*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 957641 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/957641
This was described in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/957641
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 957641
unity does not display authentication window for pkexec
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1021410
Title:
Gnome-System-Log fails to launch when started from the dash
Status in “gnome-system-log” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “policykit-1” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Gnome-System-Log fails to launch when started from the dash. Checking
the .desktop file reveals it's launching with pkexec. I don't believe
escalated privileges are needed to view logs, so I would argue to
change the .desktop file to remove this.
Executing 'pkexec gnome-system-log' from the command line works
properly. Launching it via the dash fails silently. This appears to
affect any application that launches via pkexec, which is potentially
a larger bug.
NOTE: gparted appears to work-around the pkexec issue by running a
wrapper script instead of pkexec gparted directly. See below.
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#!/bin/sh
pkexec "/usr/sbin/gparted" "$@"
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: gnome-system-log 3.4.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-3.3-generic 3.5.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-3-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.2.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 5 13:44:03 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: gnome-system-log
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-06-08 (26 days ago)
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