[Bug 910845] Re: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process
Chris, the original bug report is about a popup displayed when a user scrolls over a process which he is not allowed to change priority. You're describing 2 other defects: 1. a problem with the way the niceness is being set on boot 2. The fact that a normal user cannot increase priority (lower nice value) of their own process. This is expected and documented in the man pages of setpriority and renice (even if it is in the BUG section of renice) But in that case gnome-system-monitor is supposed to open a dialog and prompt for root access. Could you please file a new report for both issues ? It would be nice if someone could report this bug and point 2 to the upstream bug tracker (bugzilla.gnome.org) Thanks for your help. ** Summary changed: - Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process + Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed when a normal user selects a high priority process -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910845 Title: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed when a normal user selects a high priority process To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/910845/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 910845] Re: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process
@Jean-Baptiste "This is a usability issue which doesn't impact functionality". If it were as simple as that then changing the priority should not in itself alter the ability to recreate the bug. The fact that after changing the priority to normal and then back to very high makes the problem disappear completely seems to indicate that there is something much deeper going on. Chris -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910845 Title: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/910845/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 910845] Re: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process
yes this problem occrus after pulse audio -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910845 Title: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/910845/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 910845] Re: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process
Confirming this occurs reliably on 64-bit systems too. It is NOT 32-bit specific. In addition, if you dismiss the warning message the priority of "pulse- audio' CAN BE CHANGED by a user with normal privileges, to NOrmal. After that, the priority cannot be changed back to "Very High" by such a user. That sounds like a functionality error, not just a usability problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910845 Title: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/910845/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 910845] Re: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process
There may still be a difference on 32 bit systems: I can NOT change the priority on a process at all - the normal user does not have access to do so. To test this further I changed the view to "all processes" and found that the error occurs for any process with the priority set to "very high" I then ran top as superuser and changed the niceness of pulse-audio to 0 (normal). The problem did not occur when selecting the pulse-audio process in 'system monitor'. I then changed the niceness back to -20 in top and found I could _still_not_get_the_error_ to occur. I then rebooted and proved the error could still be created. I then logged out and logged back in selecting Unity2d - the niceness is set to 0 (default) and the problem can not be recreated I then logged out and back in with Unity3d and though the niceness is now -20 the problem can still not be created. There seems to be a problem with the way the niceness is being set on boot. Chris -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910845 Title: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/910845/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 910845] Re: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process
** Summary changed: - system monitor throws error 32-bit + Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910845 Title: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/910845/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
