Re:Re: [bug]: xfce4: xfpm-power-backlight-helper alway let me input password.

[tumashu <tumashu@163.com>]

At 2022-02-22 15:58:40, "宋文武" <iyzsong@outlook.com> wrote:
>tumashu  <tumashu@163.com> writes:
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>>>At 2022-02-22 15:04:22, "宋文武" <iyzsong@outlook.com> wrote:
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>>>>tumashu <tumashu@163.com> writes:
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>>>>> Hello:
>>>>>
>>>>>   When I update my guix system today, I have found that run xfce4: xfpm-power-backlight-helper alway let me input password,  how to avoid input password?
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>>>>No answer yet, my understand is that:
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>>>>1. xfpm-power-backlight-helper need to run with 'pkexec'.
>>>>2. 'pkexec' will always ask for password unless some polkit rules allow
>>>>   the action.
>>>>3. '/etc/polkit-1/actions/org.xfce.power.policy' allows the action, but its
>>>>   executable is something like
>>>>   '/gnu/store/vsnzjhjm37cd42w7vv7mxgy8hi8w6zi0-xfce4-power-manager-4.16.0/sbin/xfpm-power-backlight-helper'.
>>>>   
>>>>So run 'pkexec xfpm-power-backlight-helper' will ask for password while 'pkexec /gnu/store/.../xfpm-power-backlight-helper' will not.
>>>
>>>no,  need input password when run "pkexec /gnu/store/.../xfpm-power-backlight-helper"
>>>
>>>I do not run this command by hand, when I start xfce4 with slim,  a window pop and let me input password many time,
>>>when I press Fkey,  ask password again.
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>> When I test gnome and mate, have no this problem.
>>
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>The policykit rule only allow "active" session, I guess slim may lack
>'elogind-service' support to be an "active" session.
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>I have 'elogind-service' and use 'sx' to start xfce, no problem here...
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>My ~/.config/sx/sxrc:
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>#!/bin/sh
>setxkbmap dvorak
>xsetroot -solid sienna -cursor_name cross
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>exec dbus-run-session -- startxfce4

OK, I will try gdm today,  the problem gdm is that it can not show Chinese, but I have installed a 
Chinese font, I do not know why.

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>Hope this helps!