[ubuntu-studio-devel] New ubuntustudio-controls

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 03 Sep 2015 19:03:00 +0200, Kaj Ailomaa wrote:
>On Thu, Sep 3, 2015, at 06:52 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> I keep it short, I can run ubuntustudio-controls(-pkexec) from
>> command linem, but starting by the menu doesn't work. There are a few
>> "deprecated" warnings.
>> 
>
>Perhaps I'm missing some kind of dependency. Thinking maybe it is
>related to polkit and authorization, since you can run it from terminal
>as root.
>I copied the polkit rules from there, basically. Would you mind trying
>installing and running synaptic?
>

No problem, since synaptic already is installed and it also can't be
launched by the menu.

Btw. I can launch them from command line.

  [weremouse at moonstudio ~]$ ubuntustudio-controls-pkexec 
  ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntustudio.pkexec.ubuntustudio-controls ===
  Authentication is required to run Ubuntu Studio Controls
  Authenticating as: Ralf Mardorf,,, (weremouse)
  Password: 
  ==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
  [snip]
  [weremouse at moonstudio ~]$ synaptic-pkexec 
  ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic ===
  Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager
  Authenticating as: Ralf Mardorf,,, (weremouse)
  Password: 
  ==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
  [snip]
  [weremouse at moonstudio ~]$ gparted-pkexec 
  ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.gparted ===
  Authentication is required to run the GParted Partition Editor
  Authenticating as: Ralf Mardorf,,, (weremouse)
  Password: 
  ==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
  [snip]

So authentication works, just a window to give the password is missing when
using a menu. However, better make such dependencies optional. Not everybody
likes to use pkexec and/or gksudo, kdesu.

I don't want to install policykit-desktop-privileges to "run common desktop
actions without password" assumed this should be needed. Nobody should be able
to run ubuntustudio-controls, synaptic, gparted without a password.

If such a menu is started by a menu, the a window should open wer the user
can enter the password.