[SOLVED] rpmdrake not starting

[pnbalaji]

Hi,

Since yesterday onwards, the "Install & Remove Software" is not working. It is asking for the root password. However, after entring the root password, nothing happens. I tried to launch rpmdrake from the mate-terminal and I am seeing the below output in the terminal.

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[bala@Bala-iMac ~]$ rpmdrake
Ignore the following Glib::Object::Introspection & Gtk3 warnings
No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Cannot be run in console mode.


Can someone help?

FYI, I made few changes yesterday. Though I am using Mate desktop, the installation had several KDE related apps like KOrganizer, KWallet and other KDE related libs. I removed most of them. I also installed the latest version Brisk-menu and replaced net-applet with Network Manager.

Thanks,
Balaji.

[doktor5000]

What Mageia release is that ?

please provide the output of the following commands, run as your regular user in a terminal:

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loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID
ps -ef|grep -v grep|grep -iE "polkit|policykit"
pkexec whoami     # you need to enter your root password when asked by the authentication dialog
echo $DISPLAY
xauth list
cat /etc/hostname

and as root from:

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systemctl status polkit.service -a

[pnbalaji]

My mageia release is 7.1 Mate. Output of uname -a is below.

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[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ uname -a
Linux balas-iMac 5.7.19-desktop-1.mga7 #1 SMP Thu Aug 27 20:27:55 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


Output of the commands are below.

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[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID
Id=1
User=1000
Name=bala
Timestamp=Sat 2020-09-19 19:58:09 CDT
TimestampMonotonic=53677496
VTNr=1
Seat=seat0
Display=:0
Remote=no
Service=lightdm-autologin
Desktop=mate
Scope=session-1.scope
Leader=5180
Audit=1
Type=x11
Class=user
Active=yes
State=active
IdleHint=no
IdleSinceHint=1600629161785974
IdleSinceHintMonotonic=65726002832
LockedHint=no

[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ ps -ef|grep -v grep|grep -iE "polkit|policykit"
polkitd    982     1  0 Sep19 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
bala+  5422  5205  0 Sep19 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1

[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ pkexec whoami
root

[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ echo $DISPLAY
:0

[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ xauth list
localhost.localdomain/unix:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  abb27d217823f7482ef71c573cbcea30

[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ cat /etc/hostname
localhost.localdomain[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ systemctl status polkit.service -a
● polkit.service - Authorization Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2020-09-19 19:57:41 CDT; 18h ago
     Docs: man:polkit(8)
 Main PID: 982 (polkitd)
    Tasks: 12 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 18.8M
   CGroup: /system.slice/polkit.service
           └─982 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug

Sep 19 19:57:41 localhost.localdomain polkitd[982]: Started polkitd version 0.116
Sep 19 19:57:41 localhost.localdomain polkitd[982]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
Sep 19 19:57:41 localhost.localdomain polkitd[982]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d
Sep 19 19:57:41 localhost.localdomain polkitd[982]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 7 rules
Sep 19 19:57:41 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Authorization Manager.
Sep 19 19:57:41 localhost.localdomain polkitd[982]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus
Sep 19 19:58:11 localhost.localdomain polkitd[982]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:1 (system bus name :1.169 [/usr/libexec/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1], object path /org>
Sep 20 08:42:14 balas-iMac polkitd[982]: Operator of unix-session:1 successfully authenticated as unix-user:bala to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.mageia.drakrpm.pkexec.run >
Sep 20 08:45:39 balas-iMac polkitd[982]: Operator of unix-session:1 successfully authenticated as unix-user:bala to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.mageia.drakrpm.pkexec.run >
Sep 20 14:36:28 balas-iMac polkitd[982]: Operator of unix-session:1 successfully authenticated as unix-user:bala to gain ONE-SHOT authorization for action org.freedesktop.policykit.exec >


[doktor5000]

In the logs you can see the issue. You haven't set a proper hostname, Sep 19 it's the default localhost.localdomain but Sep 20 it has changed to balas-iMac.
Set a proper static hostname once e.g. with hostnamectl set-hostname and then reboot, it should be fine then.

[pnbalaji]

Thanks for your response. I did set the hostname to localhost.localdomain with the hostnamectl command. However, I am still having the same issue. When I run rpmdrake from command line, I get this.

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[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ rpmdrake
Ignore the following Glib::Object::Introspection & Gtk3 warnings
No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Cannot be run in console mode.


What else could be the issue?

Output of the same commands are below.

