Note: My use case involves logging into the desktop remotely, via XRDP. This issue appears to affect other remote-login implementations as well.
Related: https://github.com/TurboVNC/turbovnc/issues/47 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149893 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/issues/273 ** Bug watch added: github.com/TurboVNC/turbovnc/issues #47 https://github.com/TurboVNC/turbovnc/issues/47 ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #1149893 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149893 ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/issues #273 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/issues/273 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to colord in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1871593 Title: User receives prompt on login: "Authentication is required to create a color managed device" Status in colord package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This concerns colord 1.4.4-2 in Ubuntu focal. (xiccd 0.3.0-1 may also be relevant.) I log into the Xfce desktop environment, and immediately see an "Authenticate" window pop up: Authentication is required to create a color managed device Password for root: ________ Action: org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-device Vendor: System Color Manager I see this in syslog: Apr 8 05:38:30 test-ubuntu64 dbus-daemon[573]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.ColorManager' unit='colord.service' requested by ':1.35' (uid=1000 pid=1475 comm="xiccd " label="unconfined") This prompt is confusing to ordinary users, and I do not understand why it should even be necessary. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/colord/+bug/1871593/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
