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    Timeshift GUI login won't authenticate

    I tried to use Timeshift to recover from a mistake. It rendered my system unbootable. Spent the last two days recovering.
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    Timeshift GUI login won't authenticate

    Yes, I was connected via a remote session. Don't know that I will try timeshift again. It rendered my system unbootable. Then REAR wouldn't recover my system either (it didn't like that I had a RAID 5). So right now I'm trying to reinstall from scratch. I'm in for a long day. Also, I need...
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    Timeshift GUI login won't authenticate

    When I use timeshift-launcher the results are identical to launching it from the Activities menu, but there is one additional, probably important, clue. There is a message in the console window saying "Gtk-WARNING **: current time: cannot open display. Output of id: uid=1000(howard)...
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    Timeshift GUI login won't authenticate

    I installed Timeshift with dnf install timeshift. It reports version 22.11.2-1.el9
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    Timeshift GUI login won't authenticate

    I'm already a member of wheel. I previously tried my normal password, and that doesn't work either. In that case, the Timeshift GUI just exits with no message at all.
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    Timeshift GUI login won't authenticate

    Thank you. I didn't reinstall Timeshift, but what problem would it cause if I did?
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    Timeshift GUI login won't authenticate

    Using Rocky Linux 9.2. Installed and am using Timeshift. Seems to be working - snapshots are being created on the schedule I asked for. If I click on Activities and select Timeshift it tells me authentication is required to run as superuser. I give it my superuser password and Timeshift...
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