Garuda RANI application fails to authenticate administrator/superuser password.
When attempting to use the Garuda RANI application to make changes to the system or install applications, RANI refuses to accept my administrator/superuser password. The password works in terminal and everywhere else within Garuda Linux.
I did a clean reinstall of Garuda Linux just in case something corrupted during the install. The issue was not resolved. I checked for any selinux or apparmor restrictions which might be causing issues but wasn’t able to find anything. I did several google searches looking for any known information about issues with Garuda RANI and found nothing. I was able to run Garuda RANI in terminal via the command “sudo garuda-rani” and it partially worked. My password was accepted once I ran Garuda RANI as root. I was able to install/remove programs and make some system changes, but I couldn’t run any maintenance operations as they’d immediately fail.
Kernel: 6.13.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=d0448bbc-5121-4e4c-b22c-ff492861db9a rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=f2d85756-3787-4f9a-ad77-98e6fe02f346 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.11.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG B550 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI (MS-7C91)
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: 2.60 date: 10/10/2023
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201210
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3597 min/max: 550/4966 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 3597 2: 3597 3: 3597
4: 3597 5: 3597 6: 3597 7: 3597 8: 3597 9: 3597 10: 3597 11: 3597 12: 3597
13: 3597 14: 3597 15: 3597 16: 3597 bogomips: 121600
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT
/ 6900 XT] vendor: XFX driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1,DP-2 empty: DP-3,HDMI-A-1,Writeback-1
bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73bf class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 3840x1080 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,left model: Samsung C24F390 serial: <filter>
built: 2021 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: right model: 100002480 serial: <filter> built: 2020
res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 104 gamma: 1.2
size: 470x290mm (18.66x11.65") diag: 552mm (21.7") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6800 (radeonsi navi21
LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.61 6.13.6-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:73bf
memory: 15.62 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 14 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 6800 (RADV NAVI21) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:73bf
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
19.1.7 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl,lact wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Creative Labs CA0132 Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D /
Z-Series BlasterX AE-5 Plus] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1102:0012 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2d:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.13.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 29:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp42s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9:6 chip-ID: 0e8d:0616
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 19.23 GiB (1.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 30.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 19.23 GiB (1.1%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 19.23 GiB (1.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 19.23 GiB (1.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 19.23 GiB (1.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.26 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.39 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.5 C mobo: 32.2 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 33.0 C
mem: 32.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 940
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.26 GiB used: 4.39 GiB (14.0%)
Processes: 434 Power: uptime: 43m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.49 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1836 pm: pacman pkgs: 1827 libs: 537 tools: octopi,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 9 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
default: fish v: 4.0.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-03-14
Last full system update: 2025-03-14 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:~~~
SGS
March 14, 2025, 4:59pm
2
It’s a known bug, maybe it will be fixed ASAP.
Or just reboot
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Would I be assuming correctly not to use _ either?
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Well considering when I try to launch any tool from Rani the password box empties and nothing happens it must be most if not all special characters.
FGD
March 14, 2025, 7:33pm
5
Probably, at the moment I would not use any char other than letters and numbers.
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OK for now I can just install and use Garuda Maintenance and Garuda Assistant if they’re not installed already as independent apps.
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This will be solved in the pending update. We still need to finish testing this one however.
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