Thoughts in progress, not quite a patch, yet - I think we want to catch the exception with a try statement in SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py, but I don't know yet where is the sensible place to put it. The exception catching could be like this, using an error dialog function already defined there:
except PermissionDeniedByPolicy: error(self.window_main, "Authorization failed.", "Software sources can't be changed without permission.") -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/828850 Title: software-properties-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties.PermissionDeniedByPolicy: com.ubuntu.softwareproperties.applychanges To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/828850/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs