Bug#1126728: steam-installer: Included polkit example rule breaks packagekit
Kot
kot at kot.pink
Sat Jan 31 19:48:53 GMT 2026
Package: steam-installer
Version: 1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
The included /usr/share/doc/steam-installer/examples/50-steam-no-admin-actions.rules that is suggested in the README denies all PackageKit polkit requests.
This breaks KDE Plasma's Discover and possibly GNOME Software, both of which rely on PackageKit. Packages are unable to be installed, updated or refreshed.
The rule should be narrower in scope to only include Steam or at least a warning should be placed somewhere.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.17.13+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages steam-installer depends on:
ii dbus-user-session [default-dbus-session-bus] 1.16.2-2+b1
ii dbus-x11 [dbus-session-bus] 1.16.2-2+b1
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.91
ii lsof 4.99.4+dfsg-2
ii steam-libs 1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
ii steam-libs-i386 1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
ii xdg-user-dirs 0.19-1
ii zenity 4.1.99-1
steam-installer recommends no packages.
steam-installer suggests no packages.
Versions of packages steam-libs depends on:
ii ca-certificates 20250419
ii curl 8.18.0-2
ii file 1:5.46-5+b1
ii libcap2 1:2.75-10+b5
ii libcrypt1 1:4.5.1-1
ii libelf1t64 [libelf1] 0.194-1
ii libgcc-s1 15.2.0-12
ii libgl1 1.7.0-3
ii libgl1-mesa-dri 25.3.3-1
ii libgpg-error0 1.58-1+b1
ii libstdc++6 15.2.0-12
ii libudev1 259-1
ii libva-x11-2 2.23.0-1
ii libva2 2.23.0-1
ii libxcb-dri3-0 1.17.0-2+b2
ii libxcb1 1.17.0-2+b2
ii libxi6 2:1.8.2-2
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.4-3+b5
ii xz-utils 5.8.2-2
Versions of packages steam-libs recommends:
ii fontconfig 2.17.1-3
ii fonts-liberation 1:2.1.5-3
ii i965-va-driver [va-driver] 2.4.1+dfsg1-2
ii intel-media-va-driver [va-driver] 26.1.0+dfsg1-1
ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:25.12.1-1
ii libasound2-plugins 1.2.12-2+b4
ii libegl1 1.7.0-3
ii libexpat1 2.7.3-2
ii libfontconfig1 2.17.1-3
ii libgbm1 25.3.3-1
ii libglib2.0-0t64 [libglib2.0-0] 2.86.3-5
ii libnm0 1.54.3-1+b1
ii libsdl2-2.0-0 2.32.10+dfsg-6
ii libusb-1.0-0 2:1.0.29-2+b1
ii libva-drm2 2.23.0-1
ii libva-glx2 2.23.0-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.8.12-1+b1
ii libx11-xcb1 2:1.8.12-1+b1
ii libxau6 1:1.0.11-1+b1
ii libxcb-dri2-0 1.17.0-2+b2
ii libxcb-glx0 1.17.0-2+b2
ii libxcb-present0 1.17.0-2+b2
ii libxcb-sync1 1.17.0-2+b2
ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.6-1+b3
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.5-2
ii libxext6 2:1.3.4-1+b4
ii libxfixes3 1:6.0.0-2+b5
ii libxkbcommon-x11-0 1.12.3-1
ii libxkbcommon0 1.12.3-1
ii libxss1 1:1.2.3-1+b4
ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.1.4-2
ii mesa-libgallium [va-driver] 25.3.3-1
ii mesa-vulkan-drivers 25.3.3-1
ii steam-devices 1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
ii va-driver-all 2.23.0-1
