Also, perhaps not surprisingly , running polkit-auth from the shell works just fine (I get the auth popup)
polkit-auth --obtain org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update Cheers! Leo -- [jaunty] kpackagekit doesn't prompt for user password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353278 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to policykit-kde in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
