Software :: Kdesu Sometimes Fails To Start / Fix It?
Dec 26, 2010
I have an intermittent problem with kdesu not starting. I can boot and start kde4 and kdesu will perform properly for the full session. If I reboot, there is a chance kdesu will not work at all that session. Yesterday just restarting KDE4 was sufficient to get it back, but today it took two machine reboots.
When it fails it just hangs with no indication and nothing in /var/log/messages.
I had no problems with the previous kernel, 2.6.34-gentoo-r6. I just moved to 2.6.34-gentoo-r12 adding nfs.
I'm on KDE 4.4.4 and kdesu doesn't use sudo -- at least it's still asking for a password when I have the appropriate NOPASSWD line in /etc/sudoers (checked with command line). I'm following instructions here, Default kdesu to use sudo and not su | Free Techie Blog
it seems that kdesu either isn't installed or isn't enable in squeeze, or something. Anyone know how to get it working? when trying to launch dolphin:
Code:
lain@debian:~$ kdesu dolphin bash: kdesu: command not found
Code:
root@debian:/home/lain# apt-get install kdesu Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done
Package kdesu is not available, but is referred to by another package.This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source
E: Package 'kdesu' has no installation candidate
Using squeeze 64 amd64, with KDE. I just need to launch the nvidia settings gui as root.
I've recently installed from scratch Suse 11.2, and I'm having a bit of an issue with kdesu. Basically everytime I try to start an application using kdesu (e.g. Yast), the windows where to put the password appears, but when I click on OK, or I press enter nothing happens, the windows stays where it was, and of course the program does not start. The same issue occurs when I type the password to open kwalletmanager, I suppose the two things are connected.
After I upgraded my suse 11.2 to 11.3 (via zypper dup, all worked well), kdesu is not working anymore. A "kdesu -c /sbin/yast2" for example will not produce any output in the terminal.
Not sure but has support and updates for 11.2 come to an end? Every monday morning i make sure i'm upto date with updates etc. This am i get a message saying "repo not available" and having looked online to see if the directory openSUSE_11.2 exists, it doesn't.
At the same time loged in as a std user i regularily offer the command kdesu kwite. the command is accepted without error and the cursur returns on a new line as expected but kwrite doesn't start. I'm guessing that my last update has left me with a broken OS. It doesn't seem very long at all since i installed 11.2!
With Slackware 13.1 I decided to switch to Xfce, but as I like Konsole I'm using it under Xfce. I like to have Konsole being fired up with root privileges, so I added Launcher to Xfce panel with command as follows:
Code:
kdesu -c "konsole -e /bin/bash -l"
Now, when I open the Konsole with this Launcher everything is fine, I can run commands as the root user. But if I try to use tab completion in bash, the CPU usage suddenly goes very high. I found that the process causing this problem is:
and it is owned by root. When I kill this process the CPU usage gets normal, but I'm not able to run Konsole with the Launcher any more. The only way to get it back is to kill all the kdesu (owned by me) and dbus processes (owned by root). I also noticed that normal user (that is me using Xfce) has also exactly the same dbus process running, that is
BTW, this doesn't happen when I run xterm or Termianl. Also, using
Code:
kdesu dbus-launch konsole
gives the same odd effect. So I'd like to ask how can I solve this problem? I'm running Slackware 13.1 with Xfce 4.6.2 built with Robby Workman's SlackBuild [URL] with the source code modified so it runs KDE4 services (kdeinit4 and krunner) instead of KDE3 services (kdeinit and dcop). I have also my own custom kernel, but I think it's not relevant in any way.
Just upgraded kubuntu to Lucid and found no KDE installed: bad news: if you're on kubuntu KDE should be upgraded automatically. So using kpackagekit in gnome installed the standard metapackage and got the option to log in with KDE (good news) but then KDE failed: segmentation fault in knotify4.it would not report the error: too little information. it dropped me back into an incomplete gnome environment (no top and bottom tool lines).
Since about one week, my OpenSuse 11.1 sometimes does not start automatically KDE 3.5 as configured. This failure does not occur every start up, just from time to time.
It stops booting in command line mode telling me:
The last changes i did were installing VMWare Server 2, could this take effect? Does anybody have an idea? Where can I find the boot logfiles?
i have been trying to set zoneminder on fedora 12, after all setup. i see black screen on monitor. pasting the error below.
[Tue Dec 29 23:28:40 2009] [error] [client 117.192.6.17] PHP Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /usr/share/zoneminder/www/includes/functions.php on line 808, referer: http://192.168.2.2:8080/zm/ [Tue Dec 29 23:28:40 2009] [error] [client 117.192.6.17] PHP Deprecated: Function
I have a problem with DBGL (DosBox Graphic Launcher), after installation through Yast I got the icons alright but when clicked they just bounce for some time and then nothing, the program DBGL doesn't start, while DosBox alone works o.k.
Running DBGL in Terminal gives me this: pingvin@linux-f1l7:~> dbgl.sh starting ... java virtual machine used: /usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin/java classpath used: /usr/share/java/hsqldb.jar:/usr/share/java/liquidlnf.jar:/usr/share/java/swt/swt-gtk-
Konsole (when in root) fails to start up after it is used once (i.e., opened, work performed, closed/terminated). Bouncing cursor does its thing on second and subsequent uses, but times out normally and Konsole window never appears. Stock install from DVD.
