[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#627760: kdesudo: kdesudo fails to launch (sometimes)

[andrewn]

Package: kdesudo
Version: 3.4.2.3-2+b1
Severity: important
File: /usr/bin/kdesudo
Tags: squeeze

Bug description:

kdesudo stops working (does not launch the password dialog) in
the current KDE login session, but it used to work in a previous
login session.

This bug is observed in a fresh install of Debian squeeze
(with KDE desktop selected) from debian-6.0.1a-amd64-1386-netinst.iso

Reproduction:

-- restart/reboot the system.
-- login to KDE desktop session.
-- open anything requiring root permission (eg. synaptic or kuser).
-- kdesudo will open dialog for root password.
-- do not select the "remember password" checkbox.
-- enter root password to start the application, then quit the application.
-- logout.
-- login again to KDE desktop session (same user as above).
-- open anything requiring root permission (eg. synaptic or kuser).
-- kdesudo will no longer work for this user.
-- restart/reboot the system to reproduce the above.

Additional info:

Restarting the xserver using the menu on the login screen does not help.
The only fix I found was to restart/reboot.

The bug is user-account specific. That is, kdesudo can be working for
one user but be broken for another (until restart/reboot).

Work around:

Always select the "remember password" checkbox. Then kdesudo will still
work for you after logout/login.




-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages kdesudo depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0 1.5.36.1            Debian configuration management sy
ii  kdebase-runtime      4:4.4.5-1           runtime components from the offici
ii  libc6                2.11.2-10           Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1              1:4.4.5-8           GCC support library
ii  libkdecore5          4:4.4.5-2+squeeze1  the KDE Platform Core Library
ii  libkdeui5            4:4.4.5-2+squeeze1  the KDE Platform User Interface Li
ii  libqt4-dbus          4:4.6.3-4           Qt 4 D-Bus module
ii  libqt4-svg           4:4.6.3-4           Qt 4 SVG module
ii  libqtcore4           4:4.6.3-4           Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4            4:4.6.3-4           Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libstdc++6           4.4.5-8             The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  sudo                 1.7.4p4-2.squeeze.2 Provide limited super user privile

kdesudo recommends no packages.

kdesudo suggests no packages.

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