[Mageia-dev] Utter frustration

Thu Nov 29 23:35:01 CET 2012

On 11/29/2012 11:58 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
+>
+> OK, done that.  As you expected, it returned
+>
+> /usr/lib/libpowerdevilcore.so.0.1.0
+> /usr/lib/packagekitd
+> /usr/lib/libpolkit-qt-core-1.so.1.103.0
+> /usr/bin/xdm
+> /usr/bin/gnome-session
+>
+> So what do I do now?  They don't look like things that can just be
+> removed?  usr/lib/libpolkit-qt-core-1.so.1.103.0 looks the most likely
+> to be connected with my problem.
+>
+> Sorry to bang on about this, but at present I can't shut down the
+> netbook other than by hitting the power switch.  I really need to be
+> able to change those settings before I go away for a few days, this
+> weekend.
+I don't think anything's going to get done in that timeframe, but 
+CTRL-ALT-{R,S,E,I,U,B} will get you through the weekend.
+
+What I would do at this point, for each of these, one by one, is
+
+a) Record their current permissions
+b) Change the permissions to make them writable to you (777 will do nicely).
+c) Open the file in a binary editor like Okteta.  Find every instance of 
+the org.xxx search string and modify the name in some visible way, e. g. 
+ConsoleKit -> XonsoleKit
+d) Retry your failing case and see if the message you get changes 
+accordingly
+e) Revert the change
+
+Since it can't find what it wants anyway, this shouldn't affect your 
+system operation.  but it will expose the guilty file(s).  Then, use 
+rpmdrake Search on File Names to find the owning package for each 
+culprit, and file a bug against it saying that the such-and-such file is 
+looking for ConsoleKit.
+
+Either the package(s) were never converted to use something else, or 
+they've been built incorrectly.
+
+I'd suggest installing ConsoleKit, but god only knows what that would 
+screw up as regards its replacement, so it isn't something you'd want to 
+do before the weekend :-)
+