New comment by not-chicken on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/20608#issuecomment-700581908 Comment: > On musl, if it matters: > > ``` > [28-09-20 22:51:36.301][W] glxinfo command failed > [28-09-20 22:51:36.365][W] No translation found for locale en_US > [28-09-20 22:51:36.365][W] Using en_EN translation. > QDBusArgument: read from a write-only object > QDBusArgument: read from a write-only object > QDBusArgument: read from a write-only object > [28-09-20 22:51:36.447][W] Cannot start helper > [28-09-20 22:51:36.447][W] Initialization failed > [28-09-20 22:51:36.447][W] Exiting... > ``` Could you be using a wm without any polkit agent? There's this issue https://gitlab.com/corectrl/corectrl/-/issues/40 I installed sway and ootb I got the same error as you. Then I installed `polkit-gnome` and added `exec /usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1` to sway config, then I got the prompt to enter root password.