for fixing the remianing issues in raring (where the plan is to get rid of gksu
in favour of using pkexec everywhere), it would be good to know when exactly
users get gksu prompts.
we need to fix the apps using it to instead use pkexec.
people seeing this issue on the nexus7, please tell us where/when exactly gksu
pops up
** Changed in: ubuntu-nexus7
Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
** Changed in: ubuntu-defaults-nexus7 (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421660
Title:
gksu's and gksudo's modal password prompt prevents OnBoard's virtual
keyboard input, causing accessibility issues
Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
Invalid
Status in Ubuntu on the Nexus 7:
Incomplete
Status in “gksu” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-defaults-nexus7” package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
I'm loath to report this as a bug, since it is functioning as
designed, but I can't really find a better place to submit my
complaint. I'm running 9.04 Netbook Remix, and if I run a GUI
application and do something requiring sudo privileges, I receive a
password prompt that blocks access to any other windows on the screen.
Fine and good, but because of a disability, my only means of keyboard
input is the OnBoard on-screen keyboard. My only recourse for such
basic tasks as installing updates and adding packages is to pull out
the terminal, hope I can find the pertinent command, and sudo it so I
can give my password via terminal. This rather negates the convenience
of doing these things from the GUI.
Naturally, the expected behavior is that I be able to use OnBoard to
enter my password into the prompt.
Any other user who uses an on-screen keyboard or other GUI-based
application for keyboard input will be susceptible to this issue. I
imagine there are a fair number.
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