[Bug 1010919] Re: Authenication window occasionally fails to open, then affects all policykit instances

[Doug McMahon]

The software sources error is similar to this bug except that I am the admin user when this occurs in 12.10
Bug  828850

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Title:
  Authenication window occasionally  fails to open, then affects all
  policykit instances

Status in “dbus” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Unfortunately this seems to happen 'out of the blue', then only a log
  out in returns to working (other than authenticating thru a terminal
  like in pkexec synaptic which will work

  Ex. errors -
  synaptic -
   Error creating textual authentication agent: Error opening current controlling terminal for the process (`/dev/tty'): No such device or address

  Software-center when trying to install a package -
   softwarecenter.backend - WARNING - _on_trans_error: org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.Error.Failed: ('system-bus-name', {'name':  ':1.370'}): org.debian.apt.install-or-remove-packages

  software sources when trying to change server -
  dbus.exceptions.DBusException: com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties.PermissionDeniedByPolicy: com.ubuntu.softwareproperties.applychanges

  user-accounts when trying to unlock -
  (gnome-control-center:8358): Gtk-WARNING **: Error acquiring permission: Failed to acquire permission for action-id org.freedesktop.accounts.user-administration

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: dbus 1.4.18-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0
  Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.1.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Jun  9 11:14:00 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120603)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dbus
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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