[SOLVED] XFCE shutdown menu grayed out after current update

hitest · 03-26-2016, 11:57 AM

After yesterday's current update my shutdown menu is grayed out. I can shutdown by using Terminal. Also, I've noticed quite a bit of lag on start-up (it takes longer for icons to show up).
See screenshot.

DarkVision · 03-26-2016, 12:08 PM

Maybe this is related to this issue here? Bad polkit configuration can have such effects...

hitest · 03-26-2016, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkVision

Maybe this is related to this issue here? Bad polkit configuration can have such effects...

Thanks for the reply. I see rworkman's fix. I think I'll wait a bit until the Team issues a fix along with notes.

slacker1337 · 03-26-2016, 12:24 PM

I updated my -current virtual machine and switched to XFCE to see. After rebooting, the "Action Buttons" didn't load until I opened up the Panel Preferences and attempted to edit the settings. After it loaded, it initialized the screen lock fine, but when I attempted to log out it froze. The attachments are sequential, first with no Action Button's loaded, then after it loaded, finally when the button froze.

hitest · 03-26-2016, 12:26 PM

I'm also seeing the freezing when I click on my name and attempt to log-out, shutdown.

cwizardone · 03-26-2016, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by hitest

I'm also seeing the freezing when I click on my name and attempt to log-out, shutdown.

Re-install the previous versions of polkit and polkit-gnome then reboot and you should be OK. Worked for me.

hitest · 03-26-2016, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

Re-install the previous versions of polkit and polkit-gnome then reboot and you should be OK. Worked for me.

Thanks for the tip, mate.

I suspect that the Team will sort this out and issue a fix.

Gordie · 03-26-2016, 12:55 PM

A bit of a lag? Takes the better part of a minute and then can only see logout as all else is grey.

Hmm, don't have copies of the old polkit and polkit-gnome so will have to live with this until fixed

hitest · 03-26-2016, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Gordie

A bit of a lag? Takes the better part of a minute and then can only see logout as all else is grey.

Hmm, don't have copies of the old polkit and polkit-gnome so will have to live with this until fixed

Yeah the lag is very noticeable (it takes about a minute for me as well).

cwizardone · 03-26-2016, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Gordie

A bit of a lag? Takes the better part of a minute and then can only see logout as all else is grey.

Hmm, don't have copies of the old polkit and polkit-gnome so will have to live with this until fixed

Do you have an install disk or thumb drive around?

You might check one of the mirrors and see what versions were used by Slackware-14.1.
The versions on the .iso I have, dated 11 February 2016, are polkit-0.105 and
polkit-gnome-0.102. Just checked and, yes, those versions are available in Slackware-14.1 and Slackware64-14.1.

http://slackware.oregonstate.edu/sla...slackware64/l/

hitest · 03-26-2016, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

Do you have an install disk or thumb drive around?

I do have an older -current DVD so I can apply your fix(I do appreciate your help/suggestion). I think I will wait until the Team decides on how to address this issue. This anomaly is mildly annoying, but, I can use my desktop while I wait.

Gordie · 03-26-2016, 01:08 PM

There ya are. Back to normal. I make my own iso so I do have the files on hand. Just started to do that and is so new to me I forgot about it.
Could have expanded the iso if there was not a copy of the ftp mirror on hand.
After a forced reboot I am good to go.

That musta been what was wrong with the xfce power manager too cause now the icon is back to normal and it actually tells me that my power is disconnected

hitest · 03-26-2016, 01:16 PM

In addition to my power icon on my thinkpad not functioning, my pulse audio icon also takes a bit of time to initialize (it works properly after a lag time).

P.S. Added later. I cannot mount my -current DVD (polkit permission error).
I will wait.

colorpurple21859 · 03-26-2016, 01:33 PM

I also having problems with xfce lag on logging in and when logging out can only log out by clicking the logout in the menu and then hitting alt-ctrl-backspace, no logout menu comes up. When I try to connect to wireless from network manager get "Authorization check failed: invalid DBUS proxy" error. If I log in as root still have the same log in/out behavior but the network manager works when connecting to my wireless.

hitest · 03-26-2016, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

When I try to connect to wireless from network manager get "Authorization check failed: invalid DBUS proxy" error. If I log in as root still have the same log in/out behavior but the network manager works when connecting to my wireless.

Just tried Networkmanager as my regular user on my thinkpad and my wireless connectivity is working as expected.