problem with ATI Catalyst Control Center (Administrative Mode) launcher

[KJ4OHH]

When I try to use the menu launcher for "AMD Catalyst Control Center (Administravtive Mode)", the amdxdg-su program starts and brings up a small text window with a prompt for the superuser (root) password.

Upon entering my regular user password (as is the default with Ubuntu) an error message briefly appears in the small text window with something to the effect of:

"su: authentication failure"

Then the small window closes and the Catalyst control center never appears.

Previous versions of the control center worked correctly when providing the regular user's password for administrative permissions.

However, if I run "$sudo amdcccle" in a console terminal, the Catalyst control center runs with elevated permissions.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: fglrx 2:8.840-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: kwin
Date: Sat Jun 25 11:22:36 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: kubuntu
DkmsStatus: fglrx, 8.840, 2.6.38-8-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc Barts XT [ATI Radeon HD 6800 Series] [1002:6738] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:e177]
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
JockeyStatus:
 ERROR:root:Could not find any typelib for AppIndicator
 xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=9c4c0b6d-cdcf-4582-a196-b03e211c83bf ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/21/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1108
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P6T DELUXE V2
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1108:bd09/21/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP6TDELUXEV2:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[sorcier (fgermain01)]

I have the same problem on Kubuntu 11.10 64-bits
catalyst version : 11.8
catalyst control center version : 2.13

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series

[Graeme Hewson (ghewson)]

Patch attached for Kubuntu.

Could someone add code for Ubuntu? The problem is that in su_gnome(), amdxdg-su looks for gnomesu and xsu, but these don't exist. It looks simple enough to look for gksudo instead/as well. HOWEVER detectDE() inspects $GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID, the value of which is "this-is-deprecated". Clearly a better fix would change detectDE() as well to use some other way of detecting if it's running under GNOME.

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[François FAVIER (favierolivier)]

Same probleme with last version of ubuntu (13.04) and Catalyst (13.4). My last configuration was fine.

I reinstalled completely ubuntu and began to install Catalyst first. Still the samedi issue !

[Michiel Janssens (janssensm)]

Same here. Ubuntu 13.04 fresh install and Catalyst 13.4, also on 13.6 beta.
sudo amdcccle works.
as i remind didn't have this issue on ubuntu 12.10

[DaedRa (daedra)]

Having the same issue on Ubuntu 13.04 with Radeon HD 5650M

[Michiel Janssens (janssensm)]

Solved it:
As noted in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2154044&highlight=enter+the+administrative+password

gksu-properties was set to su instead of sudo.

Wasn't related to amdcccle.
I had exact the same issue when trying to upgrade the VirtualBox Extension pack.
Both act normal now.

[Michiel Janssens (janssensm)]

Did some searching and found this:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/284306/why-is-gksu-no-longer-installed-by-default-in-13-04
As this post mentions gksu is deprecated as stated in comment #4
Don't understand why then gksu-properies does default to gksu instead of gksudo.

[Budo Zindovic (bzindovic)]

The problem still persists in Ubuntu 14.04. Maybe the launcher for Administrative Catalyst Control Center should be removed?

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

This bug is now being handled in bug 1309550,
therefore I will mark this one as duplicated.
Thanks