This is a real thorn in my side now. This problem started for me last week and I have not found any resolution. I'm running very up-to-date 10.8 using the default GDM configuration. For me, the things that are broken include: can't play audio, can't shut down the machine from indicator-applet-session (it just logs me out), can't mount USB connected drives. Before I shut down the PC at the end of Friday of the week before, everything worked just fine.
I looked into policy kit and its interactions with the volume manager but I'm not entirely certain where Ubuntu is in the transition from pre- policy kit. I'm fortunate enough to have a similar setup at home but I don't see any obvious differences between the two that would explain this problem. So far, the only advice I've found for getting around this problem is reinstalling the OS. Since I just recently did that as a result of a failed HDD, I'm not too eager to go through that process again. -- PolicyKit: "Not Authorized to make changes" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485586 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
