Public bug reported: Binary package hint: policykit-kde
(Opening a new bug report since https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353278 was reported against Jaunty and is currently in status "Fix Released".) On a fresh install of 10.04 LTS (final) with a new user account KPackageKit will initially open an authentication dialog when installing new packages. However, at some point it ceases to do so, and displays the "Waiting for authentication" dialog for 5 minutes until it times out with a failure message. Creating a new user account seems to solve the issue for a time until the new user account becomes affected. Running `kdesudo kpackagekit` is a workaround, but it does not handle situations in which there is a crash and the user is prompted to install debugging symbols, or when prompted to complete the installation of language packs, or other automated prompts (codecs, flash, proprietary drivers, etc.). I ran polkit-auth --obtain org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update and the the command now returns immediately with no output. Return value is 1. No authentication dialog appears (Gnome or KDE). Here is the output of dbus-monitor --session as I ran the polkit-auth command: signal sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=(null destination) serial=17 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameOwnerChanged string ":1.130" string "" string ":1.130" method call sender=:1.130 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=1 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=Hello method call sender=:1.130 -> dest=org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.AuthenticationAgent serial=2 path=/; interface=org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.AuthenticationAgent; member=ObtainAuthorization string "org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update" uint32 0 uint32 1945 method return sender=:1.129 -> dest=:1.130 reply_serial=2 boolean false signal sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=(null destination) serial=18 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameOwnerChanged string ":1.130" string ":1.130" string "" I tailed dbus-monitor --session when attempting to install something via kpackagekit and I see a lot of org.kde.KNotify stuff, but nothing to do with AuthenticationAgent. ** Affects: kpackagekit Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: policykit-kde (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #233846 http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233846 ** Also affects: kpackagekit via http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233846 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- KPackageKit does not prompt for a Password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578833 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 [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
