Control: tags -1 trixie Control: severity -1 important Adjusting the severity to "important" since this bug breaks functionally of the package.
On Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:00:47 +0100 Gert Robben <t...@gert.gr> wrote: > Package: xfce4-power-manager-plugins > Version: 4.20.0-1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > After Bookworm -> Trixie upgrade, I couldn't change brightness anymore with > the > hotkeys. > > When running "xfce4-power-manager --debug" and pressing a hotkey, I saw: > TRACE[xfpm-brightness-polkit.c:160] xfpm_brightness_polkit_set_level(): > Executing command: pkexec /usr/sbin/xfpm-power-backlight-helper --set- > brightness 1 > TRACE[xfpm-brightness-polkit.c:164] xfpm_brightness_polkit_set_level(): Failed > to set value: Failed to execute child process “pkexec” (No such file or > directory) > Then I found that command in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux- > gnu/xfce4/panel/plugins/libxfce4powermanager.so , which belongs to > xfce4-power- > manager-plugins. > > I use network-manager, which in Bookworm depended on policykit-1, which > depends > on pkexec. > But in Trixie it no longer depends on policykit-1, so (that and) pkexec got > autoremoved. > That's why in my case, it worked fine in Bookworm and broke in Trixie. > I can confirm the issue. It would be nice if we could have this fix in trixie, seems like a simple "Recommends: pkexec" or "Depends: ..." would fix this. I only tested it by installing "pkexec" manually. Reagrds, Håvard
