[Mageia-dev] Utter frustration

[Frank Griffin]

On 11/29/2012 11:58 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
>
> OK, done that.  As you expected, it returned
>
> /usr/lib/libpowerdevilcore.so.0.1.0
> /usr/lib/packagekitd
> /usr/lib/libpolkit-qt-core-1.so.1.103.0
> /usr/bin/xdm
> /usr/bin/gnome-session
>
> So what do I do now?  They don't look like things that can just be
> removed?  usr/lib/libpolkit-qt-core-1.so.1.103.0 looks the most likely
> to be connected with my problem.
>
> Sorry to bang on about this, but at present I can't shut down the
> netbook other than by hitting the power switch.  I really need to be
> able to change those settings before I go away for a few days, this
> weekend.
I don't think anything's going to get done in that timeframe, but 
CTRL-ALT-{R,S,E,I,U,B} will get you through the weekend.

What I would do at this point, for each of these, one by one, is

a) Record their current permissions
b) Change the permissions to make them writable to you (777 will do nicely).
c) Open the file in a binary editor like Okteta.  Find every instance of 
the org.xxx search string and modify the name in some visible way, e. g. 
ConsoleKit -> XonsoleKit
d) Retry your failing case and see if the message you get changes 
accordingly
e) Revert the change

Since it can't find what it wants anyway, this shouldn't affect your 
system operation.  but it will expose the guilty file(s).  Then, use 
rpmdrake Search on File Names to find the owning package for each 
culprit, and file a bug against it saying that the such-and-such file is 
looking for ConsoleKit.

Either the package(s) were never converted to use something else, or 
they've been built incorrectly.

I'd suggest installing ConsoleKit, but god only knows what that would 
screw up as regards its replacement, so it isn't something you'd want to 
do before the weekend :-)