With everyone's help I finally figured out that it works just fine from the console/desktop and the error is caused with the nomachine/freenx client. So I did the same little workaround like Lee suggested and modified the argument in the "Main Menu" to use "ssh -X root@localhost 'virt-manager'". I can live with that until I figure out why this polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 has an issue with nx client. -Overkill On 5/23/2010 11:04 AM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > On 05/23/2010 05:34 AM, KC8LDO wrote: > >> Paolo; >> >> You have a couple of choices here. I'm not a Policykit expert but the below >> two methods should work. >> >> 1. At the command line run [user@system]su -c "virtmanager". Where the >> "[user@system]" is the command line prompt for your system and "virtmanager" >> is the exact name for the virtmanager application on your system. You should >> get a request for a root password. Then it should work. If you have any >> questions about what "su" does then just type "man su" at the terminal >> window prompt without the double quote marks. That should bring up a page >> telling what "su" does and the various optional setting. >> >> 2. You can go to the "Main Menu" selection under the "System->Preferences" >> selection. Clicking on the "Main menu" item starts the menu editor. Locate >> the menu selection for the virtmanager, should be Application->System, and >> right click on it to bring up a window with one of the options being the >> "Preferences" selection then click on it. Change the command line to the >> above, without the prompt of course. Then change the "Type" setting to >> "Application in Terminal". Close everything then quit the menu editor. Now >> when you click on the virtmanager selection you should get a popup terminal >> window with a prompt for the root password. >> >> I've had to do this with several things to work around not being asked for a >> root password for several system settings and services. I know its not the >> best way but at least it should work. >> >> Regards; >> >> Lee >> >> "There are morons in every line of work. >> Some just get paid more for their stupidity ". >> >> >> > Lee, > thanks for the info, but I don't have an issue with the way it > works. If libvirtd is running everything works the way it should. I > get prompted for a root password. Someone else (overkill) was having > the issue with it never prompting for password and wondering how to get > it to work > > Paolo > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
