Description of problem: on live-cd (rc3-alpha xfce spin) the polkit authentication box doesn't open when checking 'view all problems' and abrt-gui gets stuck there. ~/.xsession-errors gives: ** (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2334): CRITICAL **: polkit_agent_listener_initiate_authentication: assertion `identities != NULL' failed Then after a while it timeouts: Can't get problem list from abrt-dbus: Foi atingido o tempo limite de espera Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.0.11-2.fc18 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. open abrt-gui after a problem owned by root 2. check 'view all problems' 3. Actual results: authentication box doesn't show up Expected results: maybe no authentication box as it's a live-cd and then show the problem owned by root. Additional info: # yum list abrt* Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Installed Packages abrt.i686 2.0.11-2.fc18 @koji-override-0/$releasever abrt-addon-ccpp.i686 2.0.11-2.fc18 @koji-override-0/$releasever abrt-addon-kerneloops.i686 2.0.11-2.fc18 @koji-override-0/$releasever abrt-addon-python.i686 2.0.11-2.fc18 @koji-override-0/$releasever abrt-addon-vmcore.i686 2.0.11-2.fc18 @koji-override-0/$releasever abrt-addon-xorg.i686 2.0.11-2.fc18 @koji-override-0/$releasever abrt-dbus.i686 2.0.11-2.fc18 @koji-override-0/$releasever abrt-desktop.i686 2.0.11-2.fc18 @koji-override-0/$releasever abrt-gui.i686 2.0.11-2.fc18 @koji-override-0/$releasever abrt-libs.i686 2.0.11-2.fc18 @koji-override-0/$releasever abrt-plugin-bodhi.i686 2.0.11-2.fc18 @koji-override-0/$releasever abrt-retrace-client.i686 2.0.11-2.fc18 @koji-override-0/$releasever abrt-tui.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 @updates-testing Available Packages abrt.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-addon-ccpp.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-addon-kerneloops.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-addon-python.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-addon-vmcore.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-addon-xorg.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-cli.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-dbus.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-desktop.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-devel.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-gui.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-libs.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-plugin-bodhi.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing abrt-retrace-client.i686 2.0.12-1.fc18 updates-testing
Does the policykit work for other actions like installing a package? If yes, then it's probably ABRT bug if it doesn't then I would say the bug is in the policyKit.
(In reply to comment #1) > Does the policykit work for other actions like installing a package? Actually it doesn't also work for yumex ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857229 ). I tried the workaround on that bug report (i.e., adding liveuser to the wheel group) but it still didn't work.
Sorry, I tested it more properly now by first setting # usermod -G liveuser,wheel liveuser and then forcing a bug (for root) and trying to view with abrt and it worked properly.
Thx for the info, marking this as a dupe of: rhbz#834494 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 834494 ***