Bug 581342 – x11-misc/sddm-0.13.0-r3 + mate-base/mate-session-manager-1.10.3 polkit conflicts

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Dmitry 2016-04-27 09:52:22 UTC]

In MATE-1.10 session, started by sddm, polkit blocks mounting of any local FS, including USB Flash devices. There is no problems with that in Plasma-5.5.5-r2 session started by sddm.

Also, there is no problems with FS mounting in MATE-1.10 started by other managers, such as lxdm-0.4.1-r9, so I'm pretty sure that problem is in sddm.

Steps to reproduce:
0. Make sure you are in 'plugdev' group
1. Start sddm-0.13.0-r3
2. Launch MATE-1.10 session
3. Insert any USB flash device
4. Look at "Can't mount media. Not authorized to perform operation" error message

[Comment 1 Adam Feldman 2016-05-01 19:15:39 UTC]

Are you experiencing any other polkit issues beyond that?  Do your suspend/hibernate/shutdown buttons work in MATE, for example?

[Comment 2 Dmitry 2016-05-01 19:49:46 UTC]

I just tested it on clean user: USB Flash media cannot be mounted, but shutdown/reboot/hibernate options in main menu are still available and work in MATE-1.10 session under sddm-0.13.0-r3.
There is no other polkit-related problems.

[Comment 3 Andreas Sturmlechner 2017-10-21 19:56:24 UTC]

Please test latest version 0.16.0-r2.

[Comment 4 Dmitry 2017-10-22 10:21:48 UTC]

Tested mate-base/mate-1.16 with unstable x11-misc/sddm-0.16.0-r2: USB flash drives is now can be mounted and unmounted via Caja normally.
But for currently stable x11-misc/sddm-0.15.0 bug is still there.

[Comment 5 Andreas Sturmlechner 2017-10-22 14:14:16 UTC]

Thanks for the update!