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Etcher can't detect by polkit daemon #2567

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ask6155 opened this issue Nov 28, 2018 · 8 comments
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Etcher can't detect by polkit daemon #2567

ask6155 opened this issue Nov 28, 2018 · 8 comments

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@ask6155
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ask6155 commented Nov 28, 2018 •
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  • Etcher version:1.4.8
  • Operating system and architecture: Arch Linux x86_64
  • Image flashed:archlinux-iso
  • Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools?

I tried to flash an iso and it couldn't detect my Polkit daemon.
I use i3wm so I still don't quite understand about Polkit.
I have the Polkit base package installed and the qt5 and gnome frontends installed
but it still doesn't detect any authentication agents

here is some info from Log:

{"stack":"Error: No polkit authentication agent found\n    at Object.exports.createError 
(/usr/lib/etcher/lib/shared/errors.js:253:17)\n    at Object.exports.createUserError 
(/usr/lib/etcher/lib/shared/errors.js:292:18)\n    at sudoPrompt.execAsync.then.catch.catch.catch.catch  
(/usr/lib/etcher/lib/shared/permissions.js:244:18)\n    at tryCatcher 
(/usr/lib/etcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)\n    
at /usr/lib/etcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/catch_filter.js:34:37\n    
at tryCatcher (/usr/lib/etcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)\n    
at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/usr/lib/etcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:504:31)\n
at Promise._settlePromise (/usr/lib/etcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:561:18)\n
at Promise._settlePromise0 (/usr/lib/etcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:606:10)\n    
at Promise._settlePromises (/usr/lib/etcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:681:18)\n    
at Async._drainQueue (/usr/lib/etcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:138:16)\n    
at Async._drainQueues (/usr/lib/etcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:148:10)\n    
at Async.drainQueues (/usr/lib/etcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:17:14)\n    a
t <anonymous>\n    at process._tickCallback 
(internal/process/next_tick.js:188:7)","message":"No polkit authentication agent found","description":
"Please install a polkit authentication agent for your desktop environment of choice to continue","report":false}
@thundron
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While we look into it, you could maybe have a look here

@brownjohnf
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Could you also post the output of ps -efwww | grep polkit and sudo systemctl status polkit?

@ask6155
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ask6155 commented Nov 30, 2018 •
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Here,

polkitd    367     1  0 16:28 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
me        2405  2149  0 16:46 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto --exclude-dir=.bzr --exclude-dir=CVS --exclude-dir=.git --exclude-dir=.hg --exclude-dir=.svn polkit

and the status report

● polkit.service - Authorization Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2018-11-30 16:28:54 ???; 22min ago
     Docs: man:polkit(8)
 Main PID: 367 (polkitd)
    Tasks: 10 (limit: 4728)
   Memory: 20.9M
   CGroup: /system.slice/polkit.service
           └─367 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug

Nov 30 16:29:07 ME polkitd[367]: /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/lightdm.rules:4: subject=[Subject pid=411 user='lightdm' groups=lightdm seat='seat0' session='c1' local=true active=true]
Nov 30 16:29:07 ME polkitd[367]: /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/lightdm.rules:3: action=[Action id='org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.AccountsService.ReadAny']
Nov 30 16:29:07 ME polkitd[367]: /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/lightdm.rules:4: subject=[Subject pid=411 user='lightdm' groups=lightdm seat='seat0' session='c1' local=true active=true]
Nov 30 16:29:07 ME polkitd[367]: /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/lightdm.rules:3: action=[Action id='org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.AccountsService.ReadAny']
Nov 30 16:29:07 ME polkitd[367]: /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/lightdm.rules:4: subject=[Subject pid=411 user='lightdm' groups=lightdm seat='seat0' session='c1' local=true active=true]
Nov 30 16:29:07 ME polkitd[367]: /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/lightdm.rules:3: action=[Action id='org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.AccountsService.ReadAny']
Nov 30 16:29:07 ME polkitd[367]: /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/lightdm.rules:4: subject=[Subject pid=411 user='lightdm' groups=lightdm seat='seat0' session='c1' local=true active=true]
Nov 30 16:46:03 ME polkitd[367]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:2369:105942 (system bus name :1.156 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_??.UTF-8)
Nov 30 16:46:08 ME polkitd[367]: Operator of unix-process:2369:105942 successfully authenticated as unix-user:root to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units for system-bus-name::1.157 [systemctl start polkit-gnome] (owned by unix-user:me)
Nov 30 16:46:08 ME polkitd[367]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:2369:105942 (system bus name :1.156, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_??.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)

@knuff0r
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knuff0r commented Jan 28, 2019

i am using the appimage on arch linux and get the same error. running it as root works for me.

@drewbitt
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Running as root with xfce-polkit works for me, building from git. Running as regular user it can't see the running polkit daemon.

@lurch lurch mentioned this issue May 29, 2019
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@jolupa
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jolupa commented Jul 6, 2019

Still no solution for this problem. I'm in the last version running the deb package converted to CRUX package, with xfce-polkit and the problem still remains. I also run the appimage and the problem persist. All the other programs that requires polkit are working as espected.
Thanks.

@bacongobbler
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Also hitting this issue. etcher must run as root before it can see the running polkit daemon.

@arilebedey
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arilebedey commented Mar 2, 2024 •
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Try the following command from comment #6 in this arch forum thread
/usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 &

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