On 2012-02-19 18:50, Matthias Klumpp wrote:
Okay. This might be a problem in the KDE metapackage, which should ship the Polkit agent.
Regarding KDE, kde-workspace-bin, a dependency of kde-plasma-desktop, recommends an agent (rec: polkit-kde-1 <http://packages.debian.org/sid/polkit-kde-1> (>= 0.99) or policykit-1-gnome) <http://packages.debian.org/sid/policykit-1-gnome> However, this is only a recommendation, and even then, apper does not depend on kde-workspace-bin.
To make sure that it is installed in next releases, I'll make Apper recommend it.
A recommendation is not necessarily followed, so although it may reduce the occurences, it cannot ensure the system will be available.
Also, even an issue is truely fixed, valid reports should not be closed this way, see http://wiki.debian.org/BugsVersionTracking
Cheers, Matthias 2012/2/19 Filipus Klutiero<chea...@gmail.com>:retitle 658934 "Failed to obtain authentication." when trying to manipulate packages without launching as root if no PolKit agent is running thanks Hi Matthias, On 2012-02-15 14:15, Matthias Klumpp wrote:severity 658934 minor stop Hi! You need to have polkit-kde running to make use of this... Can you check if it is running? And if not, usually a restart (or logout-login) should do it. This problem is typical for not having a PolKit agent installed& running :P Regards, MatthiasIt must not have been running. apper is working fine as my user now. Rebooting must have fixed it. Thanks
