'Unable to authenticate/execute the action: 9, Cannot start initramfs.' error after changing theme and pressing 'Apply' button. Tried both with plymouth 1:0.8.8-3 and plymouth-dev 0.9.2.r66.g63148b2-1
I can confirm this bug on Antergos (Arch-based), plasma 5.10.4.
I can confirm on Sabayon, up to date - 64 bit, 4.16.0-sabayon #1 SMP Tue Jul 3 09:06:27 UTC 2018 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux.
Sorry, I have not added the following info: - Plymouth 0.8.9_pre1-r3~0. - Plasma 5.47.0~0.
Is anyone able to reproduce this issue on a non-Arch distro?
I see this in Gentoo. It's attempting to execute `update-initramfs`, which does not exist. I use Dracut. To change Plymouth themes on my system I take the following steps: 1. List Plymouth themes with `plymouth-set-default-theme -l` 2. Execute `plymouth-set-default-theme ${THEME_NAME}` 3. Mount `/boot` 4. Execute `dracut --force /boot/path/to/initramfs-${KERNEL_VERSION} ${KERNEL_VERSION}` 5. Unmount `/boot` I understand I'm an extreme corner case, but I would need the option to call a custom script for the KCM to work for me as advertised; it's still useful right now as a theme preview tool. Thank you! Whatever the system, I think the error message could use an update. Maybe something like, "Could not update the initramfs. Please update it manually to apply the changes." --- Version: 5.15.5 (relevant code appears unchanged as of 5.16.4) Dialog popup: Unable to authenticate/execute the action: 9, Cannot start initramfs. Console output: Debug message from helper: Running update-initramfs -u now
Created attachment 121888 [details] attachment-6810-0.html IMHO, should be able to update, even though requesting root password. On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 7:38 PM Lucas Yamanishi <bugzilla_noreply@kde.org> wrote: > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383666 > > --- Comment #5 from Lucas Yamanishi <lucas.yamanishi@gmail.com> --- > I see this in Gentoo. It's attempting to execute `update-initramfs`, which > does > not exist. I use Dracut. > > To change Plymouth themes on my system I take the following steps: > > 1. List Plymouth themes with `plymouth-set-default-theme -l` > 2. Execute `plymouth-set-default-theme ${THEME_NAME}` > 3. Mount `/boot` > 4. Execute `dracut --force /boot/path/to/initramfs-${KERNEL_VERSION} > ${KERNEL_VERSION}` > 5. Unmount `/boot` > > I understand I'm an extreme corner case, but I would need the option to > call a > custom script for the KCM to work for me as advertised; it's still useful > right now as a theme preview tool. Thank you! > > Whatever the system, I think the error message could use an update. Maybe > something like, "Could not update the initramfs. Please update it manually > to > apply the changes." > > --- > > Version: 5.15.5 (relevant code appears unchanged as of 5.16.4) > > Dialog popup: > Unable to authenticate/execute the action: 9, Cannot start initramfs. > > Console output: > Debug message from helper: Running update-initramfs -u now > > -- > You are receiving this mail because: > You are on the CC list for the bug.
Thanks for the info!
I opened an MR to fix this issue. https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plymouth-kcm/-/merge_requests/18