On Sunday 08 January 2012 13:17:56 Peter Lewis wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the helpful response, Tom. > > [Re: KDE system settings] > > > > However, I also see "You are note allowed to save the configuration". > > > > That's odd. It works fine for me. You should see a key icon next to > > the Apply button, and when you click it you will be asked for the root > > password. > > Hmmm. I don't have any such key icon. The apply button is just greyed out. No i dont see a key icon either > > > > I'm afraid I also don't know how KDE system settings > > > panels are supposed to request root permissions to allow settings like > > > this. > > > > This is done via policykit. > > Would I need some optdepend installed or some daemon started to make this > work? I notice that I have polkit-qt installed, but I don't think I've ever > done anything explicit with regard to policykit. I'm in the wheel group, in > case that matters. > > I'm running [testing] on this machine. Perhaps that could cause the > difference? > > Pete. Pete .
