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Re: pkexec issue found && ToriOS update

 

Hi,
Finally found few seconds to reply.

I'll be very busy with Ubuntu GNOME as we are so close to 14.10 final release so let's get more serious after 14.10 please .. That should be after 23-10-2014

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Thank you!
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Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>the issue with pkexec not working has been found!
>
>/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
>
>this needs to be running.  If it is running you can open anything with
>pkexec (i.e. gparted/synaptic)
>
>so now I just need to find the best place to put this :)
>.xinitrc does not work.
>a guy named EriC^^ on #ubuntu suggested adding it to rc.local
>I am thinking there is a way to manage this differently...
>I would rather modify a user file, rather than a system file.... as that
>will cause issues with other DE being installed :)
>
>Anyhow... things are getting closer.  I have gotten some of the hidden
>issues fixed.
>For example... if you boot the last live CD and type
>"exit" as the username in SLiM   you get a root prompt...  that is bad :)
>*Now* you get the text login... that is good :)
>
>I also decided to add in testdisk to the LiveCD.
>If anyone is familiar with testdisk I think it will make sense to add
>that to our CD.
>If anyone is opposed to it, that is fine.  The CD is currently
>696.3 MB
>On real hardware I had it running at 53MB RAM  (without some of the nice
>features)
>So I think we are definitely on track for our goals.!
>
>So... any other major issues left????  Or are we just about ready for
>the Beta?
>
>-- 
>Regards
>
>
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