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#1 2014-04-14 12:38:04
- donmiguel
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kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
hi,
apologies if this is complete newbie territory, but it's been a long time since i last used linux as a desktop OS so polkit and dbus are all new to me.
the problem, basically, is that KDE won't let me do anything i would consider privileged. network manager applet won't let me change wifi connections, package manager doesn't work and usb disks won't mount.
let's start with usb disks. i added a polkit rule as per the wiki:
[root@mjollnir rules.d]# cat 10-enable-mount.rules
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system" && subject.isInGroup("storage")) {
return polkit.Result.YES;
}
});and i am in the storage group:
$ groups
wheel network audio storage power but i get the following error when i try to open a newly inserted usb disk in dolphin:
Error checking authorization: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount is not registered (polkit-error-quark, 0)and now for network manager -
running nm-applet from a terminal and trying to change wifi connection gives me this:
** (nm-applet:1369): WARNING **: Could not create object for /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0: No session found for uid 1000 (unknown)
** (nm-applet:1369): WARNING **: Could not create object for /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/3: No session found for uid 1000 (unknown)
** (nm-applet:1369): WARNING **: handle_property_changed: failed to update property 'available-connections' of object type NMDeviceWifi.
(nm-applet:1369): nm-applet-WARNING **: Error connecting to ModemManager: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.ModemManager1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.LoadFailed: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
(nm-applet:1369): nm-applet-WARNING **: Failed to register as an agent: (32) Session not found
(nm-applet:1369): nm-applet-WARNING **: Failed to register as an agent: (32) Session not found
(nm-applet:1369): nm-applet-WARNING **: Failed to add/activate connection: (32) No session found for uid 1000 (unknown)finally, launching apper from the terminal:
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.i do have dbus processes running under my userid, so i think i have a session but i'm not really sure what i'm looking for, and learning the complete ins and outs of dbus is more than a little daunting for what should be a relatively simple task!
can anyone point me in the right direction to start figuring this out? i'm currently seriously considering a complete reinstall but i'm not sure i have the time for that, especially since i don't know if it would necessarily solve the problem 
fwiw, i booted a mint livecd and all this stuff worked fine so it's not my hardware
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#2 2014-04-14 15:18:12
- berbae
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
Hello
The rules in the wiki are just examples; don't use them without realizing what they do.
But with the udisks2 package installed and the default actions in /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.udisks2.policy which comes with it, you don't need other rules files; so remove the one you created '10-enable-mount.rules' (which concerns system devices, usb removable devices are not system internal devices; and the 'storage' group is no longer required).
You should use the systemd-logind service to have an active session as a user, and the mounting in Dolphin should work just with the default configuration of udisks2.
For the problem with network manager, I will leave that to a more knowledgeable Archer in network configuration to answer you.
And the 'QDBusConnection' messages are just warnings without known bad consequences (I get those messages also and I have not seen any application misbehaving).
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#3 2014-04-14 15:36:57
- donmiguel
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
berbae,
i added the mount rule in desperation when the default configuration did not work and googling the error did not enlighten me 
I have removed the rule and tried again just to be sure - exactly the same error. everything should now be back to default.
I am logging in via kdm - i presume that uses systemd-logind?
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#4 2014-04-14 15:42:16
- berbae
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
How do you start kdm?
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#5 2014-04-14 15:45:59
- donmiguel
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
from the command line as root... not a good way of doing it?
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#6 2014-04-14 19:01:58
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
Do as the wiki says: just enable the kdm service.
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#7 2014-04-14 19:10:03
- donmiguel
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
just tried that - same error i'm afraid
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#8 2014-04-14 21:32:21
- berbae
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
Post the output of 'systemctl' and of 'loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID'.
It would be better if you said the exact commands you used, rather than 'from the command line as root' or 'just tried that'. It's somewhat vague.
If you log in as root and try to enter graphical environment from there, it's not the proper way to do this.
Do you say you run KDE as root?
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#9 2014-04-14 21:44:04
- donmiguel
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
Sorry for being vague - i understand it's not easy dealing with newbies i'll try to be clearer!
