Hello Garuda users.
I recently started using wireshark-qt and quicly noticed that I need root privileges while using it to access most of it's features. I created a .desktop file for wireshark priviledged but there is a certain problem with this. The wireshark can't seem to utilize the KDE global menu bar for some reason. Let me attach some ss for better understanding.
This is my wireshark when I launch it without root privileges, notice it's using the KDE global menubar at top.
And this is my wireshark when I launch it with root privileges weather I do it from terminal via
sudo wireshark
or otherwise with the .desktop file I created. Notice it has stopped using the KDE global app menubar and is using application window space to display those options at the moment.
Hence I request some guidance with this, does anyone have any idea why my application is behaving differently?
here is the priviledged .desktop file's Exec field
Exec=pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY HOME=$HOME wireshark %f -style kvantum
Entire .desktop file
[Desktop Entry]
# The format of this file is specified at
# https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/1.0/
# The entries are in the order they are listed in version 1.0
Type=Application
# This is the version of the spec for this file, not the application version.
Version=1.0
Name=Wireshark Privileged
Name[vi]=Wireshark Privileged
GenericName=Network Analyzer
GenericName[af]=Netwerk Analiseerder
GenericName[az]=Şəbəkə Analiz Proqramı
GenericName[bg]=Анализатор на мрежови трафик
GenericName[bs]=Mrežni analizer
GenericName[ca]=Analitzador de xarxa
GenericName[cs]=Analyzátor sítě
GenericName[da]=Netværksanalyse
GenericName[de]=Programm für die Netzwerk-Analyse
GenericName[el]=Αναλυτής Δικτύων
GenericName[en_GB]=Network Analyser
GenericName[eo]=Retanalizilo
GenericName[es]=Analizador de redes
GenericName[et]=Võrguliikluse analüsaator
GenericName[eu]=Sare ikerketaria
GenericName[fa]=تحلیلگر شبکه
GenericName[fi]=Verkkoanalysaattori
GenericName[fr]=Analyseur réseau
GenericName[he]=מאבחן רשת
GenericName[hr]=Program za analiziranje mreža
GenericName[hu]=hálózatanalizáló
GenericName[id]=Analisis jaringan
GenericName[is]=Netskoðunartól
GenericName[it]=Analizzatore di rete
GenericName[ja]=ネットワークアナライザ
GenericName[ko]=네트워크 분석기
GenericName[lo]=ເຄື່ອງມືວິເຄາະເຄືອຂ່າຍ
GenericName[lt]=Tinklo analizatorius
GenericName[lv]=Tīkla Analizators
GenericName[mk]=Анализатор на мрежи
GenericName[mn]=Сүлжээ-шинжлэлийн програм
GenericName[mt]=Analizzatur tan-network
GenericName[nb]=Nettverksanalysator
GenericName[nl]=netwerkanalyseprogramma
GenericName[nn]=Nettverksanalysator
GenericName[nso]=Moahlaahli wa Kgokagano
GenericName[pl]=Analizator sieci
GenericName[pt]=Analisador de Redes
GenericName[pt_BR]=Analisador de rede
GenericName[ro]=Analizor de reţea
