still running policykit-1 from ascii.. :
apt policy policykit-1
policykit-1:
Installed: 0.105-18+devuan2.11
Candidate: 0.105-18+devuan2.11
Version table:
0.105-25 500
500 http://gr.deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf/main amd64 Packages
*** 0.105-18+devuan2.11 1001
500 https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged ascii/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.105-9+devuan1 500
500 http://gr.deb.devuan.org/merged ceres/main amd64 Packages
can confirm the fix for policykit as Mithrandir writes.
similar apt preferences file, just some extra packages from hezeh.org repo, specialized for MATE power issues :
Package: policykit-1
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: libpolkit-agent-1-0
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: libpolkit-backend-1-0
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: libpolkit-backend-elogind-1-0
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: libpolkit-gobject-1-0
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: gir1.2-polkit-1.0
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: mate-power-manager
Pin: origin "www.hezeh.org"
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: mate-power-manager-common
Pin: origin "www.hezeh.org"
Pin-Priority: 1001
thanks to all devuan devs for this great grassroots distro
]]>I had some problems due to a dysfunction in the policykit-1 package, that was creating problems in getting administrator privileges, as in opening usb devices.
I verified that in my installed system the problem is fixed using the Ascii's policykit-1 version. So I created a file policy_beo in /etc/apt/preferences.d/ with this configuration:
Package: policykit-1
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: libpolkit-agent-1-0
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: libpolkit-backend-1-0
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: libpolkit-backend-elogind-1-0
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: libpolkit-gobject-1-0
Pin: version 0.105-18*
Pin-Priority: 1001
Thanks to the devs for their work!
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