Hi, On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM Peter Blackman <peter@pblackman.plus.com> wrote: > > Hi leandro > > On 14/07/2025 20:51, Leandro Cunha wrote: > > > I have two XFCE installations here, one with Debian and one with Arch > > Same here :-) > > I notice a few of the packages on Arch are more up to date > than on Debian. I'm hoping I might be able to help with that. > > > XFCE still has a working polkit; > I guess you are referring to mate-polkit? > > > > all the user would need to do is enable it > > They would need to install it first. > That sounds easy, for those in the know, > but its not intuitive for users to have to look > for an authentication agent from other DEs > > There have been several independent bug reports > on this issue which shows this is an ongoing problem. > > Regards, > Peter > The package https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/ukui-polkit installs /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ukui-polkit/polkit-ukui-authentication-agent-1 and serves as a not very nice interface and does not adhere to the DE theme. But it works fine when enabled. -- Cheers, Leandro Cunha
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