Bug 401149 - "Unable to create io-slave" error when I try to save the SMART report
Summary: "Unable to create io-slave" error when I try to save the SMART report
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: partitionmanager
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Andrius Štikonas
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Reported: 2018-11-17 22:12 UTC by Patrick Silva
Modified: 2018-11-17 22:25 UTC (History)
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Version Fixed In: 4.0

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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.