On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 06:23 +0000, d2globalinc wrote: > Having same issue - will not prompt for password - just comes back with > Failed message in gui.. Output from terminal is: Select user: Failed to > obtain authorization for org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update. > Authentification error : org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply : Message did not > receive a reply (timeout by message bus) > > lines before this show: > Attempting to obtain authorization for > org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update. > Authentication as an administrative user is required. > The following users qualify as administrative users: <with my username listed > here> > > Same thing happens when trying to apply all available updates, or when > trying to open a .deb file from dolphin when it uses KPackageKit.. GDebi > works fine and asks for password as normal when opening .deb file using > OPEN WITH from dolphin.
Could you please try the following from the command line? polkit-auth --obtain org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update see what happens, and report any messages. Thanks, James -- [jaunty] kpackagekit doesn't prompt for user password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353278 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
