Public bug reported:
Since updating to 16.04 from 14.04, I have the syslog spammed by:
SEC: May 22 13:26:43 samsung-romano pkexec[21248]: gdm: Error executing command
as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm3]
[COMMAND=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness
1766]
SEC: May 22 13:26:43 samsung-romano pkexec: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session
opened for user root by (uid=1153)
SEC: May 22 13:26:43 samsung-romano pkexec: pam_systemd(polkit-1:session):
Cannot create session: Already running in a session
SEC: May 22 13:26:43 samsung-romano pkexec: pam_ck_connector(polkit-1:session):
cannot determine display-device
SEC: May 22 13:26:43 samsung-romano pkexec[21249]: romano: Executing command
[USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/romano]
[COMMAND=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-brightness
4322]
SYS: May 22 13:26:43 samsung-romano gnome-session[1454]: Error executing
command as another user: Not authorized
SYS: May 22 13:26:43 samsung-romano gnome-session[1454]: This incident has been
reported.
every couple of seconds or so. There is no really need to change
brightness... how can I stop it?
** Affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: gnome-settings-daemon
** Tags added: gnome-settings-daemon
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Title:
gsd-backlight-helper spamming the logs since upate to 16.04
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