Ah, now I know what went wrong. I applied the correct patch, but apparently I only installed the new pk-1-gnome .deb, not the new libpolkit* (which actually has the fix). Works now, thanks!
Committed to http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-utopia/policykit- gnome.git;a=commit;h=230873a72c8ff40e0c9e0eb76fb8192d73e58659 ** Changed in: policykit-1-gnome (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Committed -- No user pre-selected in authentication dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435227 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs