Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: packagekit-gnome
After I was away, I unlocked the screensaver to find a dialog box on the
screen saying that an authorization had failed. I did not know what
software's authorization had failed because the dialog doesn't tell me
that. I had to use 'xprop' and a 'dpkg --search' to learn which package
to report the bug on. There is a screenshot of the dialog box attached
to this bug report.
Fixing the bug is a simple matter of naming the dialog box, so that the
window manager puts it's name in the top of it's frame.
It would also be nice if the "more details" box had more to say than a
simple repetition of the dialog box's main text; it really should have
actual *more* details that can be used to figure out how to actually
cause it to obtain the authorization that it is requesting from whatever
source it's asking it from... which I have no idea because it doesn't
tell me that!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: packagekit-gnome 2.29.2-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/gpk-application
usr/bin/gpk-repo usr/bin/gpk-prefs usr/bin/gpk-service-pack
usr/bin/gpk-install-catalog usr/bin/gpk-install-local-file
usr/bin/gpk-install-mime-type usr/bin/gpk-install-provide-file
usr/bin/gpk-install-package-name usr/bin/gpk-update-icon
usr/bin/gpk-update-viewer usr/bin/gpk-log usr/bin/gpk-backend-status
usr/bin/gpk-dbus-service]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia rr2310_00
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 11 14:28:36 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gpk-update-icon
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/zsh
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SourcePackage: packagekit-gnome
** Affects: packagekit-gnome (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid
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authorization failed dialog does not identify owner program
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578978
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