On 9/21/18 11:02 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 9/21/18 9:14 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I have had this problem pre beta images. This is the F29-armfhp code base.
>
> I am running vnc server as a service. I have edited the xstartup to have:
>
> # exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
> exec /bin/sh /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc
> xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
> startxfce4 &
>
> Note that currently, the is no .Xresources file.
I do not know why you're doing that. But, I haven't.
> When I connect to the system after a fresh boot or vncserver restart I get a dialog
> with:
>
> Error XFCE PolicyKit Agent
>
> Ed Greshko reported on the Fedora list (as I thought this was a more general
> VNC/Xfce error having nothing to do with the beta) that he does not get this error,
> but he is NOT running vncserver as a service. Rather from an SSH session.
I have configured by f28 system to run vncsever as a service and I see the error
you're reporting.
I believe I understand why the error is presented.
If you start the vncserver you'll see something like this
polkitd 706 1 0 22:31 ? 00:00:02 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
egreshko 3527 3497 2 22:58 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/xfce-polkit
running
When you make a vnc client connection, you get the error and then you'll see only
polkitd 706 1 0 22:31 ? 00:00:03 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
running. /usr/libexec/xfce-polkit has crashed. Why? I have no idea at 23:00.
My F28 install is right now doing its dnf update which will take a bit.
But I was setting what starts at startup via Settings > Session and Startup
And I noticed that polkit is started there. I bet if you turn that off,
things MAY get better. Of course then console login will not have
polkit. So perhaps vncserver should NOT be running polkit?