From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686; Nav) Description of problem: When running any of the control panel functions in KDE, when the dialogue for "run as root" comes up, password is accepted and nothing happens. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open control panel 2. Set the time Zone 3. Type root password Nothing Actual Results: Nothing. I also don't see any processes that I can recognize with ps -aux Additional info: I have several installations, and I think think this used to work.
I can't reproduce this. Make sure kdesu (from kdebase) is installed.
Sorry, but saying you can't duplicate it doesn't help much. I have localized the problem to one particular machine, and it may have something to do with the x-server. I ran one of the "run as root" applications in a window, and got the error-- Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Evidently when the application is run in a window, it gets around this, as you get the error and then the window does open. In the "run as root" with the "shortcut" , it evidently fails. This was an upgrade of a working 6.2 to a 7.1
Are you sure you installed the applications you want to launch? kontrol-panel currently displays all applications it can launch all the time, and should simply tell you "you need to install the xxxxx package" if you try to launch something that isn't installed. It's possible that the error reporting is broken.
Yes, the applications work fine, as they will run when you are logged in as root. Evidently I didn't make myself clear-- 1. the problem is when you run as a user, and you select an application that must be run as root (i.e. something in the control panel) by clicking the icon in the control panel, it asks for the root password and then does nothing. 2. If you then type the same command into a window, (that the icon is executing) you get the ---- RENDER missing extension error. 3. If you log in as root, all the applications work. --------------------------------------- At this point, this isn't worth the time to work on it. I have assigned it to WONTFIX as this feature works on my other 7.1 installations and it seems like we are going to be going back and forth for a long time.
I know about 1.; I can't reproduce it though. My guess is that for some reason, kdesu can't give root access to the X server. Does this still happen if you run "xhost +localhost" before running kontrol-panel? 2. doesn't have anything to do with the problem. It just means you're using a graphics card that doesn't support antialiasing.