endless brightness / backlight error messages in journalctl
Submitted by mike bayer
Link to original bug (#787278)
Description
following the instructions at the end of #772537 to open a new bug, the issue whereby there are unlimited gsd-backlight-helper messages in journalctl (see also #756539, #764896, #772537, #77368 for other bugs that claim to solve this issue) persists with gnome-settings-daemon 3.24.3.
with the latest gnome-settings-daemon the messages are immediate upon boot, no longer is it needed to put the laptop in suspend first. The messages are resolved by stopping iio-sensor-proxy.
if the bug is known to be in a different area like the kernel, please refer me to the upstream issue which handles it.
Sep 04 19:16:11 photon2 pkexec[4228]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/lib
exec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 299]
Sep 04 19:16:11 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Sep 04 19:16:11 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: This incident has been reported.
Sep 04 19:16:12 photon2 pkexec[4234]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/lib
exec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 290]
Sep 04 19:16:12 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Sep 04 19:16:12 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: This incident has been reported.
Sep 04 19:16:13 photon2 pkexec[4240]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/lib
exec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 290]
Sep 04 19:16:13 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Sep 04 19:16:13 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: This incident has been reported.
Sep 04 19:16:13 photon2 nm-dispatcher[3924]: req:5 'connectivity-change': new request (6 scripts)
Sep 04 19:16:13 photon2 nm-dispatcher[3924]: req:5 'connectivity-change': start running ordered scripts...
Sep 04 19:16:14 photon2 pkexec[4264]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/lib
exec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 290]
Sep 04 19:16:14 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Sep 04 19:16:14 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: This incident has been reported.
Sep 04 19:16:15 photon2 pkexec[4270]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/lib
exec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 299]
Sep 04 19:16:15 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Sep 04 19:16:15 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: This incident has been reported.
Sep 04 19:16:16 photon2 chronyd[931]: Selected source 192.168.1.1
Sep 04 19:16:16 photon2 chronyd[931]: System clock wrong by 1.806066 seconds, adjustment started
Sep 04 19:16:16 photon2 pkexec[4277]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/lib
exec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 290]
Sep 04 19:16:16 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Sep 04 19:16:16 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: This incident has been reported.
Sep 04 19:16:17 photon2 pkexec[4283]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/libexec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 290]
Sep 04 19:16:17 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Sep 04 19:16:17 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: This incident has been reported.
Sep 04 19:16:18 photon2 pkexec[4289]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/libexec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 290]
Sep 04 19:16:18 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Sep 04 19:16:18 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: This incident has been reported.
Sep 04 19:16:19 photon2 pkexec[4310]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/libexec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 299]
Sep 04 19:16:19 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Sep 04 19:16:19 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: This incident has been reported.
Sep 04 19:16:20 photon2 pkexec[4333]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/libexec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 299]
Sep 04 19:16:20 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Sep 04 19:16:20 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: This incident has been reported.
Sep 04 19:16:21 photon2 dbus-daemon[2767]: [session uid=1000 pid=2767] Activating service name='org.gnome.GConf' requested by ':1.87' (uid=1000 pid=4316 comm="/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox " label="unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023")
Sep 04 19:16:21 photon2 dbus-daemon[2767]: [session uid=1000 pid=2767] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.GConf'
Sep 04 19:16:22 photon2 pkexec[4408]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/libexec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 299]
Sep 04 19:16:22 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Sep 04 19:16:22 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: This incident has been reported.
Sep 04 19:16:22 photon2 firefox.desktop[4316]: 1504566982759 addons.webextension.jid1-MnnxcxisBPnSXQ-eff@jetpack WARN Please specify whether you want browser_style or not in your browser_action options.
Sep 04 19:16:22 photon2 pkexec[4428]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/libexec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 299]
Sep 04 19:16:22 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Sep 04 19:16:22 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: This incident has been reported.
Sep 04 19:16:23 photon2 audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Sep 04 19:16:24 photon2 pkexec[4445]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm] [COMMAND=/usr/libexec/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness 299]
Sep 04 19:16:24 photon2 org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop[2317]: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
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Version: 3.24.x
Edited by Benjamin Berg