Bug 33015 - polkits should conflict with each other: xfce-polkit & polkit-gnome
Summary: polkits should conflict with each other: xfce-polkit & polkit-gnome
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Sisyphus
Classification: Development
Component: polkit-gnome (show other bugs)
Version: unstable
Hardware: all Linux
: P3 normal
Assignee: Yuri N. Sedunov
QA Contact: qa-sisyphus
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Blocks: 33014
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Reported: 2017-01-19 10:24 MSK by Ivan Zakharyaschev
Modified: 2023-03-31 04:34 MSK (History)
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Description Ivan Zakharyaschev 2017-01-19 10:24:22 MSK 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #33014 +++

$ rpm -qa '*polkit*'
libpolkit-qt-core-1-0.112.0-alt1
polkit-0.113-alt2
libpolkit-gir-0.113-alt2
polkit-gnome-0.105-alt1
libpolkit-0.113-alt2
xfce-polkit-0.2-alt1
$ 

I have installed polkit-gnome by accident in ALT Education 8 system (with Xfce), and now an error is reported every time I login into Xfce from the dm:

XFCE PolicyKit Agent
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subject

I suspect they should conflict with each other. I've found a sismilar discussion here:

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/24803/gdbuserrororgfreedesktoppolicykit1errorfailed-an-authentication-agent-already-exists-for-the-given-subject/

After removing the package polkit-gnome, this error disappears. After installing it, this error appears again.
Comment 1 Alexey Shabalin 2023-03-31 04:34:23 MSK 
А если я хочу иметь сразу несколько DE на компьютере? И xfce, и gnome, и kde?
Каждый использует свой polkit.
Просто объясните DE, что не надо стартовать чужие polkit.