Cannot type password into gksudo with onboard on nexus7

[Tony Mugan]

I run in aterminal

gksudo synaptic

the password dialog that pops up takes the window focus so that onboard cannot be used on nexus7

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: onboard 0.99.0~alpha1~tr1190-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.1.10-8-nexus7 armv7l
ApportVersion: 2.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: armhf
Date: Sat Dec 15 15:19:00 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-09 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch) - armhf (20121208-15:17)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: onboard
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Francesco Fumanti (frafu)]

Hi,

Turning off the grab in gksu might help. Here is the command to enter into the terminal:
gconftool-2 -s /apps/gksu/disable-grab -t bool true

This might however have an impact on the security of the system.

Cheers,

[Tony Mugan (tmugan)]

Thanks for the tip.
I've got past it with an OTA cable to plug in an external USB keyboard but
wanted to record it for consideration by the developers.
On 15/12/2012 9:15 PM, "Francesco Fumanti" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Turning off the grab in gksu might help. Here is the command to enter into
> the terminal:
> gconftool-2 -s /apps/gksu/disable-grab -t bool true
>
> This might however have an impact on the security of the system.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090640
>
> Title:
> Cannot type password into gksudo with onboard on nexus7
>
> Status in “onboard” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I run in aterminal
>
> gksudo synaptic
>
> the password dialog that pops up takes the window focus so that
> onboard cannot be used on nexus7
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
> Package: onboard 0.99.0~alpha1~tr1190-0ubuntu1
> Uname: Linux 3.1.10-8-nexus7 armv7l
> ApportVersion: 2.7-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: armhf
> Date: Sat Dec 15 15:19:00 2012
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-09 (5 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch) - armhf
> (20121208-15:17)
> MarkForUpload: True
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
> TERM=xterm
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: onboard
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/onboard/+bug/1090640/+subscriptions
>

[Luke Yelavich (themuso)]

There have been moves to deprecate gksudo anyway, and use a policykit alternative, thats the best long term solution.

What were you trying to access when gksudo popped up?