On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:36:29 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling > StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to > execute program /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success I get this on my desktop but not my laptop, yet I have been unable to find the difference that accounts for it. In the end I gave up and made /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper world-executable :( -- Neil Bothwick In a classified ad: "Tired of cleaning yourself? Let me do it."