[kde-linux] Help needed: KAuth and SystemSettings. (2)

[James Tyrer]

On 03/29/10 05:50, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Sunday 28 March 2010 22:50:10 James Tyrer wrote:
>> On 03/28/10 10:40, Anne Wilson wrote:
>>> On Sunday 28 March 2010 16:57:08 James Tyrer wrote:
>>>> Having ferreted out some additional information, I have made
>>>> some progress.  I still need a bit of help from people that
>>>> installed from binaries to determine if things are bugs or
>>>> configuration issues.
>>>>
>>>> Note to AW, please do not just say that it works.  That does
>>>> not help -- I need very specific information.
>>>
>>> I gave you the specific information that it works for me when I
>>> run systemsettings as root.
>>
>> But, that isn't what I wanted to know, was it?  I want to know how,
>> or if, it works when you run System Settings as a user account.
>>
> In the same message I told you that it requires root priveleges, so
> does not allow users to change it.
>
What you said is very ambiguous.  Users can change it if they have the
needed root privilege or if they have the rood password.

Are you using KDE-4.4.x?  If so, you should be able to set the date and
time by providing the root password when asked for it:

http://home.earthlink.net/~tyrerj/kde/KDE-4/snapshot011.png

>>> Are you saying that it is still greyed out if you run
>>> systemsettings as root?
>>
>> It wasn't really what I am saying (I was concerned about it working
>> for a user account using authentication), but yes, it stays grayed
>> out if I am running as root too.  This is only when trying to set
>> only the timezone.  It works if I change the date or time (which I
>> don't normally do since I have NTP running).
>
> Then there seems to be something strange about your system.

No, it is 100% stock with no distro modifications.

> I did not need to jump through any hoops when I tested it, apart from
> starting systemsettings as root.

It would appear that starting System Settings as root is a rather large 
hoop.  But, you miss the point.  What I am trying to do is get setting 
the date and time with authentication working.  I would still like for 
someone to confirm that the: "Apply" button doesn't activate properly 
when trying to change the timezone.

I now have KDESU working for me.  It was not configuration, but rather a 
bug and I had to patch the code to fix it:

	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232617

[Anybody want to start a pool on how many days it takes for someone to 
commit the patch?]

So, I have now opened System Settings using KDESU and if I select a 
different timezone, the: "Apply" button doesn't activate. :-(

I do note for the record that I never set the time since I have a NTP 
daemon running which asks the GPS linked clock at UCLA for the time.

Still, I need to get this working for those that build from source.

-- 
James Tyrer

Linux (mostly) From Scratch