** Description changed: After updating ubuntu the other day a number of things broke likely related to policykit errors I'm seeing in syslog: Jun 5 11:47:01 neuromancer dbus[792]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' (using servicehelper) Jun 5 11:47:01 neuromancer dbus[792]: [system] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' failed: Cannot launch daemon, file not found or permissions invalid The issues I'm seeing after the update are: - * grub no longer shows up when booting * login names do not show up in lightdm, I have to type them * I can no longer login with gnome-shell, it hangs showing only the background * Unity works but with problems ** I see [Invalid UTF-8] as the title of the login menu. - ** My secondary drive is not showing up ** User accounts UI doesn't work (likely do to policy kit not working) $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 $ apt-cache policy policykit-1 policykit-1: - Installed: 0.104-1ubuntu1 - Candidate: 0.104-1ubuntu1 - Version table: - *** 0.104-1ubuntu1 0 - 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - 0.104-1 0 - 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages + Installed: 0.104-1ubuntu1 + Candidate: 0.104-1ubuntu1 + Version table: + *** 0.104-1ubuntu1 0 + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + 0.104-1 0 + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages $ ll /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14896 May 17 00:40 /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd* $ ps -ef | grep kit root 1230 1 0 11:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon rtkit 1379 1 0 11:47 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/rtkit/rtkit-daemon $ dpkg -l | grep polkit ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.104-1ubuntu1 GObject introspection data for PolicyKit ii libgksu-polkit0 0.0.2-2.1ubuntu1 simple gobject-based API to run programs as root ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.104-1ubuntu1 PolicyKit Authentication Agent API ii libpolkit-backend-1-0 0.104-1ubuntu1 PolicyKit backend API ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.104-1ubuntu1 PolicyKit Authorization API ii libpolkit-gobject-1-dev 0.104-1ubuntu1 PolicyKit Authorization API - development files $ dpkg -l | grep policykit ii policykit-1 0.104-1ubuntu1 framework for managing administrative policies and privileges ii policykit-1-gnome 0.105-1ubuntu3 GNOME authentication agent for PolicyKit-1 ii policykit-desktop-privileges 0.10 run common desktop actions without password
** Summary changed: - Warning: PolicyKit call failed: Cannot launch daemon, file not found or permissions invalid + PolicyKit problems after update -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1009177 Title: PolicyKit problems after update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/+bug/1009177/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
