my story:
I use gdm + gnome and upgraded via upgrade manager from 12.10 => 13.04 and also
from 13.04 => 13.10.
It worked for some weeks until a week ago. (GDM screen started but no
loginwindow)
Switching to terminal (CTRL+ALT+F1) worked.
After a long search I found out that switching from gdm to lightdm brought me
back into GUI Mode (sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm => change to lightdm and reboot)
But then I found out I have permission problems like you described
(Softwarecenter install/uninstall, updates, network, USB)
I tried a lot so I can't be sure what the solution was, but the last things I
tried were:
#19
* (sudo pam-auth-update --force
* reboot
=> did not work
#23
* add
session required pam_loginuid.so
session required pam_systemd.so
to /etc/pam.d/gdm
* dpkg-reconfigure gdm (and select gdm)
* reboot
=> did not work (still no login window)
#23
* add
session required pam_loginuid.so
session required pam_systemd.so
to /etc/pam.d/lightdm
* dpkg-reconfigure gdm (and select lightdm)
* reboot
=> works! I can change network settings, install/uninstall packages, connect
usb devices
#23
* try again "dpkg-reconfigure gdm" (and select gdm)
* (new lines in /etc/pam.d/gdm are already there from previous try)
* reboot
=> works!
I don't know why/how but now also gdm is working again
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240336
Title:
Not authorized to perform operation....
Status in “lxdm” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “policykit-desktop-privileges” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
After a new install of 64 bit Ubuntu 13.10 on my second partition, I
used dpkg to reinstall all the same packages I had on my 32 bit 13.04
partition. I copied all my home directory files over and updated all
the packages. I now find that I don't have permissions to change the
network settings; I can't mount my other hard drive or any USB stick
using nautilus, or (udisks without using sudo)' I can't run synaptic
by clicking on the GUI (I have to go to a terminal and sudo synaptic);
etc. I can't find any documentation on the configuration of
policykit-desktop-privileges, so I'm filing this bug. For me it
appears to be totally broken. Maybe someone can help me out.
Thanks,
Rob
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: policykit-desktop-privileges 0.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 15 20:20:55 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-09 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20131008)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: policykit-desktop-privileges
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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