[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#487215: kvpnc prevents kde from shutting down, when pptp connection not closed

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Package: kvpnc
Version: 0.9.0-1
Severity: important

I use kvpnc to connect to a pptp server. I start it using kde's session
saving feature (ie. restore saved session on kde startup to get kvpnc
runing).

Through 'ps' I get the commandline for related processes are:
kdesu -u root -- kvpnc -session 101e92251c5f2000119112858700000040000009_1203742614_95508
kvpnc -session 101e92251c5f2000119112858700000040000009_1203742614_95508
/usr/sbin/pppd call kvpnc.127

kdesu is used so that pppd can make the call.

The problem is: when I shutdown (reboot/halt) with kde menu, kde won't
quit if kvpnc is still connected. That menu item won't show shutdown
dialog for another time, thinking it's already shutting down. In this
state I can still interact with X applications without a problem. And
kvpnc won't do the disconnection or shutdown, even if I explictely ask
it to do so.

It may be related to permissions, since kvpnc and pppd is run by root.

But this have not happend before. I encounter this problem only
rencently. And I don't remember the actual day (which update) it comes to.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (1100, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=zh_CN, LC_CTYPE=zh_CN (charmap=GB2312)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages kvpnc depends on:
ii  gksu                 2.0.0-5             graphical frontend to su
ii  kdebase-bin          4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-2+b1 core binaries for the KDE base mod
ii  kdelibs4c2a          4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-4    core libraries and binaries for al
ii  libc6                2.7-10              GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcrypt11          1.4.1-1             LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libqt3-mt            3:3.3.8b-5          Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libstdc++6           4.3.0-5             The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  menu                 2.1.39              generates programs menu for all me
ii  module-init-tools    3.4-1               tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  net-tools            1.60-19             The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii  psmisc               22.6-1              Utilities that use the proc filesy

kvpnc recommends no packages.

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