Comment 27 for bug 455694

> froynlaven [2010-03-26 17:31 -0000]:
>> my memory is a little fuzzy; i wouldn't stake my life on it, but fairly certain i modified:
>> /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gnome.cpufreqselector.policy
>
> Ah, that would certainly be overwritten by the newer package version
> from lucid. Only modifications in /etc stay around.
>
> (for the record, the "sticky" way of modifying PolicyKit permissions
> is with man pklocalauthority)

got it. learned something new. thanks :)

>
>> rise@noon:~$ pkcheck --action-id org.gnome.cpufreqselector --process $$; echo $?
>> polkit\56retains_authorization_after_challenge=1
>> Authorization requires authentication and -u wasn't passed.
>
> OK, that looks wrong then.
>
> (1) Is your user in the "admin" group?

appears to be:
rise@noon:~$ sudo groups rise
rise : rise adm dialout cdrom audio plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare

> (2) do you have the policykit-desktop-privileges package installed?
>

apparently not:
rise@noon:~$ sudo aptitude search policykit-desktop-privileges
p policykit-desktop-privileges - run common desktop actions without password

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