I am seeing a similar problem with an ubuntu upgrade from 15.04 15.10
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288786
Title:
pkexec does not launch graphical authentication
Status in policykit-1 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Installed Trusty Tahr Lubuntu Beta1 version and added xubuntu desktop. In
buth desktops, I tried to launch synaptic to install some packages. If I try
to launch from menu, nothing seems to happen. From a terminal, I ran
pkexec "/usr/sbin/synaptic"
and saw that it asks for password in the terminal window, instead of popping
up an authentication window like previous Ubuntu version did. That was why I
saw no authentication request when launching from menu.. I have a
workaround)launching from Terminal window), but this should be fixed before
release.
ralph@minnie:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)"
ralph@minnie:~$ pkexec --version
pkexec version 0.105
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