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FS#16601 - [gnome] Root console isn't starting anymore
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Opened by Karol Babioch (johnpatcher) - Monday, 12 October 2009, 21:52 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 23:27 GMT
Opened by Karol Babioch (johnpatcher) - Monday, 12 October 2009, 21:52 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 23:27 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
After upgrading to Gnome 2.28 the Root console isn't starting anymore. By trying to start it, it asks me for my root password, and after typing it in I can see a window called "Granting Privileges", which closes down after a few seconds. I guess that this is a problem with some privileges in some way, but I can't figure out how to change it, as it isn't mentioned in "System -> Preferences -> Authorizations". Additional info: * package version(s): Gnome 2.28 Steps to reproduce: * Upgrade to Gnome 2.28 * Try to start the Root Terminal (Applications -> Accessoires -> Root Terminal) * Type in your root password when you are asked for it * See the "Granting privileges" window be opened * See the "Granting privileges" windows beeing closed down again after a few seconds, while there is no Root Terminal at all |
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This is the debug information whenever I try to start the root terminal from a normal one using gksu:
[johnpatcher@vostro ~]$ gksu -l --debug gnome-terminal
xauth: -1a096def4e6479f617ed292da59552a7
-
display: -:0.0-
final xauth: -1a096def4e6479f617ed292da59552a7
-
final display: -:0.0-
STARTUP_ID: gksu/gnome-terminal/23276-0-vostro_TIME1027753024
gksu_context_run: buf: -Password: -
password from keyring found
DEBUG (run:after-pass) buf: -Password: -
DEBUG (run:post-after-pass) buf: -
gksu: waiting
-
^C
As soon as I hit "ctrl+c", which is indicated by the "^C" in the last line the root terminal opens up quite normal. I really don't know what the cause of this problem is, as the debug information doesn't tell anything related to an error :(.
This would make sense for me, as I have upgraded my kernel also a few days ago.
Unfortunately there is no fix given, just a link to lkml (http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/28/373), where Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox have some trouble with each other about the su-utilities of KDE, which should work quite the same as the tools for gnome, shouldn't they?