thanks, but I downloaded the file, and it is the same as Tyler's, and I see no problem with it, so there is no need. Thanks, James -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
James, I honestly don't know the inner workings of NX or how it sets up a session. Basically, I open the NX client, and in my settings I tell it to log me in with a gnome session. Other options are kde, xdm, cde, or custom, where I can tell it to use the system default or run a custom command. So when I log in, it will do one of 2 things: 1) Detect that I still have a session open from earlier and reconnect me to it. 2) Open a brand new session, loading gnome as if I have just logged in. VNC, as I understand it, operates more like path 1, where someone has already logged in and it just connects to that session. NX actually creates a new session with whatever window manager I want and I get a brand new everything (unless I reconnect to an existing NX session). However, if I log into the machine with its own kb and mouse, NX will NOT connect to that existing session like VNC will. (unless I am mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that's how it works.) Does that help clear it up for you? If you want, you can download all of their linux installers for free to try it yourself. -Tyler -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
Hi, Thanks for the information. The fact that ck-list-sessions gives different behaviour means that there are perhaps two different bugs here. Paul, consolekit info seems to be valid for you, but the fact that you can't obtain any policykit authorisations is the problem. Could you please attach your /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf to the bug report? Also, could you please tell us what the output of id is when logged in as your user? Tyler, it would probably be useful to see that information from you as well, but I'm more concerned about why consolekit isn't giving you a session. Could you please run ck-launch-session in a terminal, which will start you a new shell. Is there then any output from ck-list-sessions in that new shell? Are there any error messages? Also, can you please confirm that you have a console-kit-daemon process running. Do you have any related messages in /var/log/syslog? Are you using gdm to log in? Do you have procfs mounted on /proc (see the output of mount)? Is there anything else strange in your session that may have an impact here? Thanks, James -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
My PolicyKit.conf and id output are attached, run as my normal logged in user before I ran the ck-launch-session command. After running the ck-launch-session command in the term, I ran ck-list-sessions again and produced the output in the attached file. Indeed the following process shows up when I look at the running processes: /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon. I don't see any related error messages in syslog or dmesg. I just recently tried kde by installing kubuntu from the terminal and selecting to use the KDE login manager (I forget what it's called). However, this permissions problem existed long before then. NX is configured to load a gnome session, and all of these are being run from inside my gnome desktop session. My two proc related lines from the output of mount are: proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) Anything else strangethis is an NX session that I have disconnected and reconnected to frequently over the past few days (rather than logging out and starting a new one each time). Like I said, I tried out KDE via a kubuntu install the other day, which I suppose could have affected the ck-list-sessions output, but did not have an effect on whether or not I can unlock admin functions of control panels. The command I ran to try kde was: sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop Shortly after getting this box running, I accidentally fried the motherboard and had to replace it but didn't reinstall any software. I haven't installed any special or non-standard kernels. I have lots of disks and mount points, although not an excessive amount (a few of them use FUSE). I'll post if I can think of anything else note worthy. ** Attachment added: requested outputs http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15199430/tyler_outputs.txt -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
Hi James, Here is my id output attached. My install is a clean install onto a new disk in a two disk system. I have installed a few apps, but not done much else in the way of fiddling around. ** Attachment added: Output from id command http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15217819/238800_id -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
and here is my /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf ** Attachment added: /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15217836/PolicyKit.conf -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
Hi, Could someone who is experiencing this problem please provide the output of ck-list-sessions and polkit-auth --show-obtainable when logged in over NX please? Thanks, James -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
Hi James, See attached for output of ck-list-sessions from an NX session. The polkit-auth --show-obtainable command ran, but didn't produce any output or error message, it just returned to the command prompt. ** Attachment added: Output from ck-list-sessions command http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15181991/238800_ck-list-sessions -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 238800] Re: policykit not available over NX sessions
Hi James, Neither of those commands produced output for me over my NX session. -Tyler -- policykit not available over NX sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
