software-properties-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties.PermissionDeniedByPolicy: com.ubuntu.softwareproperties.applychanges

Bug #847784 reported by Barneedhar
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This bug affects 10 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-properties (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

I was trying to add a new ppa through software sources and it crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.81.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.17-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 12 20:25:38 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk -n -t 0
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk', '-n', '-t', '0']
SourcePackage: software-properties
Title: software-properties-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties.PermissionDeniedByPolicy: com.ubuntu.softwareproperties.applychanges
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-02 (10 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Barneedhar (barneedhar) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Barneedhar (barneedhar)
visibility: private → public
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

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 828850, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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