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with new installation of f10 and get an auto notice that updates are available.
when i select 'update', 'kpackagekit' pops up showing selection for updates.
when i select 'update' again, i get a notice of 'authentication failed'.
so just what authentication is failing and how do i authenticate?
also, i would use 'yum update', but there are too many for limited disk space. or would i be better off updating in an alphabetical order?
searching last 2 months of emails show no similar error.
suggestions? pointers? links?
tia.
peace out.
tc,hago.
g .
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:14 PM, g geleem@bellsouth.net wrote:
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with new installation of f10 and get an auto notice that updates are available.
when i select 'update', 'kpackagekit' pops up showing selection for updates.
when i select 'update' again, i get a notice of 'authentication failed'.
so just what authentication is failing and how do i authenticate?
also, i would use 'yum update', but there are too many for limited disk space. or would i be better off updating in an alphabetical order?
searching last 2 months of emails show no similar error.
suggestions? pointers? links?
I saw same error. This was the first time I used kpackagekit. I switched back to 'yum update'.
Thanks, Anoop
tia.
peace out.
tc,hago.
g .
in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/
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g wrote:
when i select 'update' again, i get a notice of 'authentication failed'.
Are you trying to use it as root? PolicyKit chokes on that: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447266 and as PolicyKit is what handles authentication in PackageKit (and thus also KPackageKit), this also affects KPackageKit.
Try using KPackageKit as a non-root user. I could also provide you with a patched PolicyKit which works as root if you absolutely need to run KPackageKit as root.
Kevin Kofler
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler@chello.at wrote:
g wrote:
when i select 'update' again, i get a notice of 'authentication failed'.
Are you trying to use it as root? PolicyKit chokes on that:
Yes Kevin, I was running it as root.
Thanks, Anoop
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447266 and as PolicyKit is what handles authentication in PackageKit (and thus also KPackageKit), this also affects KPackageKit.
Try using KPackageKit as a non-root user. I could also provide you with a patched PolicyKit which works as root if you absolutely need to run KPackageKit as root.
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Kevin Kofler wrote:
Are you trying to use it as root? PolicyKit chokes on that:
yes. i have always run updates and package installs as root. saves a lot of typing in su and password.
Try using KPackageKit as a non-root user. I could also provide you with a patched PolicyKit which works as root if you absolutely need to run KPackageKit as root.
i do not 'absolutely need to', but it does make 'my life' easier.
along with having to learn this new kde with 'plasmoids', 'widgets', and 'gotchaits'. :)
so what is patch?
tia.
peace out.
tc,hago.
g .
**** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
g wrote:
so what is patch?
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=323469
It's a source patch though, I haven't published any packages with it yet.
I'd have hoped the official Fedora PolicyKit (and PolicyKit upstream) to get fixed, but it looks I was too optimistic there. :-(
Kevin Kofler
Kevin Kofler wrote:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=323469
It's a source patch though, I haven't published any packages with it yet.
thanks. pulled, but not had time to patch yet. i have been busy with other configuring of f10 and just now getting back into past emails.
I'd have hoped the official Fedora PolicyKit (and PolicyKit upstream) to get fixed, but it looks I was too optimistic there. :-(
better an optimist than a pessimist. ;^)
peace out.
tc,hago.
g .
**** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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