Solved - kodi-standalone from systemd doesn't allow reboot or shutdown

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kodi-standalone from systemd doesn't allow reboot or shutdown - graysky - 2015-03-20

I am using the kodi-rbp package on Arch ARM. Recently, the shutdown and restart options from the Kodi GUI have disappeared. The only option available is exit. The distro relies on starting kodi-standalone from a systemd service shown below. Can anyone think of a reason why the kodi user would lose access to shutting down the system?

Code:
$ id kodi

uid=997(kodi) gid=997(kodi) groups=997(kodi),6(disk),90(network),91(video),92(audio),93(optical),95(storage),98(power)

Code:
[Unit]

Description = Starts an instance of Kodi

After = remote-fs.target

[Service]

User = kodi

Group = kodi

Type = simple

ExecStart = /usr/bin/kodi-standalone -l /run/lirc/lircd

Restart = on-failure

[Install]

WantedBy = multi-user.target

RE: kodi-standalone from systemd doesn't allow reboot or shutdown - wsnipex - 2015-03-20

missing polkit permissions on logind.

see the polkit file in http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=165707

RE: kodi-standalone from systemd doesn't allow reboot or shutdown - graysky - 2015-03-20

Thank you, I will investigate further. Note that Arch ARM does ship a polkit rule set (linked here).

RE: kodi-standalone from systemd doesn't allow reboot or shutdown - graysky - 2015-03-20

Yes, you have hit the nail on the head! Arch ARM is not installing polkit nor are they installing the rules to the correct location.

Code:
...

install -Dm0644 $srcdir/kodi.service $pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/kodi.service

  install -Dm0644 $srcdir/polkit.rules $pkgdir/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/10-kodi.rules

  chmod 0700 $pkgdir/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/

I created a PR to fix it based on your observation: https://github.com/archlinuxarm/PKGBUILDs/pull/1142