Polkit dialog freezes on authentication if screen was blanked before authenticating

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No.
You just need to copy/paste the gamut
highlight it
and use this formatting option displayed atop as the sixth symbol from the left:
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job done

it will look like this:

[manjaro@manjaro-pc ~]$ journalctl -b | grep polkit
May 01 19:43:27 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Started polkitd version 124
May 01 19:43:27 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
May 01 19:43:27 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d
May 01 19:43:28 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 9 rules
May 01 19:43:28 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus
May 01 19:44:32 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:1 (system bus name :1.25 [/usr/bin/gnome-shell], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
May 01 19:46:24 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:1 (system bus name :1.25, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
May 01 19:46:30 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:3 (system bus name :1.110 [/usr/bin/gnome-shell], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
May 01 19:46:58 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:5 (system bus name :1.153 [/usr/bin/gnome-shell], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
May 01 19:47:00 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:3 (system bus name :1.110, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
May 01 20:41:19 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 successfully authenticated as unix-user:manjaro to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.226 [/usr/bin/pamac-manager --gapplication-service] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:06:04 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 successfully authenticated as unix-user:manjaro to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.358 [pamac-manager] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:21:04 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.370 [pamac-manager] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:21:45 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.370 [pamac-manager] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:29:10 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:22831:6398095 (system bus name :1.381 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
May 02 13:29:13 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-process:22831:6398095 successfully authenticated as unix-user:manjaro to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units for system-bus-name::1.380 [systemctl restart display-manager.service] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:29:14 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:5 (system bus name :1.153, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
May 02 13:29:14 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.370 [] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:29:15 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:22831:6398095 (system bus name :1.381, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
May 02 13:29:36 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:8 (system bus name :1.395 [/usr/bin/gnome-shell], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
[manjaro@manjaro-pc ~]$
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Still waiting.

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May 02 13:06:04 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 successfully authenticated as unix-user:manjaro to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.358 [pamac-manager] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:21:04 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.370 [pamac-manager] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:21:45 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.370 [pamac-manager] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:29:10 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:22831:6398095 (system bus name :1.381 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
May 02 13:29:13 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-process:22831:6398095 successfully authenticated as unix-user:manjaro to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units for system-bus-name::1.380 [systemctl restart display-manager.service] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:29:14 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:5 (system bus name :1.153, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
May 02 13:29:14 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.370 [<unknown>] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:29:15 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:22831:6398095 (system bus name :1.381, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
May 02 13:29:36 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:8 (system bus name :1.395 [/usr/bin/gnome-shell], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
[manjaro@manjaro-pc ~]$

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No. Edit your last reply instead of posting again. :pencil2:

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[manjaro@manjaro-pc ~]$ journalctl -b | grep polkit
May 01 19:43:27 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Started polkitd version 124
May 01 19:43:27 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
May 01 19:43:27 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d
May 01 19:43:28 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 9 rules
May 01 19:43:28 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus
May 01 19:44:32 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:1 (system bus name :1.25 [/usr/bin/gnome-shell], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
May 01 19:46:24 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:1 (system bus name :1.25, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
May 01 19:46:30 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:3 (system bus name :1.110 [/usr/bin/gnome-shell], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
May 01 19:46:58 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:5 (system bus name :1.153 [/usr/bin/gnome-shell], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
May 01 19:47:00 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:3 (system bus name :1.110, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
May 01 20:41:19 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 successfully authenticated as unix-user:manjaro to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.226 [/usr/bin/pamac-manager --gapplication-service] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:06:04 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 successfully authenticated as unix-user:manjaro to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.358 [pamac-manager] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:21:04 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.370 [pamac-manager] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:21:45 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.370 [pamac-manager] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:29:10 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:22831:6398095 (system bus name :1.381 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
May 02 13:29:13 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-process:22831:6398095 successfully authenticated as unix-user:manjaro to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units for system-bus-name::1.380 [systemctl restart display-manager.service] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:29:14 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:5 (system bus name :1.153, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
May 02 13:29:14 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Operator of unix-session:5 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.manjaro.pamac.commit for system-bus-name::1.370 [<unknown>] (owned by unix-user:manjaro)
May 02 13:29:15 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:22831:6398095 (system bus name :1.381, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
May 02 13:29:36 manjaro-pc polkitd[552]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:8 (system bus name :1.395 [/usr/bin/gnome-shell], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
[manjaro@manjaro-pc ~]$
71

What did I just say? Everyone is losing patience with you very quickly.

Having said that, I do appreciate you making an effort.

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72

All is better than none. :wink:

More information is required. @Ste74 is the developer of manjaro-log-helper. If there are any issues with it, we would be happy to address them.

Polkit is working fine.

Weā€™ve already gone over what will help you. Iā€™m certainly not repeating myself.

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Ponderingā€¦

What happens when autologin is in effect, the gnome-keyring canā€™t be unlocked, and the screen is allowed to blank/lock before authenticating an update transaction?

74

autologin has all kinds of issues in itā€™s wake

But this here is not about that.

This is specific to the GDM / Gnome combination.

Does not happen with other DEā€™s

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GDM always was a pig (SDDM as well, to a lesser extent).

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The Simple Desktop Display Manager has never really been considered heavy.
Historically it was among the lighter ā€¦ at the point one was actually using a DM.
Any association with it being heavier is either misplaced, or some new conflation since its adoption by KDE.
The fact that it is used by LXQT though may go some way to dispel that conception.

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I have always (in my mind) connected SDDM with KDE/Plasma.
Is it easily possible to replace GDM by SDDM and still have Gnome behaving as it should?

I could just try - but maybe you know.

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I know SDDM can be used for many environments.

But I also know Gnome can be picky.

I thought I recalled some examples of people using Gnome+SDDM but that might have been a long time ago. A quick search held at least one comment stating ā€˜works but cannot lock gnome sessionā€™ ā€¦ from a few years back.

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Failed on two different machines running Gnome desktop ā€¦ has anyone tried launching it & actually testing itā€¦

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I just tested Manjaro Log Helper, it works. I use KDE though.

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I did.
Works as intended.
But the logs are not specific to the issue.
Few lines in a sea of irrelevance.

Itā€™s better to capture or highlight a specific time frame
instead of just dumping all of it.

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You can always go to the bottom of the file :smiley:

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or:
just give the relevant lines at the end of the file in the first place ā€¦ :grinning:
It kinda shows an effort and that one knows what he is after and what he is doing and why.

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& it works on Mate & Cutefish DEā€™s tooā€¦

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on what DEā€¦