Authenticate pop up disappears

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hello. I’m attempting to install linux-macbook through pamac GUI and getting an authentication failed error. the password entry box flashes on the screen and then disappears, it doesn’t give me a chance to enter password


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System:
Kernel: 5.17.0-1-mainline arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-mainline
root=UUID=edbe488a-0ef0-4813-b95a-1d264acb26f3 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.3 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookAir8,1 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 v: Mac-827FAC58A8FDFA22
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-827FAC58A8FDFA22 v: MacBookAir8,1
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple
v: 1731.100.130.0.0 (iBridge: 19.16.14242.0.0,0) date: 02/15/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.5 Wh (89.5%) condition: 41.9/50.4 Wh (83.1%)
volts: 12.7 min: 11.5 model: DSY bq20z451 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: charging cycles: 441
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-8210Y bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
stepping: 9 microcode: 0xEC
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 823 high: 1794 min/max: 400/3600 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1794 2: 500 3: 500
4: 500 bogomips: 12805
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_
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Try it through terminal because GUI applications like pamac can be full of bugs that aren't present in the terminal

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I agree with Grimy. Try paru, it's easy and good.

paru linux-macbook
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Or yay linux-macbook if you want a happier command line. :stuck_out_tongue:

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LOL :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I use yay as well. Works good imho o/

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hey guys I figured out the package install but now I can’t do anything with root permissions in gui, when I try to move a file to a root directory the authentication box pops up momentarily and disappears before letting me enter a password. I can use CLI but would like to get this GUI root permission thing fixed as it’s causing inconveniences in my workflow. how to solve the disappearing authentication box problem?

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Paru seems faster as written in rust I think but just make a paru=yay alias lol. I currently have a yeet=paru -Rns alias and an rsyncbackup alias​:wink:

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