Comment 6 for bug 353278

On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 17:00 +0000, m4v wrote:
> > polkit-auth --obtain org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update
>
> for me it just hangs there without showing any output, after several
> minutes it will output
>
> Attempting to obtain authorization for org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update.
> Authentication as an administrative user is required.
>
> and continues idling without exiting so I closed with ctrl+c
>
> something seems bugged, I can try the same command with
> "org.asdasdasd.asdasd" and It will not error out, it will idle several
> minutes before showing any error messages and exit.

Thanks, this suggests something wrong with the session authentication
agent.

Could you please do the above again, but with two extra terminals open,
one running "dbus-monitor --session", the other "dbus-monitor --system"?
I'm most interested in these traces when you get the hang, but having
them for the org.asdasdasd.asdasd case as well might be instructive.

They will output more stuff than just what is going on PolicyKit though,
so you may want to review their outputs to ensure that there is nothing
sensitive within.

Thanks,

James