Hello, On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 9:27 PM, eric <[email protected]> wrote: > I came across an issue last week on a laptop with Arch Linux and > enlightenment from the Arch repo's. > > I am running enlightenment 21.3 with efl 1.18.4.3 and the linux kernel > 4.11.2-1-ARCH x86_64. > > On the last update I opened a terminal and used the su command and then > updated Arch with pacman -Syu. This did not update enlightenment or eff but > a few other applications which I do not remember. After a reboot I lost the > ability to use the su command from the terminal. > > I can drop to a terminal using ALT-CNTR-F3 and log in as a user and use the > su command. > > I can log in using KDE plasma and use the su command in a terminal. > > I just can not su while under enlightenment desktop. In a terminal under > enlightenment I get: > > [eric@home ~]$ su > Password: > su: Authentication failure > > I had first thought it was a misspelling but that was not the case. I also > tried with a different user. > > I am guessing that a module or service is not being loaded or I corrupted > something but do not know where to look. > > I will probably re-install Arch tomorrow as I am at a loss. > > If anyone can help I will sure appreciate it.
This is a known bug in Linux Kernel itself. There is a patch getting backported to the next stable release. Best solution at this time is to just go back to Linux 4.10. No need to re-install. Cedric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