ii xdg-desktop-portal 1.20.3+ds-2
ii xdg-desktop-portal-gtk [xdg-desktop-portal-backend] 1.15.3-2
ii xdg-desktop-portal-kde [xdg-desktop-portal-backend] 6.5.4-1
ii xdg-utils 1.2.1-2
ii zenity 4.1.99-1
Versions of packages steam-libs suggests:
pn libudev0 <none>
pn nvidia-driver-libs <none>
pn nvidia-vulkan-icd <none>
ii pipewire 1.4.10-1
Versions of packages steam-libs:i386 depends on:
ii ca-certificates 20250419
ii curl 8.18.0-2
ii file 1:5.46-5+b1
ii libcrypt1 1:4.5.1-1
ii libgcc-s1 15.2.0-12
ii libgl1 1.7.0-3
ii libgl1-mesa-dri 25.3.3-1
ii libgpg-error0 1.58-1+b1
ii libnm0 1.54.3-1+b1
ii libstdc++6 15.2.0-12
ii libudev1 259-1
ii libva-x11-2 2.23.0-1
ii libva2 2.23.0-1
ii libxcb-dri3-0 1.17.0-2+b2
ii libxcb1 1.17.0-2+b2
ii libxi6 2:1.8.2-2
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.4-3+b5
ii xz-utils 5.8.2-2
Versions of packages steam-libs:i386 recommends:
ii fontconfig 2.17.1-3
ii fonts-liberation 1:2.1.5-3
ii i965-va-driver [va-driver] 2.4.1+dfsg1-2
ii intel-media-va-driver [va-driver] 26.1.0+dfsg1-1
ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:25.12.1-1
ii libasound2-plugins 1.2.12-2+b4
ii libegl1 1.7.0-3
ii libexpat1 2.7.3-2
ii libfontconfig1 2.17.1-3
ii libgbm1 25.3.3-1
ii libsdl2-2.0-0 2.32.10+dfsg-6
ii libusb-1.0-0 2:1.0.29-2+b1
ii libva-drm2 2.23.0-1
ii libva-glx2 2.23.0-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.8.12-1+b1
ii libx11-xcb1 2:1.8.12-1+b1
ii libxau6 1:1.0.11-1+b1
ii libxcb-dri2-0 1.17.0-2+b2
ii libxcb-glx0 1.17.0-2+b2
ii libxcb-present0 1.17.0-2+b2
ii libxcb-sync1 1.17.0-2+b2
ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.6-1+b3
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.5-2
ii libxext6 2:1.3.4-1+b4
ii libxfixes3 1:6.0.0-2+b5
ii libxkbcommon-x11-0 1.12.3-1
ii libxkbcommon0 1.12.3-1
ii libxss1 1:1.2.3-1+b4
ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.1.4-2
ii mesa-libgallium [va-driver] 25.3.3-1
ii mesa-vulkan-drivers 25.3.3-1
ii steam-devices 1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
ii va-driver-all 2.23.0-1
ii xdg-desktop-portal 1.20.3+ds-2
ii xdg-desktop-portal-gtk [xdg-desktop-portal-backend] 1.15.3-2
ii xdg-desktop-portal-kde [xdg-desktop-portal-backend] 6.5.4-1
ii xdg-utils 1.2.1-2
ii zenity 4.1.99-1
Versions of packages steam-libs:i386 suggests:
ii gtk2-engines-pixbuf 2.24.33-10
ii libgtk2.0-0t64 [libgtk2.0-0] 2.24.33-10
pn libudev0 <none>
pn nvidia-driver-libs <none>
pn nvidia-vulkan-icd <none>
ii pipewire 1.4.10-1
Versions of packages steam-libs-i386 depends on:
ii steam-libs 1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
Versions of packages steam-installer is related to:
ii libc6 2.42-10+b1
ii libgl1 1.7.0-3
ii libgl1-mesa-dri 25.3.3-1
ii libglx-mesa0 [libglx-vendor] 25.3.3-1
pn libglx-nvidia0 <none>
ii libxcb-dri3-0 1.17.0-2+b2
ii mesa-vulkan-drivers [vulkan-icd] 25.3.3-1
pn nvidia-driver <none>
pn nvidia-driver-libs <none>
pn nvidia-driver-libs-i386 <none>
-- debconf information:
steam/purge:
steam/need-nvidia-i386:
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