Quick update for anyone that comes across this page looking for a solution.
I just discovered that mythtv elevates via gksu and not gksudo. At least on my system. A fix for the various graphical mythtv password prompts on my system was to change the authentication mode of gksu from su to sudo. Launch the config using this command... $ gksu-properties then using the drop down I changed the mode from su to sudo. And off I went to test. All the myth password prompts I can find are now working with my password. More info here and explained much better as well... http://askubuntu.com/questions/48215/password-not-working-in-graphical- applications-gksu-works-with-sudo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to wvdial in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1203184 Title: MythTV backend does not recognize valid password: no GUI Status in “wvdial” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Version: mythtv 2:2.0.26+fixes.20121118.340ubuntu1 Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit: AMD Phenom II x6 1090T I am attempting to configure MythTV backend for use with XBMC. I presume that clicking the MythTV icon for the backend will produce the backend setup GUI. It does not because of a password glitch. A valid password is rejected when attempting to enter MythTV backend setup: clicking the myth TV icon displays a notice that the backend processes must first be closed and requests user assent. Selecting YES displays the prolematic dialog. The dialog asks for "current login password," presumably the current linux user's password. However, using the logged-in system administrator password results in the message "Incorrect password... try again." The same result is achieved by using the current user's mythtv MySQL password or the mythtv MySQL password (85ctLXIf). These passwords have all been verified using the MySQL Workbench, which indicates that the connection parameters are correct. Attempting to bypass the dialog by selecting cancel displays the MythTV Setup Terminal, not the familiar GUI. There is no way to access the backend setup. This bug was submitted to MythTV [ Ticket #11696 ], which responded: "This sounds like a Mythbuntu or Ubuntu issue. MythTV itself does not ask for login passwords. Please ask the Mythbuntu/Ubuntu team for help." Help! And many thanks for any assistance. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wvdial/+bug/1203184/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
