polkitd reports "Unregistered Authentication Agent" crashing Gnome windowing - sporadically (?)

[Darian Ryder]

Running LibreOffice 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu4, Mendeley desktop 1.5 dev-4, Nautilus 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu1

Background with (systray only):
Wallch 3.01-0ubuntu1
nautilus-dropbox 0.7.1-2
Weather Indicator 11.11.28 'Cloudy 9'
remmina 1.0.0-1ubuntu5

Sporadically, when pausing for arbitrary times, the gnome desktop disappears leaving all windows open with no title bar (windows are still operational, can still be closed using the menus)

Several instances when this occurs:

"polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session7 (system bus name :1.167, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)"

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ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: policykit-1-gnome 0.105-1ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Darian Ryder (lifusion)]

occurred several times more after frequent periodic updates,

Additional logs of auth.log specifying polkitd problems follow:

Apr 8 15:53:22 L1fu510n sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000)
Apr 8 15:53:40 L1fu510n sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Apr 8 16:09:01 L1fu510n CRON[7069]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Apr 8 16:09:01 L1fu510n CRON[7069]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Apr 8 16:17:01 L1fu510n CRON[7133]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Apr 8 16:17:01 L1fu510n CRON[7133]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Apr 8 16:39:01 L1fu510n CRON[7198]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Apr 8 16:39:01 L1fu510n CRON[7198]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Apr 8 16:44:13 L1fu510n polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2 (system bus name :1.72, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
Apr 8 16:44:51 L1fu510n login[1332]: pam_unix(login:session): session opened for user darian by LOGIN(uid=0)
Apr 8 16:44:56 L1fu510n sudo: darian : TTY=tty1 ; PWD=/home/darian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/bash
Apr 8 16:44:56 L1fu510n sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by darian(uid=1000)

Apr 8 21:14:42 L1fu510n polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2 (system bus name :1.72, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
Apr 8 21:15:08 L1fu510n login[1340]: pam_unix(login:session): session opened for user darian by LOGIN(uid=0)
Apr 8 21:15:17 L1fu510n sudo: darian : TTY=tty1 ; PWD=/home/darian ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/reboot
Apr 8 21:15:17 L1fu510n sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by darian(uid=1000)
Apr 8 21:15:17 L1fu510n sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Apr 8 21:15:55 L1fu510n lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0)
Apr 8 21:15:55 L1fu510n lightdm: pam_ck_connector(lightdm:session): nox11 mode, ignoring PAM_TTY :0
Apr 8 21:15:56 L1fu510n lightdm: pam_succeed_if(lightdm:auth): requirement "user ingroup nopasswdlogin" not met by user "darian"
Apr 8 21:15:56 L1fu510n dbus[853]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.43" (uid=104 pid=1727 comm="/usr/lib/indicator-datetime/indicator-datetime-ser") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.34" (uid=0 pid=1435 comm="/usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon ")
Apr 8 21:16:33 L1fu510n lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session closed for user lightdm
Apr 8 21:16:33 L1fu510n lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session opened for user darian by (uid=0)
Apr 8 21:16:33 L1fu510n lightdm: pam_ck_connector(lightdm:session): nox11 mode, ignoring PAM_TTY :0
Apr 8 21:16:37 L1fu510n dbus[853]: [system]...

[papukaija (papukaija)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

apport-collect 970897

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Darian Ryder (lifusion)]

$ apport-collect 970897
The authorization page:
 (https://launchpad.net/+authorize-token?oauth_token=<hidden>&allow_permission=DESKTOP_INTEGRATION)
should be opening in your browser. Use your browser to authorize
this program to access Launchpad on your behalf.
Press any key to continue or wait (5) seconds...
Waiting to hear from Launchpad about your decision...
Created new window in existing browser session.
Package policykit not installed and no hook available, ignoring

will it work with "no hook available" ?

[Darian Ryder (lifusion)]

Indeed, crashed again - NO DATA WAS COLLECTED.

Please help!

[papukaija (papukaija)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
* What is your Ubuntu version?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[papukaija (papukaija)]

Could you also please re-run the apport command as it should now be able to attach some useful information to this bug report?

[papukaija (papukaija)]

If your system crashes when a particular action occurs, and this is repeatable every time, try the following steps:

1. Try to reproduce the crash on a text console (Control+Alt+F1) if possible. If the crash occurs during startup, select the recovery mode option to disable the splash screen

2. When the crash occurs, press Alt+SysRq+1 (one, not L) followed by Alt+SysRq+t. If using a text console, you should see a trace dumped to the screen. If the system is sufficiently alive, it will also be logged to /var/log/kern.log and visible in the output from dmesg. This information shows where the crash occurred, and should be included in this bug report as an attachement (unzipped, and not copy pasted as a comment please). If the output is not saved in any file, or the system is so bad off that you cannot retrieve it, you can either take a digital photo, or hand write the results. Almost all of the output is important (so please don't copy the one line you think is important, because context means everything).

Thanks in advance.

[Darian Ryder (lifusion)]

apport information

[Darian Ryder (lifusion)]

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[Darian Ryder (lifusion)]

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[Darian Ryder (lifusion)]

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[Darian Ryder (lifusion)]

Additional information in #981508

[papukaija (papukaija)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 981508, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[papukaija (papukaija)]

That bug is private or doesn't exist. Assuming the former one in which case that bug should have proper crash debug information.