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[beta] howdy-gtk fails to run after elevate #878

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principis opened this issue Jan 24, 2024 · 1 comment · May be fixed by #879
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[beta] howdy-gtk fails to run after elevate #878

principis opened this issue Jan 24, 2024 · 1 comment · May be fixed by #879

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howdy-gtk won't start if not run as root:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/arthur/fedora-scm/Howdy/howdy/howdy-gtk/src/init.py", line 8, in <module>
    import window
  File "/home/arthur/fedora-scm/Howdy/howdy/howdy-gtk/src/window.py", line 126, in <module>
    onboarding.OnboardingWindow()
  File "/home/arthur/fedora-scm/Howdy/howdy/howdy-gtk/src/onboarding.py", line 21, in __init__
    gtk.Window.__init__(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", line 508, in __init__
    raise RuntimeError(
RuntimeError: Gtk couldn't be initialized. Use Gtk.init_check() if you want to handle this case.

This exception is thrown after elevate.elevate(). Starting howdy-gtk with sudo works fine.

It seems it has something to do with the environment. After setting DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY in init.py, everything works as expected.

I've searched for similar issues already, and my issue has not been reported yet.

Linux distribution (if applicable): Fedora

Howdy version (sudo howdy version): 3.0.0 BETA (344eb34)
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Fixed it by modifying the polkit policy:

<action id="com.github.boltgolt.howdy-gtk">
    <message>Authentication is required to run howdy-gtk</message>
    <icon_name>howdy-gtk</icon_name>
    <defaults>
        <allow_any>no</allow_any>
        <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
        <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>
    </defaults>
    <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/bin/python3</annotate>
    <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.argv1">/usr/lib64/howdy-gtk/init.py</annotate>
    <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">true</annotate>
</action>

@principis principis linked a pull request Jan 24, 2024 that will close this issue
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Fix polkit policy principis/howdy
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