Bug#1067097: gamemode-daemon: Fails to Set CPU Governor - pkexec not authorized
Dan Cristian C
dancc1 at protonmail.com
Sun Jul 5 11:04:31 BST 2026
Package: gamemode
Version: 1.8.2-2
Followup-For: Bug #1067097
X-Debbugs-Cc: dancc1 at protonmail.com
Greetings,
I installed `gamemode` and ran `gamemode -t`. Everything verified except the CPU governor setting.
ineffective)?
I manually added the group `gamemode` to my system, then I added myself (the user) to that group.
```
sudo groupadd gamemode
sudo usermod -aG gamemode $USER
```
This solved the problem.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.5
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.12.94+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 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=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages gamemode depends on:
ii gamemode-daemon 1.8.2-2
ii libc6 2.41-12+deb13u3
ii libgamemode0 1.8.2-2
ii libgamemodeauto0 1.8.2-2
Versions of packages gamemode recommends:
ii libgamemode0 1.8.2-2
ii libgamemodeauto0 1.8.2-2
Versions of packages gamemode suggests:
pn gnome-shell-extension-gamemode <none>
-- no debconf information
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