No problem! It turns out /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication- agent-1 is not running. Starting it manually gives the following output, but now authentication works.
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2461): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `_PolkitError' (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2461): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed So now the question is: why is the agent not running when I need it? -- polkit-gnome-manager not registered to polkitd https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/540247 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
