Control: reassign -1 xfce4
Hi Tyler, I confirm, that activating this checkbox works. It's no need for additional package install, just checking that setting. I'm reassigning this to xfce people. Thanks for reporting Holger Tyler Rusk <tdr...@gmail.com> wrote (Mon, 21 Jul 2025 19:33:30 -0400): > Package: task-xfce-desktop > Version: 3.81 > Severity: minor > X-Debbugs-Cc: tdr...@gmail.com > > Dear Maintainer, > > > * What led up to the situation? I installed XFCE from the installer. > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? I attempted to launch synaptic package manager. > * What was the outcome of this action? It did not launch > * What outcome did you expect instead? I expected to be prompted for my > sudo credentials. To fix the issue I installed lxpolkit and added it to the > session/startup area of xfce. However, upon further thought, this may have > been able to be enabled by going to this same area and just checking the box > for polkit-ukui-authentication-agent-1. Why isn't this enabled by default? > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 13.0 > APT prefers testing-security > APT policy: (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'testing') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 6.12.35+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not > set > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages task-xfce-desktop depends on: > ii lightdm 1.32.0-6+b2 > ii task-desktop 3.81 > ii tasksel 3.81 > ii xfce4 4.20 > > Versions of packages task-xfce-desktop recommends: > ii atril 1.26.2-4 > ii dbus-user-session [default-dbus-session-bus] 1.16.2-2 > ii hunspell-en-us 1:2020.12.07-4 > ii hyphen-en-us 2.8.8-7 > ii libreoffice-calc 4:25.2.3-2 > ii libreoffice-gtk3 4:25.2.3-2 > ii libreoffice-help-en-us 4:25.2.3-2 > ii libreoffice-impress 4:25.2.3-2 > ii libreoffice-writer 4:25.2.3-2 > ii light-locker 1.8.0-3+b1 > ii mousepad 0.6.3-1 > ii mythes-en-us 1:25.2.3-1 > ii network-manager-applet 1.36.0-3+b1 > ii nm-connection-editor 1.36.0-3+b1 > ii orca 48.1-1 > ii parole 4.18.2-1 > ii quodlibet 4.6.0-6 > ii synaptic 0.91.7 > ii system-config-printer 1.5.18-4 > ii tango-icon-theme 0.9.0-1 > ii xfce4-goodies 4.20.0 > ii xfce4-power-manager 4.20.0-1 > ii xfce4-terminal 1.1.4-1 > ii xsane 0.999-12.2 > > task-xfce-desktop suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
