The problem shown below appears to have been resolved with tonight's update.
tnx -rich On Jan 15, 2008 9:39 PM, Richard Mancusi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 15, 2008 8:40 PM, Richard Mancusi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Jan 15, 2008 6:43 PM, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > (``-_-´´) -- Fernando wrote: > > > > On Monday 14 January 2008 17:14:29 Brian Murray wrote: > > > >> You should have to authenticate before modifying the network > > > >> configuration. On my Hardy systems and a daily build of the Live CD, > > > >> there is an "Unlock" button and selections remain greyed out until I > > > >> unlock the application. If your system is fully up to date and the > > > >> "Unlock" button is not there then you should submit a bug report. Your > > > >> issues regarding changing the network configuration are probably a > > > >> direct result of your not being authenticated. > > > >> > > > >> Thanks, > > > > > > > > I'm up to date, and using the menus, I just get a full grayed window > > > > and cant manage my networks options. > > > > If I try the old Network Monitor 2.12.1, it just says that the > > > > interface (either and both eth0 and eth1) doesnt exist. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That sounds like bug 176060. Now that gnome-system-tools uses PolicyKit, > > > you > > > need to run it as a normal user, and not through gksu. Could you verify > > > that you > > > have network-manager-gnome 0.6.5-0ubuntu11, which fixed this issue, and > > > that > > > running 'gksu network-admin' keeps it greyed out, and that running > > > 'network-admin' you can unlock it? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Emilio > > > > > > > Tonight's upgrade included several PolicyKit pkgs and I did verify > > that I am running network-manager-gnome 0.6.5-0ubuntu11 and > > network-manager 0.6.5-0ubuntu17. > > > > Now clicking on "Unlock" yields a window stating: > > "Could not authenticate An unexpected error has occurred." > > This occurs by simply clicking on the "Unlock" button - not given > > the chance to enter a password. > > > > -rich > > > > I need to reply to my own email to add info. I attempted to re-start > a service and received the same error - so it has nothing to do with > networking but rather authentication. You had already assumed that, > I am simply proving it. > > System/Administration/Services > click on "Unlock" and receive the following message > Could not authenticate > An unexpected error has occurred. > > -rich > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