GenericName[ru]=Анализатор сетевого трафика
GenericName[se]=Fierbmeanalysa
GenericName[sk]=Analyzátor siete
GenericName[sl]=Analizator omrežij
GenericName[sr]=Analizatror mreže
GenericName[ss]=Sihlatiyi seluchungechunge
GenericName[sv]=Nätverksanalyserare
GenericName[ta]=Å¨Ä ¬öÅ¡Ç÷
GenericName[th]=เครื่องมือวิเคราะห์เครือข่าย
GenericName[tr]=Ağ Analiz Programı
GenericName[uk]=Аналізатор мережі
GenericName[ven]=Musengulusi wa Vhukwamani
GenericName[vi]=Trình phân tích mạng
GenericName[xh]=Umcukucezi Womsebenzi womnatha
GenericName[zh_CN]=网络分析程序
GenericName[zh_TW]=網路分析程式
GenericName[zu]=Umhloli Woxhumano olusakazekile
Comment=Network traffic analyzer
Comment[fi]=Verkkoliikenne analysaattori
Comment[fr]=Analyseur de trafic réseau
Comment[sv]=Nätverkstrafikanalysator
Comment[af]=Netwerkverkeer analiseerder
Comment[sq]=Analizues i trafikut të rrjetit
Comment[ast]=Analizador de tráficu de rede
Comment[bn]=নেটওয়ার্ক ট্রাফিক বিশ্লেষক
Comment[bg]=Анализатор на мрежовия трафик
Comment[bs]=Analizator mrežnoga prometa
Comment[pt_BR]=Analisador de tráfego de rede
Comment[et]=Võrguliikluse analüüsija
Comment[nl]=Netwerkverkeer analyseren
Comment[da]=Netværkstrafikanalyse
Comment[cs]=Analyzátor síťového přenosu
Comment[gl]=Analizador do tráfico de rede
Comment[el]=Ανάλυση κίνησης δικτύου
Comment[de]=Netzwerkverkehr-Analyseprogramm
Comment[hu]=Hálózatiforgalom-elemző
Comment[it]=Analizzatore del traffico di rete
Comment[ja]=ネットワークトラフィックアナライザー
Comment[ko]=네트워크 트래픽 분석기
Comment[ky]=Тармактык трафикти анализдөө
Comment[lt]=Tinklo duomenų srauto analizatorius
Comment[ms]=Penganalisa trafik rangkaian
Comment[nb]=Nettverkstrafikk-analysator
Comment[oc]=Analisador de tramas de ret
Comment[pt]=Analisador de tráfego da rede
Comment[pl]=Analizator ruchu sieciowego
Comment[ro]=Analizator trafic de rețea
Comment[ru]=Анализ сетевого трафика
Comment[sk]=Analyzátor sieťovej premávky
Comment[es]=Analizador de tráfico de red
Comment[sl]=Preučevalnik omrežnega prometa
Comment[tr]=Ağ trafiği çözümleyicisi
Comment[vi]=Trình phân tích giao thông mạng
Comment[uk]=Аналізатор мережевого трафіку
Icon=org.wireshark.Wireshark
Exec=pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY HOME=$HOME wireshark %f -style kvantum
Terminal=false
MimeType=application/vnd.tcpdump.pcap;application/x-pcapng;application/x-snoop;application/x-iptrace;application/x-lanalyzer;application/x-nettl;application/x-radcom;application/x-etherpeek;application/x-visualnetworks;application/x-netinstobserver;application/x-5view;application/x-tektronix-rf5;application/x-micropross-mplog;application/x-apple-packetlogger;application/x-endace-erf;application/ipfix;application/x-ixia-vwr;
# Category entry according to:
# https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/1.0/
Categories=Network;Monitor;Qt;
Default .desktop file used by wireshark
[Desktop Entry]
