multiple gksudo's at the same time isn't nice
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gksu (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Sebastien Bacher | ||
Bug Description
When opening multiple gksudo's so fast that the first one doesn't block X before
the others are launched, they form an invisible stack. Often this gives no big
problems, but sometimes it does, which makes things look very much like a lockup
(although it looks like hitting ESC always helps, and one can switch to tty1 to
kill gksudo).
I propose two things:
1) Make it impossible to run multiple gksudo's at the same time
2) When gksudo is started, repaint the desktop in grayscale, and display gksudo
in color.
Point 1 is because it is possible (by doing weird things like running `gksudo ls
& gksudo ls & gksudo ls & gksudo ls`, but also by clicking on the new update
notifier applet quickly) to make a lot of gksudo's run, and when cancelling them
things get messy with repainting, looking like a lockup. The locking X is a bit
delayed, so maybe gksudo can assert it's the only one running, or quit.
Point 2 is to make the user more aware of the fact that gksudo locked X. At
first I was confused when my apps didn't respond, although I quickly got the
point. Not everybody will, and graying things out will make it very clear.
(Fading is too much, I thing, what I've seen in the gnome-logout thing is Far
Too Slow)
I hope to hear some feedback.
| Eric Feliksik (milouny) wrote | #1 |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #2 |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #3 |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #4 |
Because the window manager is ignored (Window menu and close buttons can't be
used), it might also be nice to drop the borders, like the gnome-logout does. It
makes things look much more like "You are doing something with the OS (switching
user), not just looking at a dialog window".
By the way, I wonder: Why does gksu lock X at all? Does it prevent malware,
running with the priviledges of the active user, from reading the keystrokes?
Could the looks of gksu, including the locking of X, be mimicked?