Public bug reported:
k9copy should be run as a regular user but it needs superuser privileges
for some reasons. It apparently invokes a kdelib routine "kdesu" to
escalate its privilege. In my case, the main k9window becomes
unresponsive, awaiting kdesu's result. But there is no kdesu window for
entering the password so kdesu cannot succeed.
If I run k9copy from a terminal, I see messages indicating what's going
on. But I cannot enter the password from that terminal. Here is a
chunk of those messages:
k9copy(2688)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::PtyProcess::exec: [ ../../kdesu/process.cpp
: 293 ] Running "/usr/bin/sudo"
k9copy(2688)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::SuProcess::ConverseSU: [ ../../kdesu/su.cpp
: 259 ] Read line "[sudo] password for silly: "
k9copy(2688)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::PtyProcess::WaitSlave: [
../../kdesu/process.cpp : 379 ] Child pid 2715
k9copy(2688)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::SuProcess::ConverseSU: [ ../../kdesu/su.cpp
: 259 ] Read line ""
k9copy(2688)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::SuProcess::ConverseSU: [ ../../kdesu/su.cpp
: 259 ] Read line "Sorry, try again."
k9copy(2688)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::SuProcess::ConverseSU: [ ../../kdesu/su.cpp
: 259 ] Read line "[sudo] password for silly: "
^C
The ^C was my ending the hung process.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: k9copy 2.3.8-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 6 10:49:28 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: k9copy
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-07-25 (12 days ago)
** Affects: k9copy (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity
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k9copy calls kdesu but kdesu password window never appears
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