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lgolebio

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From: Poland / Wroclaw

Registered: 2008-07-28

Posts: 101

After Gnome update cpufreq-applet needs privilages all the time.

Hi
I have upgraded Gnome to the latest 2.28 version with pacman. Problem is that I can't change cpufreq with cpufreq-applet without typing the root password. That's ok, but why I have to do it all the time I wan't to change the cpu policy. It is really annoying. Is there a possibility that gnome will save that password "forever" and won't ask me again for root pasword in the future ?

sliponoga

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Registered: 2007-09-14

Posts: 38

Re: After Gnome update cpufreq-applet needs privilages all the time.

Is there a possibility that gnome will save that password "forever" and won't ask me again for root pasword in the future ?

Not exactly, but ... create /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/org.gnome.cpufreqselector.pkla file containing

[org.gnome.cpufreqselector]
Identity=unix-user:lgolebio
Action=org.gnome.cpufreqselector
ResultAny=no
ResultInactive=no
ResultActive=yes

For more information see man pklocalauthority.

stefanwilkens

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From: Enschede, the Netherlands

Registered: 2008-12-10

Posts: 624

Re: After Gnome update cpufreq-applet needs privilages all the time.

since you're using gnome, try configuring policykit through:
System -> Preferences -> Authorisations

It will be under hal - power-management - Configure CPU frequency scaling

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sliponoga

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Registered: 2007-09-14

Posts: 38

Re: After Gnome update cpufreq-applet needs privilages all the time.

since you're using gnome, try configuring policykit through:
System -> Preferences -> Authorisations
It will be under hal - power-management - Configure CPU frequency scaling

It won't work, because cpu frequency applet does not use org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement interface anymore. Instead it uses /org/gnome/cpufreq_selector/selector object implementing org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector which in turn is tied with polkit-1 authorization framework instead of old PolicyKit.

Last edited by sliponoga (2009-10-19 09:52:38)

arkham

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From: Stockholm

Registered: 2008-10-26

Posts: 516

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Re: After Gnome update cpufreq-applet needs privilages all the time.

This solution worked great for me: thank you very much sliponoga

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stefanwilkens

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From: Enschede, the Netherlands

Registered: 2008-12-10

Posts: 624

Re: After Gnome update cpufreq-applet needs privilages all the time.

since you're using gnome, try configuring policykit through:
System -> Preferences -> Authorisations
It will be under hal - power-management - Configure CPU frequency scaling

It won't work, because cpu frequency applet does not use org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement interface anymore. Instead it uses /org/gnome/cpufreq_selector/selector object implementing org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector which in turn is tied with polkit-1 authorization framework instead of old PolicyKit.

things they are a-changin'

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nickoe

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2009-06-30

Posts: 7

Re: After Gnome update cpufreq-applet needs privilages all the time.

Thanks sliponoga

graysky

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From: :wq

Registered: 2008-12-01

Posts: 10,673

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Re: After Gnome update cpufreq-applet needs privilages all the time.

Dude, don't necrobump a 1+ year old thread...

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cp … nder_Gnome and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GN … nder_Gnome

Last edited by graysky (2010-12-12 21:27:03)

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