From 971f37385853e13cb992b0d6c74bac4ee60d0b57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ivan Alejandro Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 17:27:27 -0300 Subject: List recognized polkit agents and remove old issues. --- docs/client/known-issues.md | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/client/known-issues.md b/docs/client/known-issues.md index 04b8070..e1507d7 100644 --- a/docs/client/known-issues.md +++ b/docs/client/known-issues.md @@ -3,28 +3,62 @@ @summary = 'Known issues in Bitmask.' @toc = true -Here you can find documentation about known issues and potential work-arounds in the current Leap Platform release. +Here you can find documentation about known issues and potential work-arounds +in the current Leap Platform release. -0.5 -=== +No polkit agent available +------------------------- -In this release the following issues are known, work-arounds are noted when available. +To run Bitmask and the services correctly you need to have a running polkit +agent. If you don't have one you will get an error and won't be able to start +Bitmask. -General Issues --------------- +The currently recognized polkit agents are: -- If you have received a big ammount of mails (tested with more than 400), you may experience that Thunderbird won't respond. +| process name | Who uses it? | +|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| +| `polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1` | Gnome | +| `polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1` | KDE | +| `polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1` | Mate | +| `lxpolkit` | LXDE | +| `gnome-shell` | Gnome shell | +| `fingerprint-polkit-agent` | the `fingerprint-gui` package | -That problem does not happen if you have the client open and Thunderbird loading mails while are reaching your inbox. -- You may get the error: "Unable to connect: Problem with provider" in situations when the problem is the network instead of the provider. (see: https://leap.se/code/issues/4023) +If you have a different polkit agent running that it's not in theat list, +please report a bug so we can include in our checks. -- Opening the same account from more than one box at the same time will possibly break your account. +You can get the list of running processes that match polkit with the following +command: `ps aux | grep -i polkit`. +Here is an example on my KDE desktop: -- Managing a huge ammount of mails (e.g.: moving mails to a folder) will block the UI (see https://leap.se/code/issues/4837) + ➜ ps aux | grep polkit + root 1392 0.0 0.0 298972 6120 ? Sl Sep22 0:02 /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd --no-debug + user 1702 0.0 0.0 12972 920 pts/16 S+ 16:42 0:00 grep polkit + user 3259 0.0 0.4 559764 38464 ? Sl Sep22 0:05 /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1 -Special Environments --------------------- -- You may experience problems related to an Unavailable polkit agent in gnome3. (see https://leap.se/code/issues/4144) +Other Issues +------------ +- You may get the error: "Unable to connect: Problem with provider" in + situations when the problem is the network instead of the provider. + See: https://leap.se/code/issues/4023 + +Mail issues +----------- + +Note that email is not stable yet so this list may not be accurate. + +- If you have received a big ammount of mails (tested with more than 400), you + may experience that Thunderbird won't respond. + +That problem does not happen if you have the client open and Thunderbird +loading mails while are reaching your inbox. + + +- Opening the same account from more than one box at the same time will + possibly break your account. + +- Managing a huge ammount of mails (e.g.: moving mails to a folder) will block + the UI (see https://leap.se/code/issues/4837) -- cgit v1.2.3