[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#780275: pkexec: Synpatic & gParted fails to authenicate

[Thomas McAtee Jr]

On Fri, 21 Oct 2016 05:14:58 +0200 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
 > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible
 >
 > On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:26:11 -0700 Thomas McAtee
 > <thomasmcatee8 at gmail.com> wrote:
 > > Package: pkexec
 > > Version: policykit
 > > Severity: important
 > >
 > > Dear Maintainer,
 > >
 > > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where 
appropriate ***
 > >
 > > * What led up to the situation?
 > > Found when going to check Synaptic Package manager. Tested gparted 
afterwards
 > > with same result. This is in Jessie 32bit on desktop and Wheezy 
32bit on
 > > laptop. Wheezy 32bit on desktop seems to be ok for moment. I use XFCE.
 > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
 > > ineffective)?
 > > Created personal launchers using gksu on the two so I could use them.
 > > * What was the outcome of this action?
 > > That works for time being but still have issues when trying to sign 
in with
 > > regular login screens for the two.
 > >
 > > * What outcome did you expect instead?
 > > Was waiting to see if an upgrade caused this and newer one would 
fix issue.
 >
 > What is the exact error message(s) you get?
 > Do you have anything in /var/log/auth.log?
 >
 > --
 > Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
 > universe are pointed away from Earth?
 >

To be honest this appears to have been fixed at the moment. I have just 
gone into the applications/settings/synaptic and was just able to open 
this way now. I then tried again with the gparted. Same results. Before 
every time I would try to log into either one I was getting the login 
screen back to me. I had created a launcher for the two of them so that 
I would be able to login to the Synaptic and gParted and thus bypass 
going to do so the other way. Seems that the issue had been fixed.

Tom McAtee

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