polkit fails to execute any commands under it

[nullishamy]

Describe the bug

When executing any program under polkit, they fail to launch with "ERR: cannot open display: " or similar.

Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install polkit
2. Execute pkexec <any-program> or any program which asks for elevation
3. Observe error

Expected behavior

Polkit should launch the application as usual.

Screenshots

N/A

Additional context

Tried with the gnome agent, and the tty agent, both of which failed in the same way. Tried the stuff in #18012, which also failed.

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Metadata

amy:~/ $ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"                                
 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 5.15.59, NixOS, 22.05 (Quokka), 22.05.2512.a82127cea64`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.8.1`
 - channels(root): `"nixos-22.05"`
 - channels(amy): `"home-manager-22.05.tar.gz"`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos`

[nullishamy]

a recent system upgrade seems to have resolved this, closing