--- policykit-gnome/src/polkit-gnome-auth-dialog.c.old	2009-02-06 17:45:56.000000000 +0000
+++ policykit-gnome/src/polkit-gnome-auth-dialog.c	2009-02-06 17:50:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -609,7 +609,10 @@ static void
 vendor_url_activated (SexyUrlLabel *url_label, char *url, gpointer user_data)
 {
         if (url != NULL) {
-                gtk_show_uri (NULL, url, GDK_CURRENT_TIME, NULL);
+                /* don't spawn anything when running under gdm */
+                if (g_getenv ("RUNNING_UNDER_GDM") == NULL) {
+                        gtk_show_uri (NULL, url, GDK_CURRENT_TIME, NULL);
+                }
         }
 }
 
@@ -620,6 +623,10 @@ action_id_activated (SexyUrlLabel *url_l
         DBusGConnection *bus;
         DBusGProxy *manager_proxy;
 
+        /* don't spawn anything when running under gdm */
+        if (g_getenv ("RUNNING_UNDER_GDM") != NULL)
+                goto out;
+
         error = NULL;
         bus = dbus_g_bus_get (DBUS_BUS_SESSION, &error);
         if (bus == NULL) {