I was running kdm as root, then logging in as a regular user. I've now enabled the kdm systemctl service as per mariusmeyer's instructions, but it didn't change what happens when i insert a USB disk - same error as before.
command output below (username redacted)
$ loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID
Id=c2
Name=XXX
Timestamp=Mon 2014-04-14 20:06:49 BST
TimestampMonotonic=41104959
VTNr=7
Display=:0
Remote=no
Service=kde
Scope=session-c2.scope
Leader=434
Audit=0
Type=x11
Class=user
Active=yes
State=active
IdleHint=no
IdleSinceHint=0
IdleSinceHintMonotonic=0and systemctl output
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount loaded active waiting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:02.0-backlight-acpi_video0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/backlight/acpi_video0
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:02.0-drm-card1-card1\x2deDP\x2d1-intel_backlight.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card1/card1-eDP-1/intel_backlight
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:14.0-usb1-1\x2d1-1\x2d1:1.0-host3-target3:0:0-3:0:0:0-block-sdb-sdb1.device loaded active plugged micro_USB Linux_Mint_16_Cinnamon_64-bit
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:14.0-usb1-1\x2d1-1\x2d1:1.0-host3-target3:0:0-3:0:0:0-block-sdb-sdb2.device loaded active plugged micro_USB Linux_Mint_16_Cinnamon_64-bit
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:14.0-usb1-1\x2d1-1\x2d1:1.0-host3-target3:0:0-3:0:0:0-block-sdb-sdb3.device loaded active plugged micro_USB Linux_Mint_16_Cinnamon_64-bit
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:14.0-usb1-1\x2d1-1\x2d1:1.0-host3-target3:0:0-3:0:0:0-block-sdb.device loaded active plugged micro_USB Linux_Mint_16_Cinnamon_64-bit
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:14.0-usb1-1\x2d7-1\x2d7:1.0-bluetooth-hci0-rfkill2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/rfkill2
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:14.0-usb1-1\x2d7-1\x2d7:1.0-bluetooth-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0/bluetooth/hci0
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:16.3-tty-ttyS0.device loaded active plugged Lynx Point-LP HECI KT
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:19.0-net-enp0s25.device loaded active plugged Ethernet Connection I218-LM
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1b.0-sound-card0.device loaded active plugged Lynx Point-LP HD Audio Controller
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1c.1-0000:03:00.0-ieee80211-phy0-rfkill1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill1
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1c.1-0000:03:00.0-net-wlp3s0.device loaded active plugged Dual Band Wireless-N 7260
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1c.4-0000:04:00.0-backlight-acpi_video1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.4/0000:04:00.0/backlight/acpi_video1
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda-sda1.device loaded active plugged Crucial_CT480M500SSD1 1
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda-sda2.device loaded active plugged Crucial_CT480M500SSD1 2
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda-sda3.device loaded active plugged Crucial_CT480M500SSD1 3
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda.device loaded active plugged Crucial_CT480M500SSD1
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS1
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS2
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS3
sys-devices-platform-thinkpad_acpi-rfkill-rfkill0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/rfkill/rfkill0
sys-devices-platform-thinkpad_acpi-sound-card1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/sound/card1
sys-module-configfs.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/configfs
sys-module-fuse.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/fuse
sys-subsystem-bluetooth-devices-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/bluetooth/devices/hci0
sys-subsystem-net-devices-enp0s25.device loaded active plugged Ethernet Connection I218-LM
sys-subsystem-net-devices-wlp3s0.device loaded active plugged Dual Band Wireless-N 7260
-.mount loaded active mounted /
boot-efi.mount loaded active mounted /boot/efi
dev-hugepages.mount loaded active mounted Huge Pages File System
dev-mqueue.mount loaded active mounted POSIX Message Queue File System
run-user-0.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/0
run-user-1000-gvfs.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/1000/gvfs
run-user-1000.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/1000
sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount loaded active mounted FUSE Control File System
sys-kernel-config.mount loaded active mounted Configuration File System
sys-kernel-debug.mount loaded active mounted Debug File System
tmp.mount loaded active mounted Temporary Directory
systemd-ask-password-console.path loaded active waiting Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch
systemd-ask-password-wall.path loaded active waiting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch
session-c1.scope loaded active running Session c1 of user root
session-c2.scope loaded active running Session c2 of user mcgoldrickm
bluetooth.service loaded active running Bluetooth service
dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus
getty@tty1.service loaded active running Getty on tty1
kdm.service loaded active running K Display Manager
kmod-static-nodes.service loaded active exited Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel
NetworkManager.service loaded active running Network Manager
ntpd.service loaded active running Network Time Service
pdnsd.service loaded active running proxy name server
polkit.service loaded active running Authorization Manager
rtkit-daemon.service loaded active running RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service
systemd-backlight@backlight:acpi_video0.service loaded active exited Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:acpi_video0
systemd-backlight@backlight:acpi_video1.service loaded active exited Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:acpi_video1
