Bug 295606

Summary:	gnome-extra/nm-applet-0.7.2 fails to start due to policy problem
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	dacook <schism>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	cbm, dagger, pacho, steev, sven.koehler
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description dacook 2009-12-04 01:11:36 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #282612 +++

The recently-introduced nm-applet-0.7.2 ebuild doesn't apply the same policy, so users are no longer able to configure network settings (or even run nm-applet) without manually adding the policy statement.

Comment 1 Alex Brandt (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-12-18 20:21:52 UTC

The new nm-applet uses consolekit to handle user policy management.  Could it be that consolekit is simply not enabled for your DE or user?

Check that your DE supports consolekit and that consolekit is running and see if that fixes the policy issues.

Comment 2 dacook 2009-12-21 16:41:36 UTC

Indeed, adding the 'consolekit' service to the default runlevel addressed the issue.