Hi,
In my case, this issue occurs after every reboot when I log in through RealVNC.
A pop-up window appears with the following message:
Authenticate
Authentication is required to create a color profile
An application is attempting to perform an action that requires
privileges. Authentication as one of the users below is required to
perform this action.
Then:
A dropdown list of root users,
A password field asking for a root password (!)
The problem is:
1- You don't know which application is asking. It just says "An application" —
no name, no PID, no context.
2- You are expected to give your root password blindly, without any guarantee
about who is asking.
Pretty scary. At least there is a “Details” drop-down, which shows:
Action: org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-profile
Vendor: System Color Manager
A link: https://www.freedesktop.org/projects/system-color-manager/ →
which is dead (404).
So of course, I clicked on “Cancel”. But the pop-up comes back again. I cancel
again.
Now, this annoying window appears at *every startup* and there’s no clean way
to refuse it / dismiss it for a normal user.
System info:
Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky)
RealVNC used for remote desktop
XFCE + GNOME installed
colord.service is started at login
Logs show it is triggered by: xiccd
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User receives prompt on login: "Authentication is required to create a
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