systemd-backlight@backlight:intel_backlight.service loaded active exited Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:intel_backlight
systemd-hostnamed.service loaded active running Hostname Service
systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service
systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service
systemd-random-seed.service loaded active exited Load/Save Random Seed
systemd-remount-fs.service loaded active exited Remount Root and Kernel File Systems
systemd-rfkill@rfkill0.service loaded active exited Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill0
systemd-rfkill@rfkill1.service loaded active exited Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill1
systemd-rfkill@rfkill2.service loaded active exited Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill2
systemd-sysctl.service loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables
systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service loaded active exited Create Static Device Nodes in /dev
systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service loaded active exited Create Volatile Files and Directories
systemd-udev-trigger.service loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices
systemd-udevd.service loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manager
systemd-update-utmp.service loaded active exited Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown
systemd-user-sessions.service loaded active exited Permit User Sessions
systemd-vconsole-setup.service loaded active exited Setup Virtual Console
udisks2.service loaded active running Disk Manager
upower.service loaded active running Daemon for power management
user@0.service loaded active running User Manager for UID 0
user@1000.service loaded active running User Manager for UID 1000
wpa_supplicant.service loaded active running WPA supplicant
-.slice loaded active active Root Slice
system-getty.slice loaded active active system-getty.slice
system-systemd\x2dbacklight.slice loaded active active system-systemd\x2dbacklight.slice
system-systemd\x2drfkill.slice loaded active active system-systemd\x2drfkill.slice
system.slice loaded active active System Slice
user-0.slice loaded active active user-0.slice
user-1000.slice loaded active active user-1000.slice
user.slice loaded active active User and Session Slice
dbus.socket loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus Socket
dmeventd.socket loaded active listening Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs
lvmetad.socket loaded active listening LVM2 metadata daemon socket
systemd-initctl.socket loaded active listening /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe
systemd-journald.socket loaded active running Journal Socket
systemd-shutdownd.socket loaded active listening Delayed Shutdown Socket
systemd-udevd-control.socket loaded active running udev Control Socket
systemd-udevd-kernel.socket loaded active running udev Kernel Socket
dev-sda3.swap loaded active active /dev/sda3
basic.target loaded active active Basic System
bluetooth.target loaded active active Bluetooth
cryptsetup.target loaded active active Encrypted Volumes
getty.target loaded active active Login Prompts
graphical.target loaded active active Graphical Interface
local-fs-pre.target loaded active active Local File Systems (Pre)
local-fs.target loaded active active Local File Systems
multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User System
network.target loaded active active Network
paths.target loaded active active Paths
remote-fs.target loaded active active Remote File Systems
slices.target loaded active active Slices
sockets.target loaded active active Sockets
sound.target loaded active active Sound Card
swap.target loaded active active Swap
sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization
timers.target loaded active active Timers
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer loaded active waiting Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories
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#10 2014-04-15 10:20:18
- berbae
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
I was running kdm as root, then logging in as a regular user. I've now enabled the kdm systemctl service as per mariusmeyer's instructions, but it didn't change what happens when i insert a USB disk - same error as before.
I'm sorry but it's still not fully clear to me: do you say you enabled the kdm service and then you log in again as root and run kdm from there as before?
Or you enter directly in graphical environment kdm just after booting up and log in as a user from there?
(that's the problem when you replace showing the commands you used with human descriptions of what you did)
I see there are two sessions, c1 and c2, why?
Post the results of:
$ loginctl list-sessions
and
$ systemctl status kdm
$ systemctl status udisks2
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#11 2014-04-15 14:24:26
- donmiguel
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
no - originally, i was logging into the console as root, then when i wanted to use kde, i would type 'kdm' and type my non-root username and password into the kdm login prompt. not sure how i could show you that as the only command i was typing was 'kdm'...
Now, as mariusmeyer suggested, i have done the following (as root)
systemctl enable kdm
systemctl start kdm
then typed my (non-root) credentials into the kdm graphical login prompt
you can see two sessions because i am logged into the console as root (where i enabled kdm service) and logged into kde as a non-root user (uid 1000)
here's the output from the commands you asked for (more sessions now as i'm logged in remotely from work)
[root@mjollnir ~]# loginctl list-sessions
SESSION UID USER SEAT
c1 0 root seat0
c2 1000 XXX seat0
c3 0 root seat0
c4 1000 XXX
4 sessions listed.
[root@mjollnir ~]# systemctl status kdm
â kdm.service - K Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/kdm.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2014-04-14 20:06:44 BST; 19h ago
Main PID: 428 (kdm)
CGroup: /system.slice/kdm.service
ââ428 /usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
ââ430 /usr/bin/X -br -novtswitch -quiet :0 vt7 -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-7W6L7a
Apr 14 20:06:44 mjollnir systemd[1]: Started K Display Manager.
