kdesu fails with intl keyboard layout variants
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kdesudo (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: kdebase-bin
with a "generic 102-key" keyboard model, and settings in "Regional % Acc. -> Keyboard Layout" as follows:
Layout: US English
Keymap: us
Layout variant: intl or alt-intl
kdesu will fail when the password contains certain characters like ' or ". Upon pressing such keys, two stars (**) appear at once in the kdesu password dialog, and the password always fails.
Normally, with this keyboard layout, for getting these characters one needs to hit ' or " key followed by the SpaceBar, and thus nothing would be shown after just one key stroke (anticipating a key like o, a, e, i, to form the likes of ò, â, é, ï, etc).
All other applications work fine with this layout variant, including gksu and sudo from konsole.
Problem probably includes all "special" characters for these layouts (didn't test), and is the same with both 102-, 104-, and 105-key generic keyboards.
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Fix Released |
Still exists in a fresh install of Kubuntu 6.10; severely impacts usability of system as it forces me to start every application that asks for the password from the console!