I ran into a bit of a bug (two bugs actually?):

  • tried to install a debian package using gnome-software
  • was (rightfully) asked to authenticate with the dialog shown in the screenshot
  • the polkit permissions are wrong (this is bug number 1, probably I can report it to my distro’s polkitd package)
  • clicking “cancel” did not make the dialog go away
  • the dialog blocked most interactions with any other windows (screenshots worked - but that was all)
  • killing the process that spawned the dialog (gnome-software) did not make the dialog go away (this is the thing that’s annoying me most)

I wasn’t able to find out which process was responsible for this, so I also don’t know which package to report it for… Ended up killing my entire gnome session to be able to continue.

Does anyone have an idea?

  • myotheraccount@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    7 months ago
    • polkitd runs as a separate user, so it’s not able to create windows in the user’s session (at least not without the help of a program running as the logged in user, like waypipe)
    • xprop might work, if I were using X, but I’m not
    • wlprop is not a general tool unfortunately, it’s specific to sway

    Anyway, thanks for trying :)