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  1. Bug #499937
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 499937

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Daniel (daniel-laflamme) wrote : Re: click install, nothing happens, in software center if policykit auth agent not running

If I run /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 in a terminal, then the install button starts working again.

Where can I see the log/reason why it failed to start with gnome? It looks like the autostart file is valid:

$ cat /etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=PolicyKit Authentication Agent
Comment=PolicyKit Authentication Agent
Exec=/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=
;OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=polkit-gnome-1