[Bug 194496] Re: [users-admin] Unlock - Could not authenticate. An unexpected error has occurred.

2008-10-27 Thread flick
No dice - installed xubuntu desltop through apititude. Still no admin permissions. -- [users-admin] Unlock - Could not authenticate. An unexpected error has occurred. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194496 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 194496] Re: [users-admin] Unlock - Could not authenticate. An unexpected error has occurred.

2008-10-23 Thread flick
Gah! I followed Simon Lewis's intructions - it purged policykit AND network manager along with it, which means NO NETWORK i.e. NO network installs. I.e. NM is dead and I can't re=install it. Having a bugger of a time getting a USB key to mount with a new NM package (xubuntu bug), and then I

[Bug 194496] Re: [users-admin] Unlock - Could not authenticate. An unexpected error has occurred.

2008-10-23 Thread flick
So after discovering I had no compiler on my system and not wanting to learn how to install one without a compiler or network access (!!) I went another route - search the interwebs to find out how to get on the web WITHOUT network manager - 1. Startup Ubuntu - my desktop is dead so I have to