Bug#923663: partitionmanager: does not start, permission denied

[Roger <gurusonic@gmail.com>]

I have tried to run partitionmanager on both testing and unstable 
systems. The permissions issue can be fixed with a policy file in 
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/ and subsequently open it with

pkexec partitionmanager

But partitionmanager has other problems. After attempting to start with 
pkexec it gives this message:

"pkexec partitionmanager qt.qpa.screen: QXcbConnection: Could not 
connect to display Could not connect to any X display."

Defining a display makes no difference.

I've been advised not to run it with "su -c" but tried it as a test and 
it shows different errors :

"No support tools were found for file systems currently present on hard 
disks in this computer:

Partition

	

File System

	

Support Tools

	

URL

/dev/sda3

	

linuxswap

	

util-linux

	

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/

/dev/sda6

	

ext4

	

e2fsprogs

	

http://e2fsprogs.sf.net

/dev/sdb3

	

ext4

	

e2fsprogs

	

http://e2fsprogs.sf.net

/dev/sdd3

	

ext3

	

e2fsprogs

	

http://e2fsprogs.sf.net

As long as the support tools for these file systems are not installed 
you will not be able to modify them.

You should find packages with these support tools in your distribution's 
package manager."

Both those packages are installed, of course.

Also discussed at http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=141315