Can't run bleachbit as root by clicking the menu icon on Ubuntu 13.04

Bug #1172762 reported by V字龍(Vdragon)
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GKSu
New
Undecided
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bleachbit (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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gksu (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Reproduce steps
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A.
    1. Find "Bleachbit (as root)" from Unity Dash and click on it.
    2. Enter your password on gksu's prompt

B.
    1. run 'gksu bleachbit' from Alt-F2

Expected result
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* Bleachbit runs normally

Result instead
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* If LANG set to zh_TW
    * An error window pops up as the screenshot in the attachment(I added translation)
* If LANG set to en_US
    * It indicates that the password is wrong even you sure you typed in correctly

Other information
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* I quite sure this won't happen in Ubuntu 12.10
* Probably is gksu's issue instead

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: bleachbit 0.9.3-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 25 23:21:06 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-25 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: bleachbit
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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V字龍(Vdragon) (vdragon) wrote :
description: updated
description: updated
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V字龍(Vdragon) (vdragon) wrote :

Screenshot when LANG=zh_TW

description: updated
description: updated
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jake (jake7264) wrote :

Ubuntu 13.04
1/ install "Main Menu" using Ubuntu Software Center
2/ open Main Menu (applications/system tools/preferences/main menu)
3/ go to system tools (in Main Menu) and find Bleachbit (as root)
4/ double click Bleachbit (as root)
5/ in Launcher Properties change existing "Command" to:
gksudo bleachbit
6/ close Launcher Properties and MainMenu
The beast should behave correctly from now on

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in bleachbit (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gksu (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in bleachbit (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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