Created attachment 531137 [details] Authorzation failed window. Description of problem: Add/Remove Software doesn't prompt for authentication and install fail with message: "Authorization failed You have failed to provide correct authentication. Please check any passwords or account settings. More details Failed to obtain authentication." I believe the root cause has to do with polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 being unable to start *when a desktop environment other than the default at install* is in use. I started out with Gnome3, but am now using Gnome Classic with Compiz. Perhaps most relevantly, if I switch back to Gnome3 packagekit prompts for authentication and installs packages as expected. Authentication Agent is selected in the "Startup Programs" tab of the gnome-session-properties panel, but is not running. When I attempt to start it manually via: $ sudo /usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1, I get the message: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:23011): polkit-gnome-1-WARNING **: Unable to determine the session we are in: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.Gen eralError: Unable to lookup session information for process '23011' When I attempt to start it manually via: $ su # /usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1, I get the message: g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting. Terminated Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NA How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install FC15 2. Change to a desktop environment other than the one installed by default 3. Try to add software via Add/Remove Software Actual results: Software install fails without prompting for authentication. Expected results: Add/Remove Software prompts for authentication, then installs software. Additional info:
Install via: $ sudo gpk-application completes successfully.
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