Hi,

For reference, there's already an Arch Linux specific bug report:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/54170
Pau Espin Pedrol


2017-06-01 7:11 GMT+02:00 eric <[email protected]>:
> On 05/31/2017 10:03 PM, Cedric BAIL wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
> OK,
>
> Thank you for the information.
>
>
> Eric
>
>
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