Gnome-System-Log fails to launch when started from the dash
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-system-log (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
policykit-1 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Gnome-System-Log fails to launch when started from the dash. Checking the .desktop file reveals it's launching with pkexec. I don't believe escalated privileges are needed to view logs, so I would argue to change the .desktop file to remove this.
Executing 'pkexec gnome-system-log' from the command line works properly. Launching it via the dash fails silently. This appears to affect any application that launches via pkexec, which is potentially a larger bug.
NOTE: gparted appears to work-around the pkexec issue by running a wrapper script instead of pkexec gparted directly. See below.
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#!/bin/sh
pkexec "/usr/sbin/gparted" "$@"
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: gnome-system-log 3.4.1-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-3-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.2.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 5 13:44:03 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: gnome-system-log
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-06-08 (26 days ago)
description: | updated |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.