diff -rup virt-manager-0.5.4.orig/src/virtManager/connection.py virt-manager-0.5.4/src/virtManager/connection.py
--- virt-manager-0.5.4.orig/src/virtManager/connection.py	2008-03-10 20:17:51.000000000 -0400
+++ virt-manager-0.5.4/src/virtManager/connection.py	2008-03-13 13:51:14.000000000 -0400
@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ class vmmConnection(gobject.GObject):
         self.connectThread.start()
 
     def _do_creds_polkit(self, action):
+        if os.getuid() == 0:
+            logging.debug("Skipping policykit check as root")
+            return 0
         logging.debug("Doing policykit for %s" % action)
         bus = dbus.SessionBus()
         obj = bus.get_object("org.gnome.PolicyKit", "/org/gnome/PolicyKit/Manager")
Only in virt-manager-0.5.4/src/virtManager: connection.py~