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shep

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Registered: 2024-04-23

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LXQt user shutdown

A new LXQT Dadelus install will not shutdown.  My install was somewhat disjointed as I was trying to avoid also installing KDE plasma - a known issue.  I started with a bare metal install and installed packages with "apt install --no-install-recommends lxqt" and managed to fill almost all missing packages for full function with the exception of user shutdown

I'm having user reboot and shutdown issues from the lxqt menu.  I can shutdown from SDDM

I ran the user shutdown invocation from the command line and had this error output:

***@********:~$ lxqt-leave --shutdown
** Dbus error **************************
Error name  "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied"
Error msg   "Permission denied"
****************************************
systemd: "CanPowerOff" = "Permission denied"
dbusCall: QDBusInterface is invalid "org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit" "/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager" "org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager" "CanPowerOff"
***@*****:~$ loginctl session-stat;us
-bash: us: command not found
***@*******:~$ loginctl session-status
2 -*** (1000)
           Since: Tue 2024-04-23 02:35:59 PDT; 16min ago
          Leader: 1506 (sddm-helper)
            Seat: seat0; vc7
         Display: :0
         Service: sddm; type x11; class user
         Desktop: LXQt
           State: active

I'm new to elogind and believe that it has some consolekit/polkit/systemd cludges.

root@****:/home/****# apt list --installed | grep consolekit

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-0/stable,now 122-3devuan1 amd64 [installed]

Consolekit it self is not installed

root@****:/home/****# apt list --installed | grep consolekit

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-0/stable,now 122-3devuan1 amd64 [installed]

root@****:/home/***# apt search consolekit
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
consolekit/stable,now 1.2.4-2 amd64 [residual-config]
  framework for defining and tracking users, sessions and seats
.....
libconsolekit1/stable 1.2.4-2 amd64
  ConsoleKit base library
.....
libpam-ck-connector/stable 1.2.4-2 amd64
  ConsoleKit PAM module

libpolkit-gobject-1-0/stable,now 122-3devuan1 all [installed,automatic]
  polkit Authorization API

libpolkit-gobject-1-dev/stable 122-3devuan1 all
  polkit Authorization API

libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-0/stable,now 122-3devuan1 amd64 [installed]
  polkit Authorization API

Did my disjointed install leave out something, ?libconsolekit1?  ?polkit? Need to be a member of a group?

Last edited by shep (2024-04-23 10:32:37)

rolfie

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Registered: 2017-11-25

Posts: 1,067  

Re: LXQt user shutdown

You may have more luck when installing

# apt install libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0 libpolkit-backend-elogind-1-0 

This should remove the consolekit packages and install elogind stuff instead. And that should work.

shep

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Registered: 2024-04-23

Posts: 3  

Re: LXQt user shutdown

Thanks for the quick reply.  When I installed libreoffice, some of the jre 17 packages were not available.
When I tried your suggestion libpolkit-backend-elogind-1-0 was also not available.

root@*****:/home/***# apt search libpolkit
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
libpolkit-agent-1-0/stable,now 122-3devuan1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  polkit Authentication Agent API

libpolkit-agent-1-0-dbgsym/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
  debug symbols for libpolkit-agent-1-0

libpolkit-agent-1-dev/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
  polkit Authentication Agent API - development files

libpolkit-gobject-1-0/stable,now 122-3devuan1 all [installed,automatic]
  polkit Authorization API

libpolkit-gobject-1-dev/stable 122-3devuan1 all
  polkit Authorization API

libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-0/stable,now 122-3devuan1 amd64 [installed]
  polkit Authorization API

libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-0-dbgsym/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
  debug symbols for libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-0

libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-dev/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
  polkit Authorization API - development files

libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
  polkit Authorization API

libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0-dbgsym/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
  debug symbols for libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0

libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-dev/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
  polkit Authorization API - development files

libpolkit-qt5-1-1/stable,now 0.114.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  PolicyKit-qt5-1 library

libpolkit-qt5-1-dev/stable 0.114.0-2 amd64
  PolicyKit-qt5-1 development files

A quick search on polkit backends:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=1820
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4155
The first thread indicates that there may be conflicts with sddm and lxqt as far as user privileges.  I used sddm in a test install on an older machine but I'm ok with lightdm

libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0 did install with some warning messages:
root@*****:/home/***# apt install libpolkit-backend-elogind-1-0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libpolkit-backend-elogind-1-0

.

I used sddm because Arch recommended it as the DM for LXQT but I'm open to another DM, preferrably Qt based.

rolfie

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Registered: 2017-11-25

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Re: LXQt user shutdown

Well, I am working with LightDM/Mate re. Cinnamon. I myself had some trouble getting ASCII to work with consolekit, the elogind stuff fixed that. And that is what I copied into my reply.

When I do an apt list on my Daedalus I get:

# apt list libpolkit*
Auflistung… Fertig
libpolkit-agent-1-0-dbgsym/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
libpolkit-agent-1-0-dbgsym/stable 122-3devuan1 i386
libpolkit-agent-1-0/stable,now 122-3devuan1 amd64  [Installiert,automatisch]
libpolkit-agent-1-0/stable 122-3devuan1 i386
libpolkit-agent-1-dev/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
libpolkit-agent-1-dev/stable 122-3devuan1 i386
libpolkit-gobject-1-0/stable,stable,now 122-3devuan1 all  [Installiert,automatisch]
libpolkit-gobject-1-dev/stable,stable 122-3devuan1 all
libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-0-dbgsym/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-0-dbgsym/stable 122-3devuan1 i386
libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-0/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-0/stable 122-3devuan1 i386
libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-dev/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-dev/stable 122-3devuan1 i386
libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0-dbgsym/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0-dbgsym/stable 122-3devuan1 i386
libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0/stable,now 122-3devuan1 amd64  [Installiert,automatisch]
libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0/stable 122-3devuan1 i386
libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-dev/stable 122-3devuan1 amd64
libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-dev/stable 122-3devuan1 i386
libpolkit-qt5-1-1/stable,now 0.114.0-2 amd64  [Installiert,automatisch]
libpolkit-qt5-1-1/stable 0.114.0-2 i386
libpolkit-qt5-1-dev/stable 0.114.0-2 amd64
libpolkit-qt5-1-dev/stable 0.114.0-2 i386

Looks like the backend stuff is gone, don't know when, and apt list *backend* confirmed that.

Give the first part a try, it should replace the consolekit stuff.

shep

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Registered: 2024-04-23

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Re: LXQt user shutdown

It is a long story but this build started as a need for a stable FreeCAD system.   Was using Arch with LXQt 1.4 but FreeCAD broke with qt5  -> qt6. I'm trying to develop a commercial grade device that I'm in the midst of patenting.  The other issue is that FreeCAD is adding need code to the saved format - new CAD files will not open in older versions.  I need a stable FreeCAD here and now.

I went ahead and shifted to Debian and shutdown/reboot works from LXQt.  I'm not a big fan of systemd but it looks like the LXQt developers target systemd.  I'd have stayed with Arch but the new LXQt release forces qt6 and FreeCAD is lagging.  I just don't have time right now to spend a lot of time getting LXQt 1.2 to work with elogind.

Thanks for the help.