This looks to be caused by improper session launch.
How to reproduce this problem:
1) open a terminal and check what your DISPLAY variable is set at and write it
down:
echo $DISPLAY
NOTICE: I assume your DISPLAY variable is set to :0
If not, please use the variable that you wrote down instead
2)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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I also have this problem. Steps to reproduce:
1) Open software sources (as regular user)
2) Goto "Other Software" tab
3) Remove entry
Result:
Authorization failed.
Software sources can't be changed without permission.
When running Software Sources with massive debug I get no debug error:
software
Just to be clear, you need to run
sudo update-manager
It seems like ubuntu is littered with these bugs of not prompting for
privilege elevation and when a novice user (like me) needs to 'run it
through sudo' it's nice to know what program you need to run (since,
after all, the cli executable is n
That is correct. A workaround is to run it through sudo.
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Title:
"Authorization failed" when trying to edit anything
To manage notifications abo
This doesn't help you much, but - I think this problem isn't really
related to bug 1058072. The point of that bug is, that if you hit
cancel, an error message is unnecessary. The code is working fine; it's
a design issue.
In this case, you're not hitting cancel, but getting a genuine,
unexplain
