Comment 7 for bug 946171

I see that issue with nautilus too, but I believe that is a separate bug, although it may be similar in source.

I've uploaded a test policykit-1-gnome package for 12.04 to my ppa here:
https://launchpad.net/~jeff250/+archive/ppa

Please upgrade the policykit-1-gnome package, log out, log in, and test it and report your feedback.

I also tried to upload a 12.10 test package, but launchpad yelled at me since it's essentially the same package as the 12.04 package modulo the changelog (12.10 hasn't changed the package yet since 12.04). But quantal users can still test it by manually adding the precise repository, or by manually installing one of the debs here:
http://ppa.launchpad.net/jeff250/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/p/policykit-1-gnome/

I'm also attaching the debdiff patches.