From 12f5baaa60361f59bb73708eb51720e6e5f7dbc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juan Cruz Viotti Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:09:31 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] docs(GUI): no polkit authentication agent found Linux error (#757) Document the need to have a polkit authentication running in GNU/Linux to be able to go through the authentication system. Fixes: https://github.com/resin-io/etcher/issues/756 Signed-off-by: Juan Cruz Viotti --- docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md b/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md index 68ef8f10..1d661fde 100644 --- a/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md +++ b/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md @@ -166,6 +166,15 @@ command as `root`, replacing `xxx` by your actual device path: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/xxx bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc ``` +"No polkit authentication agent found" error in GNU/Linux +---------------------------------------------------------- + +Etcher requires an available [polkit authentication +agent](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Polkit#Authentication_agents) in +your system in order to show a secure password prompt dialog to perform +elevation. Make sure you have one installed for the desktop environment of your +choice. + [resin.io]: https://resin.io [appimage]: http://appimage.org [xwayland]: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/xserver.html