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== Using Consolekit == | == Using Consolekit == | ||
{{Important|Consolekit has been deprecated in Manjaro in favour of [https://forum.manjaro.org/t/switch-from-consolekit-to-elogind/19412 elogind].}} | |||
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Additionally, if not already done, [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ConsoleKit consolekit] can be installed to perform root actions like shutting down or restarting system as non-root user from your Desktop Environment. | Additionally, if not already done, [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ConsoleKit consolekit] can be installed to perform root actions like shutting down or restarting system as non-root user from your Desktop Environment. | ||
Consolekit can be installed in the following way: | Consolekit can be installed in the following way: | ||
sudo pacman -S consolekit-openrc polkit-consolekit cgmanager-openrc | sudo pacman -S consolekit-openrc polkit-consolekit cgmanager-openrc | ||
The output looks like the following: | The output looks like the following: | ||
$ sudo pacman -S consolekit-openrc polkit-consolekit cgmanager-openrc | $ sudo pacman -S consolekit-openrc polkit-consolekit cgmanager-openrc | ||
resolving dependencies... | resolving dependencies... | ||
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After installing it can be enabled with {{ic|'''sudo rc-update add consolekit'''}} and would be activated after a reboot. | After installing it can be enabled with {{ic|'''sudo rc-update add consolekit'''}} and would be activated after a reboot. | ||
To check that consolekit is running and a ck-session was started, the following command can be used: | To check that consolekit is running and a ck-session was started, the following command can be used: | ||
ck-list-sessions | ck-list-sessions | ||
The output looks like the following: | The output looks like the following: | ||
Session1: | Session1: | ||
unix-user = '1000' | unix-user = '1000' | ||
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To start a ck-session and X session from the command line following syntax could be used: | To start a ck-session and X session from the command line following syntax could be used: | ||
ck-launch-session <session-name> | ck-launch-session <session-name> | ||
For example, | For example, | ||
ck-launch-session startxfce4 | ck-launch-session startxfce4 | ||
=== Some gotcha's === | === Some gotcha's === | ||
Display managers that are known to work with consolekit are '''lightdm''', '''lxdm''' (via [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lxdm-consolekit/ lxdm-consolekit]), '''kdm''' (via [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kdebase-workspace-consolekit/ kdebase-workspace-consolekit]), and '''mdm''' (via [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mdm-nosystemd/ mdm-nosystemd]). Have a look at the [[Openrc#Display_Manager | Display Manager]] section for more info. | Display managers that are known to work with consolekit are '''lightdm''', '''lxdm''' (via [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lxdm-consolekit/ lxdm-consolekit]), '''kdm''' (via [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kdebase-workspace-consolekit/ kdebase-workspace-consolekit]), and '''mdm''' (via [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mdm-nosystemd/ mdm-nosystemd]). Have a look at the [[Openrc#Display_Manager | Display Manager]] section for more info. | ||