[Bug 578833] [NEW] KPackageKit does not prompt for a Password

[Jesse Sweetland]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: policykit-kde

(Opening a new bug report since https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353278
was reported against Jaunty and is currently in status "Fix Released".)

On a fresh install of 10.04 LTS (final) with a new user account
KPackageKit will initially open an authentication dialog when installing
new packages.  However, at some point it ceases to do so, and displays
the "Waiting for authentication" dialog for 5 minutes until it times out
with a failure message.  Creating a new user account seems to solve the
issue for a time until the new user account becomes affected.

Running `kdesudo kpackagekit` is a workaround, but it does not handle
situations in which there is a crash and the user is prompted to install
debugging symbols, or when prompted to complete the installation of
language packs, or other automated prompts (codecs, flash, proprietary
drivers, etc.).

I ran polkit-auth --obtain org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update and
the the command now returns immediately with no output. Return value is
1. No authentication dialog appears (Gnome or KDE).

Here is the output of dbus-monitor --session as I ran the polkit-auth
command:

signal sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=(null destination) serial=17 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameOwnerChanged
   string ":1.130"
   string ""
   string ":1.130"
method call sender=:1.130 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=1 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=Hello
method call sender=:1.130 -> dest=org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.AuthenticationAgent serial=2 path=/; interface=org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.AuthenticationAgent; member=ObtainAuthorization
   string "org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update"
   uint32 0
   uint32 1945
method return sender=:1.129 -> dest=:1.130 reply_serial=2
   boolean false
signal sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=(null destination) serial=18 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameOwnerChanged
   string ":1.130"
   string ":1.130"
   string ""

I tailed dbus-monitor --session when attempting to install something via
kpackagekit and I see a lot of org.kde.KNotify stuff, but nothing to do
with AuthenticationAgent.

** Affects: kpackagekit
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Affects: policykit-kde (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #233846
   http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233846

** Also affects: kpackagekit via
   http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233846
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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