I do not understand assignment to "wishlist"... I have always been able to launch from menu, now I can't...
...therefore this is not a "wishlist", but is a bug introduced with 12.04.1 and continued in 12.10 furthermore, the message in .xsession-errors: "Refusing to render service to dead parents." indicates that something is just plain wrong! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to policykit-1 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1034156 Title: System Log will not launch Status in “policykit-1” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After updating to quantal my menu entry named System Log will not launch After checking the menu entry properties I saw that the associated command was 'pkexec gnome-system-log'. If I run this command at a terminal window, it will ask for my password and then it shows the gnome-system-log window as is supposed to. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: linux-image-3.5.0-8-generic 3.5.0-8.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-8.8-generic 3.5.0 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-8-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: jorgehsrama 2173 F.... pulseaudio Date: Tue Aug 7 22:14:04 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8170e72c-3b1e-48b8-9dd3-f93f30791e6a InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0011:7788 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b071 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 2.0M UVC Webcam / CNF7129 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K50IN ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-8-generic root=UUID=0a689cc1-8f39-4ff3-8297-878646ffed1b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-8-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-8-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.88 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-28 (10 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/21/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 218 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: K50IN dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr218:bd09/21/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK50IN:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK50IN:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: K50IN dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/+bug/1034156/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp