[SOLVED] Failed to start Authorization Manager

toni · 2012-11-18 14:28:37

I have recently updated archlinux by doing:

pacman -Syu

After updating it and reboot my machine, when booting it hangs.

[Failed] Failed to start Authorization Manager.
see 'systemctl status polkit.service' for more details.

.....

[OK] Reached target Graphical Interface.

and then it does nothing, no error messages, it hangs and it does not continue booting....

Any ideas?

Last edited by toni (2012-11-18 19:57:39)

pvibert · 2012-11-18 15:23:31

Are you able to Ctrl+C to let it continue? Also check this other thread:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1187801

toni · 2012-11-18 16:40:38

pvibert wrote:

Are you able to Ctrl+C to let it continue? Also check this other thread:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1187801

I have re-installed again polkitd and now when booting it says it is started correctly. Now in /etc/group I have a line among many others:

polkitd:x:102

but I have no tex line in this file.

Anyway, when I start it continues hanging when it reaches to line:

Reached target Graphical Interface.

CONTROL+C is not working.

Last edited by toni (2012-11-18 16:44:26)

bgc1954 · 2012-11-18 16:53:24

toni wrote:

I have re-installed again polkitd and now when booting it says it is started correctly. Now in /etc/group I have a line among many others:
polkitd:x:102
but I have no tex line in this file.

The tex referred to in the link was just another package that was using polkit same id number in groups. You shouldn't have any tex in that line.

Maybe some more info - what video card do you have? If its an older nvidia, the new nvidia driver may stop your startup.
- what dm (slim, kdm, gdm) are you using?
-what wm or de are you using?
-how long ago did you update?

Last edited by bgc1954 (2012-11-18 16:54:07)

toni · 2012-11-18 17:08:26

bgc1954 wrote:

toni wrote:
I have re-installed again polkitd and now when booting it says it is started correctly. Now in /etc/group I have a line among many others:
polkitd:x:102
but I have no tex line in this file.
The tex referred to in the link was just another package that was using polkit same id number in groups. You shouldn't have any tex in that line.
Maybe some more info - what video card do you have? If its an older nvidia, the new nvidia driver may stop your startup.
- what dm (slim, kdm, gdm) are you using?
-what wm or de are you using?
-how long ago did you update?

I think the problem is about video card, I have a nvidia go 7600 and it says in the pacman.log that it is supported by 304 version but not by new one installed 310 so I think it is halting after: Reached targe Graphical Interface

so how downgrade nvidia driver 310 to 304?

Also, while booting I have seeing something that is failing but as it goes so fast I can see what so what it is writting while booting, is there any file where it logs?

Finally I have solved, the problem was about new nvidia driver that it was not supporting my video card nvidia go7600. So I have downgrade 310 to 304 by doing:

sudo pacman -Syu nvidia-304xx nvidia-304xx-utils

this remove nvidia and nvidia-utils version 310 from system.

Anyway, anyone knows the file where all booting messages are written? I would like to know because there is something it is marked as failed but as screen is updated so fast I cannot see it.

Last edited by toni (2012-11-18 17:38:13)

bgc1954 · 2012-11-18 19:31:29

Please mark this as [SOLVED] by editing your first post so others know your issue is resolved.

edit: check the systemd wiki and how to use journalctl.

Last edited by bgc1954 (2012-11-18 19:32:34)

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#1 2012-11-18 14:28:37

[SOLVED] Failed to start Authorization Manager

#2 2012-11-18 15:23:31

Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Authorization Manager

#3 2012-11-18 16:40:38

Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Authorization Manager

#4 2012-11-18 16:53:24

Re: [SOLVED] Failed to start Authorization Manager

#5 2012-11-18 17:08:26

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#6 2012-11-18 19:31:29

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