# The format of this file is specified at
# https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/1.0/
# The entries are in the order they are listed in version 1.0
Type=Application
# This is the version of the spec for this file, not the application version.
Version=1.0
Name=Wireshark
Name[vi]=Wireshark
GenericName=Network Analyzer
GenericName[af]=Netwerk Analiseerder
GenericName[az]=Şəbəkə Analiz Proqramı
GenericName[bg]=Анализатор на мрежови трафик
GenericName[bs]=Mrežni analizer
GenericName[ca]=Analitzador de xarxa
GenericName[cs]=Analyzátor sítě
GenericName[da]=Netværksanalyse
GenericName[de]=Programm für die Netzwerk-Analyse
GenericName[el]=Αναλυτής Δικτύων
GenericName[en_GB]=Network Analyser
GenericName[eo]=Retanalizilo
GenericName[es]=Analizador de redes
GenericName[et]=Võrguliikluse analüsaator
GenericName[eu]=Sare ikerketaria
GenericName[fa]=تحلیلگر شبکه
GenericName[fi]=Verkkoanalysaattori
GenericName[fr]=Analyseur réseau
GenericName[he]=מאבחן רשת
GenericName[hr]=Program za analiziranje mreža
GenericName[hu]=hálózatanalizáló
GenericName[id]=Analisis jaringan
GenericName[is]=Netskoðunartól
GenericName[it]=Analizzatore di rete
GenericName[ja]=ネットワークアナライザ
GenericName[ko]=네트워크 분석기
GenericName[lo]=ເຄື່ອງມືວິເຄາະເຄືອຂ່າຍ
GenericName[lt]=Tinklo analizatorius
GenericName[lv]=Tīkla Analizators
GenericName[mk]=Анализатор на мрежи
GenericName[mn]=Сүлжээ-шинжлэлийн програм
GenericName[mt]=Analizzatur tan-network
GenericName[nb]=Nettverksanalysator
GenericName[nl]=netwerkanalyseprogramma
GenericName[nn]=Nettverksanalysator
GenericName[nso]=Moahlaahli wa Kgokagano
GenericName[pl]=Analizator sieci
GenericName[pt]=Analisador de Redes
GenericName[pt_BR]=Analisador de rede
GenericName[ro]=Analizor de reţea
GenericName[ru]=Анализатор сетевого трафика
GenericName[se]=Fierbmeanalysa
GenericName[sk]=Analyzátor siete
GenericName[sl]=Analizator omrežij
GenericName[sr]=Analizatror mreže
GenericName[ss]=Sihlatiyi seluchungechunge
GenericName[sv]=Nätverksanalyserare
GenericName[ta]=Å¨Ä ¬öÅ¡Ç÷
GenericName[th]=เครื่องมือวิเคราะห์เครือข่าย
GenericName[tr]=Ağ Analiz Programı
GenericName[uk]=Аналізатор мережі
GenericName[ven]=Musengulusi wa Vhukwamani
GenericName[vi]=Trình phân tích mạng
GenericName[xh]=Umcukucezi Womsebenzi womnatha
GenericName[zh_CN]=网络分析程序
GenericName[zh_TW]=網路分析程式
GenericName[zu]=Umhloli Woxhumano olusakazekile
Comment=Network traffic analyzer
Comment[fi]=Verkkoliikenne analysaattori
Comment[fr]=Analyseur de trafic réseau
Comment[sv]=Nätverkstrafikanalysator
Comment[af]=Netwerkverkeer analiseerder
Comment[sq]=Analizues i trafikut të rrjetit
Comment[ast]=Analizador de tráficu de rede
Comment[bn]=নেটওয়ার্ক ট্রাফিক বিশ্লেষক
Comment[bg]=Анализатор на мрежовия трафик
Comment[bs]=Analizator mrežnoga prometa
Comment[pt_BR]=Analisador de tráfego de rede
Comment[et]=Võrguliikluse analüüsija
Comment[nl]=Netwerkverkeer analyseren
Comment[da]=Netværkstrafikanalyse
Comment[cs]=Analyzátor síťového přenosu
Comment[gl]=Analizador do tráfico de rede
Comment[el]=Ανάλυση κίνησης δικτύου
Comment[de]=Netzwerkverkehr-Analyseprogramm
Comment[hu]=Hálózatiforgalom-elemző
Comment[it]=Analizzatore del traffico di rete
Comment[ja]=ネットワークトラフィックアナライザー
Comment[ko]=네트워크 트래픽 분석기
Comment[ky]=Тармактык трафикти анализдөө
Comment[lt]=Tinklo duomenų srauto analizatorius
Comment[ms]=Penganalisa trafik rangkaian
Comment[nb]=Nettverkstrafikk-analysator
Comment[oc]=Analisador de tramas de ret
Comment[pt]=Analisador de tráfego da rede
Comment[pl]=Analizator ruchu sieciowego
Comment[ro]=Analizator trafic de rețea
Comment[ru]=Анализ сетевого трафика
Comment[sk]=Analyzátor sieťovej premávky
Comment[es]=Analizador de tráfico de red
Comment[sl]=Preučevalnik omrežnega prometa
Comment[tr]=Ağ trafiği çözümleyicisi
Comment[vi]=Trình phân tích giao thông mạng
Comment[uk]=Аналізатор мережевого трафіку
Icon=org.wireshark.Wireshark
TryExec=wireshark
Exec=wireshark %f
Terminal=false
MimeType=application/vnd.tcpdump.pcap;application/x-pcapng;application/x-snoop;application/x-iptrace;application/x-lanalyzer;application/x-nettl;application/x-radcom;application/x-etherpeek;application/x-visualnetworks;application/x-netinstobserver;application/x-5view;application/x-tektronix-rf5;application/x-micropross-mplog;application/x-apple-packetlogger;application/x-endace-erf;application/ipfix;application/x-ixia-vwr;
# Category entry according to:
# https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/1.0/
Categories=Network;Monitor;Qt;
My Inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.4.7-zen1-2-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=6a7bcee6-f3ae-4c03-b6b0-7cb27fb4c8d4 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=1b9b6f2d-a19b-4eee-b2bf-6af31dfdf566 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.7 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Convertible System: LENOVO product: 81X1 v: IdeaPad Flex 5 14IIL05
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 31 v: IdeaPad Flex 5 14IIL05
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0Q55722 WIN
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: ECCN41WW date: 06/27/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 19.3 Wh (46.0%) condition: 42.0/52.6 Wh (79.8%)
power: 8.9 W volts: 11.3 min: 11.5 model: Sunwoda L19D3PD6 type: Li-poly
serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 1745
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-1065G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake
gen: core 10 level: v4 note: check built: 2019-21 process: Intel 10nm
family: 6 model-id: 0x7E (126) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xBA
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB
desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 960 high: 1101 min/max: 400/3900 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 759 2: 1099 3: 1001
4: 684 5: 838 6: 1100 7: 1101 8: 1100 bogomips: 23961
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-11 process: Intel 10nm built: 2019-21 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:8a52
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX330] vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia
v: 535.86.05 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-07) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-21 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d16
class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Bison Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 5986:212a
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1406 built: 2019 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.4 renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics
(ICL GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-icl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_icl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:34c8 class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.4.7-zen1-2-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.76 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: Intel Ice Lake-LP PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:34f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 158.58 GiB (33.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZALQ512HALU-000L2 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 3L1QFXV7 temp: 21.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 459.82 GiB size: 459.82 GiB (100.00%)
used: 158.58 GiB (34.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /home raw-size: 459.82 GiB size: 459.82 GiB (100.00%)
used: 158.58 GiB (34.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 459.82 GiB size: 459.82 GiB (100.00%)
used: 158.58 GiB (34.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 459.82 GiB size: 459.82 GiB (100.00%)
used: 158.58 GiB (34.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 16.82 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 298 Uptime: 31m wakeups: 38491 Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est.
available: 15.29 GiB used: 6.19 GiB (40.5%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 1442 libs: 392 tools: paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.28
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date: 2022-11-12
Last full system update: 2023-08-02
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units: pkgfile-update.service
Also here are my logs upon launching this application from terminal
╰─λ wireshark
╭─siddharth@siddharth in ~ took 8s
45%
╰─λ sudo wireshark
[sudo] password for siddharth:
** (wireshark:19617) 15:36:46.732480 [GUI WARNING] -- QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'
As you guys can see it generated some warnings I tried to resolve it from .desktop file like this
pkexec env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY HOME=$HOME wireshark %f -style kvantum
which again gave me
** (wireshark:24231) 15:48:09.862596 [GUI WARNING] -- QStandardPaths: runtime directory '/run/user/1000' is not owned by UID 0, but a directory permissions 0700 owned by UID 1000 GID 1000
I got this warning by setting Terminal=true in the .desktop file so that I can debug this issue.
