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Fix launching of pkexec applications

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When launching mintsources, timeshift or an app which Exec field (in the desktop file)
starts with pkexec, nothing happens and the output states:

"Refusing to render service to dead parents."

For some reason this does not happen on fresh LMDE 4 and Mint 19.3 installations,
but it happens on LMDE 3 -> LMDE 4 and 19.1 -> 19.3 upgrades.

Similar bugs were fixed in nemo and cinnamon. Pkexec is known to cause issues
depending on how it's launched.

This introduces a workaround to wrap the pkexec call within an "sh -c".
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Clement Lefebvre 2020-03-30 14:35:07 +01:00
parent e603bee1f3
commit 29d14c01d1
1 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions
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usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/easybuttons.py
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@ -349,7 +349,12 @@ class ApplicationLauncher(easyButton):
cmd = "mate-terminal -e \"" + self.appExec + "\""
Execute(cmd, self.appPath)
else:
Execute(None, desktopFile=self.desktopFile)
if self.appExec.startswith("pkexec "):
print ("Using pkexec workaround...")
cmd = "sh -c \"" + self.appExec + "\""
Execute(cmd, self.appPath)
else:
Execute(None, desktopFile=self.desktopFile)
def uninstall(self, *args):
Execute("mint-remove-application " + self.desktopFile)