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Bug 557572 - "Could not authenticate" error appears 26 seconds after clicking "Unlock"
"Could not authenticate" error appears 26 seconds after clicking "Unlock"
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 578037
Product: gnome-system-tools
Classification: Deprecated
Component: time-admin
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Carlos Garnacho
Carlos Garnacho
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-10-23 09:22 UTC by Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
Modified: 2009-08-19 16:29 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24


Description Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) 2008-10-23 09:22:46 UTC 
Gnome 2.24, Ubuntu Intrepid

1. Open "Time and Date".
2. Click "Unlock" so that the "Authenticate" alert opens.
3. Wait 26 seconds.

What should happen: Nothing.
What actually happens: A "Could not authenticate" error message appears: "An unexpected error has occurred."
Comment 1 Milan Bouchet-Valat 2009-08-19 16:29:05 UTC 
Well, that's a little ridiculous indeed. This must be Bug 578037, which has been fixed by Chris Coulson in commmit 341d01941791e5dfae0a13f3bb727f930deb7dd3, released in 2.27.2 (present in Karmic now). Please reopen if it's not the case.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 578037 ***