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[Adolfo Jayme <fitoschido@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Low => Medium

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
   Importance: Low => Medium

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Title:
  unity does not display authentication window for pkexec, making gnome-
  system-log unusable from the Dash

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Triaged
Status in Unity:
  Confirmed
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The /usr/share/applications/gnome-system-log.desktop file recently
  changed to have "EXEC=pkexec gnome-system-log", and now it is not
  possible to run it from the unity launcher icon or from the 'matching
  applications' list in the dash (note that it matches 'log file viewer'
  and not 'gnome-system-log'). No error is displayed anywhere that I can
  see (eg in ~.xsession-errors).

  Running 'pkexec gnome-system-log' from gnome-terminal prompts the user
  for authentication to get sudo privileges, so it appears likely that
  either unity tries to run the command and it fails, or runs it but
  doesn't display the authentication window.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: unity 5.6.0-0ubuntu4
  Uname: Linux 3.3.0-rc7-git-20120316.1313 x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,gnomecompat,imgpng,snap,grid,wall,move,place,vpswitch,session,compiztoolbox,extrawm,resize,regex,animation,workarounds,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,fade,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
  Date: Sat Mar 17 10:27:11 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
   TERM=xterm
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-13 (3 days ago)

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