Hello,
I’m very new to KDE and Discover Software App. Every time I try to install something it tells me I do not have authentication to do so, but never prompts me for my password. So, I’m currently stuck using apt or synaptic. There seem to be a lot of people that have had this problem through the years, but there has been no definitive solution that applies to me.
This doesn’t feel like a bug as much as user error. There must be something I’m doing wrong, I think.
Thank you!
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No, rest assured you’re not doing anything wrong. It broke for me some time ago (weeks, months) and I didn’t really investigate it.
I suspected something broke when I upgraded to Byzantium and I just didn’t notice directly after. But now (as you also experience it) I rather think some update broke it.
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pero hay alguna solucion?a mi tambien me pasa
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Translation: But is there any solution? It happens to me too.
It may help to provide more background, at least whether this is Librem laptop or Librem phone or some other hardware; and what PureOS version.
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hello irvin,
The Pureos version is 10.0.
The problen is Discover.Apparently, when lar discover, it tells you that you do not have permission and does not let you install anything. The system does not allow you to change privileges. I think there is a lack of a bookstore that makes it possible. I do not know if there is a way to drag it since I have tried everything. In the next update I hope you fix it. If you install the other version that is not kde of plasma this does not happen. the problem is Discovery
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As of today, plasma-discover authentication bug is still there.
Note that if you try to change the software sources, ‘Run as root - KDE su’ dialog appears as expected.
My setup:
Operating System: PureOS 10.0
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.78.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.10.0-21-amd64
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 4 × Intel® Celeron® CPU J3455 @ 1.50GHz
Memory: 5.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 500
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Tried several workarounds, including a customized policy in /usr/share/polkit-1/actions. To no avail.
The only way to make it work is the same way you can run most KDE apps with elevated privileges: install dbus-x11 (sudo apt install dbus-x11) and create an Application link (any_filename.desktop) like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment[en_GB]=
Comment=
Exec=pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true dbus-launch plasma-discover
GenericName[en_GB]=
GenericName=
Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/plasmadiscover.png
MimeType=
Name[en_GB]=Discover
Name=Discover
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=
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Having a similar issue.
I tried KDE PureOS today. I downloaded v10.3 but when I installed it said 10.0 for some odd reason.
Once it ran, I found I can’t install or update anything via the GUI. It simply says I have no permissions and fails to ask for a password.
I can use terminal just fine to update and install stuff using apt and apt-get.
but the gui appstore just won’t work, and it really should.
updating all apps with apt and then rebooting does not fix this issue either.
I am going to try the gnome version to see if it is also broken
edit: I tested gnome and it works.
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How about PureOS 11 ‘Crimson’ using KDE?
I looked around and I can’t find the download link for Crimson
I tried gnome again and I just utterly hate it. So for me, it has to be KDE
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Thanks for the link.
I did find a workaround while still using 10.3.
install the gnome version of 10.3. then from gnome, open terminal and use sudo tasksel to add kde plasma desktop. Now you can logout and then log back in as kde and it works.
while I was at it, I installed cinnamon too.
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I’ve been using PureOS, but I went into the command line and did some sudo apt install mate-desktop or whatever and loaded in MATE instead of gnome/KDE. Then I did a bunch of apt commands to try to nuke whatever was there previously, to eliminate the gnome bloatware. i3 also works, and is maybe more open-sourcey because it’s simpler, but for me i3 didn’t support the Librem 14 function keys to change screen brightness, which is just annoying, so I went back to MATE.
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Yea. Mate is great. When I made that post I did not realize I am able to install other DEs on pureos. And thought my only choices are KDE or gnome.
But you can start with gnome and use it to install MATE, Cinnamon, XFCE and more.
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