Apr 14 20:06:49 mjollnir kdm[434]: :0[434]: pam_unix(kde:session): session opened for user XXX by (uid=0)
[root@mjollnir ~]# systemctl status udisks2
â udisks2.service - Disk Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/udisks2.service; static)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2014-04-14 20:06:50 BST; 19h ago
Docs: man:udisks(8)
Main PID: 548 (udisksd)
CGroup: /system.slice/udisks2.service
ââ548 /usr/lib/udisks2/udisksd --no-debug
Apr 14 20:06:50 mjollnir udisksd[548]: udisks daemon version 2.1.3 starting
Apr 14 20:06:50 mjollnir systemd[1]: Started Disk Manager.
Apr 14 20:06:50 mjollnir udisksd[548]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.UDisks2 on the system message buscan you see any problems here?
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#12 2014-04-15 14:46:16
- berbae
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
I don't see any problem at first glance from the outputs you posted.
But to be sure, could you reboot the machine directly to kdm (without first a login as root in a console) and log in as a user, with only this session active.
And try if you get the same error from Dolphin?
And if yes confirm that the error is the same, ie :
Error checking authorization: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount is not registered (polkit-error-quark, 0)Offline
#13 2014-04-15 17:59:50
- donmiguel
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
so i rebooted the machine and kdm came up on boot as expected. i logged in as my non-root user and plugged in a USB drive - exact same error from dolphin:
Error checking authorization: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount is not registered (polkit-error-quark, 0)
then i tried adding a new user (useradd -m testuser) and logging in to kdm with the new user - exact same error.
finally, i tried reinstalling udisks2 (pacman -S udisks2) - exact same error.
i can't see anything helpful when i do
journalctl -r -u dbus
journalctl -r -u polkitis there any way i can trace dbus and polkit?
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#14 2014-04-15 18:55:03
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
Maybe a silly suggestion, but have you tried to mount the usb drive from the console? Can you access it properly then?
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#15 2014-04-15 19:20:30
- donmiguel
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
not a silly question at all
i can mount the device as root:
[root@mjollnir dev]# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
[root@mjollnir dev]# mount
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
dev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=6090576k,nr_inodes=1522644,mode=755)
run on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=755)
/dev/sda2 on / type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=21,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/sda1 on /boot/efi type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /run/user/0 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=1218700k,mode=700)
tmpfs on /run/user/1001 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=1218700k,mode=700,uid=1001,gid=1001)
tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=1218700k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/usb type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
[root@mjollnir dev]# not as my non-root user though, of course.
once it's mounted i can navigate to /mnt/usb dolphin and that works fine.
do you think it's worth uninstalling EVERYTHING? kde, polkit, dbus, udisks2 etc and reinstalling?
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#16 2014-04-15 19:45:47
- donmiguel
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
Well that was not one of my better ideas! Pacman -c -R dbus apparently gets rid of important things... I'll be back once I have reinstalled arch 
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#17 2014-04-15 19:50:34
- mouseman
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
Once you get the base done, install rsync and make a backup.
Its a lot quicker and easier that way than having to completely reinstall each time "you have an idea" 
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#18 2014-04-15 19:54:15
- donmiguel
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
Yeah good plan. Although to be honest it was so nonfunctional that I was considering a reinstall anyway. Ah well you live and learn!
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#19 2014-04-15 22:48:44
- donmiguel
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
ok everything reinstalled and mostly working! kde is still refusing to mount USB drives, but now the error is:
An error occurred while accessing 'ARCH_201404', the system responded: An unspecified error has occurred: Not authorized to perform operationhelpful!
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#20 2014-04-15 23:19:01
- donmiguel
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
if it helps, i can mount the disk with
udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdb1as my non-root user (have to enter my password though)
so i guess the problem is with kde authorization - i have no idea how that works though (or doesn't work, in this case)
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#21 2014-04-16 08:45:20
- berbae
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
From your test of 'udisksctl mount' as a non root user, you clearly have a permission issue.
In an active logind session, you should have the right to mount a usb removable block device through udisks2, using the 'udisksctl mount' command without entering any password.
To show if the session is active, the output of:
loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID
should have a line with 'Active=yes'.
It could be useful to see also the output of:
udisksctl info -b /dev/sdb1
after plugging in the block device, and be sure it is sdb1 of course.
Though not yet the solution, it seems nevertheless better than before the complete re-installation (can you confirm it is the complete re-installation of Arch and not of KDE only though? to be sure nothing was kept from the previous installation).
I think you are now near the full solution; keep searching...
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#22 2014-11-02 21:39:03
- firekage
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Re: kde authorization (polkit and dbus driving me insane)
Sorry for refreshing - have somebody come up with a solution? I have the same problem, and my XDG_SESSION_ID is ok, i have "Active=yes'.
Edit: sorry for refreshing, i solved my problem regarding usb disks and not being able to mount them. You could read my topic. I think that policies that are at fault, some guides on www are being wrong, are misleading.
Last edited by firekage (2014-12-26 01:28:34)
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