Also notice the debian bug report refered by Tiago in comment #10 has itself a link to:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686059 (about "double forking" and breaking pkexec) ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #686059 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686059 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/957641 Title: unity does not display authentication window for pkexec, making gnome- system-log unasable from the Dash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/957641/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
