Bug#554822: gnome-system-tools: Cannot run time-admin from the date/time applet

[Julien Valroff]

Package: gnome-system-tools
Version: 2.28.1-1
Severity: normal

Hi,

When I want to set system time, I am asked to enter the root password.
Afer hitting the 'authenticate' button, the password field disappears,
but the window is still displayed and nothing happens.

I can see the keys in the notification area, which lets me think the
authentication has worked successfully.

I can run time-admin using sudo.

Cheers,
Julien

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (150, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-system-tools depends on:
ii  gconf2                        2.28.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libatk1.0-0                   1.28.0-1   The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                         2.10.1-5   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.8-2    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.16-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1                2.6.0-4    generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6                  2.3.11-1   FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.28.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.22.2-2   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.18.3-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liboobs-1-4                   2.22.2-1   GObject based interface to system-
ii  libpango1.0-0                 1.26.0-1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0         0.94-5     PolicyKit Authorization API
ii  libpolkit-gtk-1-0             0.94-2     PolicyKit GTK+ API
ii  perl                          5.10.1-6   Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  policykit-1-gnome             0.94-2     GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii  system-tools-backends         2.8.2-1    System Tools to manage computer co

Versions of packages gnome-system-tools recommends:
ii  gnome-control-center          1:2.28.1-1 utilities to configure the GNOME d

Versions of packages gnome-system-tools suggests:
ii  ntp                     1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-2 Network Time Protocol daemon and u

-- no debconf information