kdesu will not start apps
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KDE Base |
Unknown
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Medium
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kdebase (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Feisty |
Won't Fix
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High
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Ubuntu Backporters |
Bug Description
to reproduce: alt+F2 > kdesu konqueror > input sudoers password
no output is visible in the gui, although 'ps axu | grep kdesu' shows more processes starting each time kdesu is run. Below is the output of 'ps axu | grep kdesu' first before kdesu, then after 2 succeeding kdesu
steve@server4:~$ ps axu | grep kdesu
root 13187 0.0 0.0 1748 584 ? Ss 20:55 0:00 /usr/bin/kdesu_stub -
steve 13387 0.0 0.0 2884 816 pts/1 S+ 20:58 0:00 grep kdesu
steve@server4:~$ ps axu | grep kdesu
root 13187 0.0 0.0 1748 584 ? Ss 20:55 0:00 /usr/bin/kdesu_stub -
steve 13388 3.7 1.3 26232 13556 ? S 20:59 0:00 kdesu konqueror
steve 13390 0.0 0.2 16644 2696 ? S 20:59 0:00 /usr/bin/kdesud
root 13392 0.0 0.0 2472 980 pts/2 Ss+ 20:59 0:00 /usr/bin/sudo -u root /usr/bin/ kdesu_stub -
root 13396 0.0 0.0 1748 588 pts/3 Ss+ 20:59 0:00 /usr/bin/kdesu_stub -
steve 13402 0.0 0.0 2876 796 pts/1 R+ 20:59 0:00 grep kdesu
steve@server4:~$ ps axu | grep kdesu
root 13187 0.0 0.0 1748 584 ? Ss 20:55 0:00 /usr/bin/kdesu_stub -
steve 13388 0.2 1.3 26232 13556 ? S 20:59 0:00 kdesu konqueror
steve 13390 0.0 0.3 16644 3112 ? S 20:59 0:00 /usr/bin/kdesud
root 13392 0.0 0.0 2472 980 pts/2 Ss+ 20:59 0:00 /usr/bin/sudo -u root /usr/bin/ kdesu_stub -
root 13396 0.0 0.0 1748 588 pts/3 Ss+ 20:59 0:00 /usr/bin/kdesu_stub -
steve 13423 2.1 1.3 26240 13972 ? S 21:03 0:00 kdesu konqueror
root 13425 0.0 0.0 2468 980 pts/7 Ss+ 21:03 0:00 /usr/bin/sudo -u root /usr/bin/ kdesu_stub -
root 13439 0.0 0.0 1752 592 pts/8 Ss+ 21:04 0:00 /usr/bin/kdesu_stub -
steve 13444 0.0 0.0 2880 796 pts/1 R+ 21:04 0:00 grep kdesu
steve@server4:~$
Changed in kdebase: | |
assignee: | xdatap1 → nobody |
status: | Needs Info → Confirmed |
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | Fix Released → New |
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in kdebase: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in kde-baseapps: | |
status: | Confirmed → Unknown |
using kubuntu lts 6.06 with all updates;