Jockey-gtk is throwing up a box saying you are not authorised to perform this action

Bug #417462 reported by Dave Morley
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
policykit-1-gnome (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Martin Pitt

Bug Description

I'm assuming, probably incorrectly, that this is a policykit issue. I have only had this problem on Xubuntu so it maybe that the settings are different in xubuntu. I've enclosed a screenshot for you.

This was done trying to enable the fglrx driver for the attached ati card.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Aug 22 20:02:18 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0846:6a00 NetGear, Inc. WG111v2 54 Mbps Wireless [RealTek RTL8187L]
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.3-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: all
PccardctlIdent:

PccardctlStatus:

ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-6-generic root=UUID=84a19003-dff9-4af9-a245-f9c9db226153 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-6.26-generic
SourcePackage: jockey
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-6-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 01/23/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: ASUS K8N4-E SE ACPI BIOS Revision 0106
dmi.board.name: K8N4-E SE
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.XX
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSK8N4-ESEACPIBIOSRevision0106:bd01/23/2006:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnK8N4-ESE:rvr1.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

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Dave Morley (davmor2) wrote :
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Dave Morley (davmor2) wrote :

As a temporary work round running gksu jockey-gtk means it works.

Martin Pitt (pitti)
affects: jockey (Ubuntu) → policykit-1-gnome (Ubuntu)
Changed in policykit-1-gnome (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Martin Pitt (pitti)
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package policykit-1-gnome - 0.94-0ubuntu4

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policykit-1-gnome (0.94-0ubuntu4) karmic; urgency=low

  * Add 01-xfce-autostart.patch: Start auth agent in XFCE as well.
    (LP: #417462)

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:49:18 +0200

Changed in policykit-1-gnome (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Nemes Ioan Sorin (nemes-sorin) wrote :

It's not fixed in Karmic ..I installed Karmic today and Jokey trow me : You are not authorized to perform this action.

On other computers with the same video card as mine it's working. I have ATI Radeon 2600 HD.

Jokey and Network Manager in combination with Policykit are the the second enemy of Ubuntu right now on my humble opinion.

...and I speak from the ground, I'm an active Ubuntu evangelist I install Ubuntu on a daily basis - as far as I see the ATI drivers problem seems to be gone - but policykit + printer drivers + Network Manager (DSL in special) and sometime + Jokey ..they are the most frequently problem.

Hope to see a global solution soon for Policykit - Ubuntu need to progress in order to reach audience, and also in order to keep peoples who spent a lot of time on promoting Ubuntu.

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