On Monday 25 July 2011 15:27:52 Kevin Kofler wrote:
Martin Kho wrote:
> When I open Printer Configuration in System Settings I get an
> authentication dialog box asking for my root password (not my user -
> sudo
> - password). After entering the password a new box opens with all
> printers and settings and the window in System Settings changes to
> "Resize and Rotate your display". The System Settings window is
'empty'
> and all controls are disabled (greyed out). The only option I have is
> closing System Settings.
This is a result of the hack we use to support root-only configuration
modules, and setting the root-only flag is in turn a workaround for
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652272
system-config-printer-kde really needs a better fix for this problem.
system-config-printer already supports PolicyKit, I have no idea why this is
not working in system-config-printer-kde, I guess it's supposed to call
some functions and doesn't.
Kevin Kofler
Kevin, thanks for your info. Aren't the modules "Date & Time" and
"Login
Screen" already using PolicyKit?
Martin Kho
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