[Mageia-dev] Utter frustration

Fri Nov 30 13:13:51 CET 2012

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+On 29/11/12 22:35, Frank Griffin wrote:
+> 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
+> 
+OK, I'll try that.
+
+> 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.
+> 
+Before doing all that, can you explain the significance of the
+suffixes here?
+
+ls /usr/lib/ | grep powerdevil
+libpowerdevilconfigcommonprivate.so.4@
+libpowerdevilconfigcommonprivate.so.4.10.0*
+libpowerdevilcore.so.0@
+libpowerdevilcore.so.0.1.0*
+libpowerdevilui.so.4@
+libpowerdevilui.so.4.10.0*
+
+> 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 :-)
+
+On this occasion the netbook isn't going with me.  I just wanted to
+avoid the choice between forcing a shutdown by poweroff or leaving it
+running for 4 days while I'm away.
+
+Seriously, if there is a genuine problem here we need to get to the
+bottom of it for the sake of others, so from Wednesday I'll do any
+testing you need.
+
+Anne
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