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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 229735] Installing KDE in "/usr/KDE-4.4 breaks Authorization.
From:       "Dr.Edgar Alwers" <edgaralwers () gmx ! de>
Date:       2010-03-09 17:45:38
Message-ID: 20100309174538.67F1536A30 () immanuel ! kde ! org
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--- Comment #8 from Dr.Edgar Alwers <edgaralwers gmx de>  2010-03-09 18:45:33 ---

> (In reply to comment #6)
> 
> Btw, if you wanted a fix so badly, here it comes:
> 
> sudo cp $KDEPREFIX/share/polkit/actions/* /usr/polkit/actions
> sudo cp $KDEPREFIX/share/dbus-1/system-services/*
> /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services
> sudo cp $KDEPREFIX/etc/dbus-1/system.d/* /etc/dbus-1/system.d

OK. I have kde-4.4.0 installed in /opt/kde-4.4. The result of your advice (
thank you very much for your hints ) was not successfull:

1.) There does not exist an /opt/kde-4-4/share/polkit directory. However, as we
instaled PolicyKit-0.9 and polkit-0.96 in /usr, it exists an
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/ directory. Following your hint, we created an
/usr/polkit/actions directory, and cp the contents of the corresponding
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/ to it. Just to remind: we are alredy talking about
polkit, policykit and polkit-1 and guessing directories.

2.) sudo cp $KDEPREFIX/share/dbus-1/system-services/*
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services: OK. Done

3.) sudo cp $KDEPREFIX/etc/dbus-1/system.d/* /etc/dbus-1/system.d OK. done

The result of all, after rebooting, trying to modify the time:
"You are not allowed to save the configuration"

> And you know you can't even install the plasma python engine in a different
> prefix as well, do you? I think you can see the point now. And copying some
> files is not rocket science.

Let me please make some additional comments:

1. We should slow down the discussion. We all are only trying to get KDE-4.4
running smootly, helping in the way each one of us can. I e.g. as experienced
user.

2. If very important programs are running under kde-3.5 and suddenly not more
under kde-4.4 due to safety issues, and I am not able and allowed to make the
necessary changes ( time ), then kde-4.4 has a problem.

3. Part of the problem is the inconsistency of sources. Sometimes trunk,
sometimes kdesupport, sometimes git. And the versions are not compatible.

4. There are not explanations about PolicyKit, polkit, polkit-qt, polkit-qt-1.
Are they all compatible ? or are they excluding each other perhaps ? But these
programs seem to be ruling the authorization issues !

5.) last but not least, also you could observe, that copying files may advance
to a rocket science.

I don't believe, that the intention of the KDE-developers is to develop only
for distributor companies. There are thousands of self building users. I am
one, pretty well experienced. The system, at this moment, needs more attention
in this sense.

Edgar

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