[arch-general] OT: [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

[Tom Gundersen]

On Aug 10, 2012 6:32 PM, "Leonid Isaev" <lisaev at umail.iu.edu> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:04:39 +0200
> Tom Gundersen <teg at jklm.no> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 10, 2012 5:59 PM, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
wrote:
> > > As already reported, both, the version from the repositories + this
> > > patched version works with the NM applet on my Xfce, unfortunately the
> > > patched version brakes Thunar.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Tom
>
> Except mounting issues, do I correctly understand that polkit 0.107
enables
> correct seat/session assigment in conjuction with systemd-logind even
without
> a login helper (like {G,K}DM)?

No. That is a separate problem. The patched version will ask logind for
information about the session, but for that to work, a pam session must
have been set up correctly and be registered with logind. For this a login
manager (our an xinit hack) is needed.

Tom