Ubuntu 9.10 Mono 2.4.2.3 On running; $ mone /path/to/.exe following warning popup:
Code: Fatal Error System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException. Argument is out of range Parameter name: index at System Collections Generic List`1 [System String] get_item (int32 index) [0x00000] at Verse_of_the_Day.MainForm.ctor () [0x00000] at (wrapper remoting-invoke_with-check) Verse of the_Day.MainForm.ctor () at Verse_of_the_Day.English.ReadWrite () [0x0000] I have been searching around and could not find a solution.
I have been using compiz on my laptop loaded with Lucid,without any problems.Recently i reinstalled lucid but now i dont have a compositing manager, I try
I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 fresh and was putting my preferences back in for Firefox and MythTV and such when I noticed Evolution wouldn't start. I would click on it and the cursor would change for about 5 seconds and then nothing. I tried uninstalling Evolution (big mistake), but after I got back into the desktop, Evolution still wouldn't start. I can't seem to find anything around here that deals with this. Where should I start to debug this?
Awhile back I was playing around with Plymouth and GDM resolutions. I followed some wrong instructions and screwed up my GDM. I have fixed my GDM, sorta, but at times it will not start or when it does the login screen has strange pixel errors.
Sometimes it starts fine without any problems or pixel errors. Other times I have to boot 2 to 3 times before GDM will start.
If GDM starts with pixel errors, I can still login to Ubuntu and the rest of the OS runs fine. Pixel errors only happen in GDM.
When GDM fails to start I get a blank black screen. Cannot enter command line. OS seems frozen and I have to reboot.
Just done a fresh install of squeeze (basic install then installed X, WM and a few applications) and I find that I am unable to get an xterm up and running (same goes for rxvt-unicode (urxvt) and uxterm). The same problem occurs with both Openbox and DWM window managers.
I am running fedora 10 and webmin squid proxy server, after power failure the squid fails to start. i have tried to start it from command line but failed
on the risk of starting another OO thread I would like to share my problem to resolve it... (found this 'challenge' nowhere on the forum) installed openoffice apps on my F11 64-bit box through add/remove software until some time ago everything worked well for all users now with one specific user OO hangs upon startup when opening a file (only displaying splash screen, nothing further). this user is nowhere blocked intentionally
to resolve I did:tried other users, all works well (starting from menu, opening files in Nautilus by double-click) renamed ~/.openoffice.org to ~/.openoffice.org.bak so new prefs are created, but new attempt results the same (freeze upon start) copied ~/.openoffice.org from well-run user, but new attempt results the same (freeze upon start)
installed gnumeric as an alternative but I like to bring this to a happy ending.giving enough eyeballs the solution must be out here somewhere
I updated Fedora 12 a couple of weeks ago, and Amarok stopped working. The splash screen came up, and hung there until clicked on. Looking at the process, it uses 49-50% CPU (weird since it's on an Acer One netbook with an Atom N270 single core processor) and the memory footprint steadily increases. I hung on for another update to see if that fixed it, but one came through today with an update to Amarok, but it is still broken.
I'm using Fedora 14 / KDE and I'm having problems trying to start the Speech Dispatcher.I get the fallowing from the logs:Code:error while loading shared libraries: libsdaudio.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I recently changed my system from Ubuntu/Suse to Fedora14. Starting Ardour2 or Ardour3 (both build from SVN) or Ardour from the Repo-Package I get this:
[code]...
Ardours Dev Paul Davis thinks, this is an issue with libxml2 but upgrading libxml2 and even downgrading it did not work either. With the fresh install of Fed14 2 weeks ago the Package from the repo did work very much OK. is there anything I can do?
I recently upgraded to Fedora 14, and was surprised to find that OpenOffice is not included in the distro like it was in previous versions. Anyways after installing it it was working until while ago when I downloaded the recommended updates, and now when I try to start it, nothing happens.
I have been using F13 Gnome desktop for a few mouths now but for some reason it won't start X anymore. I get this:
[Code]....
giving up. xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. Don't knoiw what has changed? But I would like to get it fixed. I have installed F13 on another partition and it works OK.
Since updating a few days ago I cannot start dolphin, digikam and a lot of other KDE apps any more. The error message from Dolphin is
Code: dolphin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libkdeinit4_dolphin.so: undefined symbol: _ZN6Phonon11VideoPlayer5eventEP6QEvent The versions are openSUSE 11.3 (64-bit) and KDE 4.6.
My first post on openSUSE, since migrating from Ubuntu (didn't like Unity!). I've installed the virtualization packages from YAST2 and when I attempt to run virt-manager, it crashes. The error is Code: could not import gobject (could not find _PyGObject_API object) I've searched both these forums and via a general Google and although I've found posts, all of them are apparently resolved - but not mine.
My laptop is fully up to date and running Gnome 3 on openSUSE 11.4.Has anyone else come across this lately?
I'm running desktop Ubuntu 9.10 on my Dell laptop. Previously it was Ubuntu 9.04. After some period of time (lets say 3-4 months) my X fails to start automatically after some restart calls. If that takes place my network manager applet doesn't start either (after I do startx).
I get a perfect server boot meaning there's no Xorg started. Command line interface is all I get starting from login and further.
