Gnome-System-Log fails to launch when started from the dash

Bug #1021410 reported by Nicholas Skaggs
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This bug affects 13 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-system-log (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
policykit-1 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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.

--
#!/bin/sh
pkexec "/usr/sbin/gparted" "$@"
--

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: gnome-system-log 3.4.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-3.3-generic 3.5.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-3-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
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)

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Nicholas Skaggs (nskaggs) wrote :
description: updated
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in policykit-1 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Tiago Neiva (tneiva) wrote :

I found this in debian bug reports:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=690337

it may be of interest

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Tiago Neiva (tneiva) wrote :
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