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[Bug 1411895] Re: Unable to start polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1

 

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: policykit-1 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Unable to start polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1

Status in policykit-1 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  After update from Precise to Trusty, I am unable to perform
  administrative tasks through GUI (restart/shutdown, network
  management, mount USB disks, start Synaptics package manager, etc.)

  Even though it is checked in Startup Applications, polkit-gnome-
  authentication-agent-1 is not running.

  After attempting to manually start it, it displays the following
  error:

  (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4759): polkit-gnome-1-WARNING **:
  Unable to determine the session we are in: No session for pid 4759

  I am using LightDM as the display manager.

  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
  Release:	14.04
  Kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic
  Package: policykit-1: 0.105-4ubuntu2 (amd64)

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