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Hi all.
I've recently set up a laptop with a fresh Arch install.
I've installed the gnome package group and have also installed the pamac-aur AUR package.
I've noticed some strange behaviour when opening the preferences window in pamac. Usually this should display a prompt for authentication confirmation, but this does not appear initially* (see below) and the settings window opens and allows me to continue without confirming authentication.
However, if I lock the gnome session with Super + L and then unlock it again, I can see the authentication prompt, but clicking either the authenticate or cancel buttons does nothing and the dialog remains open and stuck above all other content.
This seems to be an issue with any application that requires administrator authentication to perform an action and not just pamac. e.g. Changing the system keyboard layout in gnome settings.
I've tested this on a Lenovo ThinkPad S440 and also a Dell XPS 13 (9370) and both present the same issue.
I'm afraid I don't really know where to look to debug what's going on here so any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Edit: Note, I've installed sudo, created the sudo group, added my user to it and edited /etc/sudoers to allow the sudo group.
Here is the output from journalctl -xe
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dbus-daemon[2563]: [session uid=1000 pid=2563] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Documents'
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dbus-daemon[2563]: [session uid=1000 pid=2563] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Contacts.SearchProvider'
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dbus-daemon[2563]: [session uid=1000 pid=2563] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Photos'
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux gnome-contacts-[4362]: backend-store.vala:435: Error preparing Backend 'telepathy': The name org.freedesktop.Telepathy.AccountManager was not provided by any .service files
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dbus-daemon[428]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service' requested by ':1.734' (uid=1000 pid=4362 comm="/usr/lib/gnome-con>
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dbus-daemon[428]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service not found.
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dbus-daemon[2563]: [session uid=1000 pid=2563] Activating service name='com.intel.dleyna-renderer' requested by ':1.121' (uid=1000 pid=4379 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-photos --g>
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: dLeyna core version 0.6.0
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: dleyna-renderer-service version 0.6.0
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: Type[0] Level[0x13] Mask[0x4C] Flags[0x4F]
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: Load file [/home/joe/.config/dleyna-renderer-service.conf]
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: [General settings]
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: Never Quit: F
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: Connector Name: dbus
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: Port: 0
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: Push host port: 0
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: [Logging settings]
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: Log Type : 0
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: Log Level: 0x13
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: [Network filtering settings]
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: Enabled : F
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: Entries: (null)
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dbus-daemon[2563]: [session uid=1000 pid=2563] Successfully activated service 'com.intel.dleyna-renderer'
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: Calling GetRenderers method
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: Client :1.121 lost
Aug 12 12:36:34 archlinux dbus-daemon[2563]: [session uid=1000 pid=2563] Successfully activated service 'org.manjaro.pamac.manager'
Aug 12 12:36:35 archlinux gnome-shell[2770]: meta_window_set_stack_position_no_sync: assertion 'window->stack_position >= 0' failed
Aug 12 12:36:35 archlinux dleyna-renderer-service[4473]: dLeyna: Exit
Aug 12 12:36:46 archlinux dbus-daemon[428]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.736' (uid=1000 p>
Aug 12 12:36:46 archlinux systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
-- Subject: A start job for unit systemd-hostnamed.service has begun execution
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- A start job for unit systemd-hostnamed.service has begun execution.
--
-- The job identifier is 2171.
Aug 12 12:36:46 archlinux dbus-daemon[428]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Avahi' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service' requested by ':1.739' (uid=1000 pid=4507 >
Aug 12 12:36:46 archlinux dbus-daemon[428]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service not found.
Aug 12 12:36:46 archlinux dbus-daemon[428]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1'
Aug 12 12:36:46 archlinux systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
-- Subject: A start job for unit systemd-hostnamed.service has finished successfully
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-develLast edited by joebell (2019-08-12 20:18:37)
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I've managed to solve this problem by replacing
%sudo ALL=(ALL) ALLwith
%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALLin /etc/sudoers and adding myself to the wheel group.
It seems that, although sudo can be configured to allow users in the sudo group, the gnome authentication dialog does not work well if sudo is configured this way.
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