I ran apt-get install libpolkit* policykit* and rebooted. I now have an /usr/share/dbus-1/gnome- org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.AuthenticationAgent.service, and several others that weren't there before.
I then ran polkit-auth --obtain org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update and the the command now returns immediately with no output. Return value is 1. No authentication dialog appears (Gnome or KDE). Here is the output of dbus-monitor --session as I ran the polkit-auth command: signal sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=(null destination) serial=17 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameOwnerChanged string ":1.130" string "" string ":1.130" method call sender=:1.130 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=1 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=Hello method call sender=:1.130 -> dest=org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.AuthenticationAgent serial=2 path=/; interface=org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.AuthenticationAgent; member=ObtainAuthorization string "org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update" uint32 0 uint32 1945 method return sender=:1.129 -> dest=:1.130 reply_serial=2 boolean false signal sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=(null destination) serial=18 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameOwnerChanged string ":1.130" string ":1.130" string "" I tailed dbus-monitor --session when attempting to install something via kpackagekit and I see a lot of org.kde.KNotify stuff, but nothing to do with AuthenticationAgent. -- [jaunty] kpackagekit doesn't prompt for user password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353278 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to policykit-kde in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