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[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ ps -ef|grep -v grep|grep -iE "polkit|policykit"
polkitd   1010     1  0 09:16 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
bala+  5820  5627  0 09:17 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1

[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ pkexec whoami
root

[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ echo $DISPLAY
:0

[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ xauth list
localhost.localdomain/unix:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  25943720bc61fca8c184701198d8b49d

[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ cat /etc/hostname
localhost.localdomain

[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ sudo systemctl status polkit.service -a
[sudo] password for bala:
● polkit.service - Authorization Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-09-21 09:16:38 CDT; 5min ago
     Docs: man:polkit(8)
 Main PID: 1010 (polkitd)
    Tasks: 12 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 21.3M
   CGroup: /system.slice/polkit.service
           └─1010 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug

Sep 21 09:16:38 localhost.localdomain polkitd[1010]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rul>
Sep 21 09:16:38 localhost.localdomain polkitd[1010]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit>
Sep 21 09:16:38 localhost.localdomain polkitd[1010]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 6 ru>
Sep 21 09:16:38 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Authorization Manager.
Sep 21 09:16:38 localhost.localdomain polkitd[1010]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 o>
Sep 21 09:17:07 localhost.localdomain polkitd[1010]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-sessi>
Sep 21 09:17:21 balas-iMac polkitd[1010]: Operator of unix-session:1 successfully authenticated >
Sep 21 09:18:00 balas-iMac polkitd[1010]: Operator of unix-session:1 successfully authenticated >
Sep 21 09:19:26 balas-iMac polkitd[1010]: Operator of unix-session:1 successfully authenticated >
Sep 21 09:21:19 balas-iMac polkitd[1010]: Operator of unix-session:1 successfully authenticated >
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● polkit.service - Authorization Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-09-21 09:16:38 CDT; 5min ago
     Docs: man:polkit(8)
 Main PID: 1010 (polkitd)
    Tasks: 12 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 21.3M
   CGroup: /system.slice/polkit.service
           └─1010 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug

Sep 21 09:16:38 localhost.localdomain polkitd[1010]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
Sep 21 09:16:38 localhost.localdomain polkitd[1010]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d
Sep 21 09:16:38 localhost.localdomain polkitd[1010]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 6 rules
Sep 21 09:16:38 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Authorization Manager.
Sep 21 09:16:38 localhost.localdomain polkitd[1010]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus
Sep 21 09:17:07 localhost.localdomain polkitd[1010]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:1 (system bus name :1.169 [/usr/libexec/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1], object path /or>
Sep 21 09:17:21 balas-iMac polkitd[1010]: Operator of unix-session:1 successfully authenticated as unix-user:bala to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.mageia.drakrpm.pkexec.run>
Sep 21 09:18:00 balas-iMac polkitd[1010]: Operator of unix-session:1 successfully authenticated as unix-user:bala to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.mageia.drakrpm.pkexec.run>
Sep 21 09:19:26 balas-iMac polkitd[1010]: Operator of unix-session:1 successfully authenticated as unix-user:bala to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.mageia.drakrpm.pkexec.run>
Sep 21 09:21:19 balas-iMac polkitd[1010]: Operator of unix-session:1 successfully authenticated as unix-user:bala to gain ONE-SHOT authorization for action org.freedesktop.policykit.exec>
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[doktor5000]

I did set the hostname to localhost.localdomain with the hostnamectl command. However, I am still having the same issue.

Did you reboot after changing the hostname? Apart from that, seems something still changes your hostname to balas-iMac according to your logs, probably via DHCP.

[pnbalaji]

Yes, I did reboot. both /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname shows localhost.localdomain as the hostname.

my PS1 shows this.

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[bala@balas-iMac ~]$ echo $PS1
[\u@\h \W]\$


I am not sure from where it is picking up the hostname.

Also, I just noticed that I am not able to launch Mageia Control Conter. Running mcc from the command line throws the same error message as the rpmdrake.

[doktor5000]

Please show the output of

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uname -n
hostname -f

[pnbalaji]

both uname -n and hostname -f are showing the same output.

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Balas-iMac

[doktor5000]

Which is not what you set with hostnamectl, as mentioned I'd guess this comes from your router via DHCP.
Either set that as your hostname or configure your router to not provide a hostname. Or manually configure your network interface to not obtain a hostname via DHCP.

[pnbalaji]

Thanks for your help. I tried to launch the Mageia Control Center so that I can change the settings "Get DNS servers from DHCP". However, I was not able to launch MCC. So, now I did set the hostname to Balas-iMac and now everything is working fine.