Bug 401149

Summary:	"Unable to create io-slave" error when I try to save the SMART report
Product:	[Applications] partitionmanager	Reporter:	Patrick Silva <bugseforuns>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Andrius Štikonas <andrius>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	4.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Patrick Silva 2018-11-17 22:12:19 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open partition manager
2. right click on some device, select "SMART status"
3. click "Save SMART report" button

OBSERVED RESULT
Error message "Unable to create io-slave. Can not create socket for launching io-slave for protocol 'file'."


EXPECTED RESULT
no error message

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
partition manager 3.3.1
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.3
Qt Version: 5.12.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.52.0

Comment 1 Andrius Štikonas 2018-11-17 22:25:05 UTC

Also fixed in 4.0 by switching to KAuth.

In 3.3 we still run GUI as root. We need to connect to either root DBus session or user DBus session and either way some things will break. So not much can be done until KAuth migration.