I can confirm this on Ubuntu MATE 14.04 with gparted like the user reported, and add to that that sometimes the freeze takes over the whole desktop . It freezes more like 20-25 seconds.
This is additional behavior: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/1433854 Summary: gksudo commands can take up to about 15 seconds to complete. While waiting, no other desktop actions can occur, and the screen does not update until control is returned to the terminal. It shares a little with this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/253504 But I'm not creating a launcher. In the below output, the "Yeah, we're in..." is the last message before everything freezes. Then there is the approximate 15 second delay, the screen comes back and the last three lines of the output show. rmadcow@msnbc:~$ gksudo --debug caja No ask_pass set, using default! xauth: /tmp/libgksu-chlcZO/.Xauthority STARTUP_ID: gksudo/caja/4857-0-msnbc_TIME12647535 cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo cmd[1]: -H cmd[2]: -S cmd[3]: -p cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS cmd[5]: -u cmd[6]: root cmd[7]: -- cmd[8]: caja buffer: -GNOME_SUDO_PASS- brute force GNOME_SUDO_PASS ended... Yeah, we're in... xauth: /tmp/libgksu-chlcZO/.Xauthority xauth_env: /home/rmadcow/.Xauthority dir: /tmp/libgksu-chlcZO System info: System: Host: msnbc Kernel: 3.13.0-46-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: MATE 1.8.2 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty Machine: Mobo: MSI model: 790X-G45 (MS-7622) version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: V1.8 date: 03/02/2011 CPU: Quad core AMD Phenom II X4 965 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm) Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected] GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD CEDAR GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Info: Processes: 178 Uptime: 3:45 Memory: 689.6/3953.0MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349988 Title: Hangs for 10 seconds when starting an admin app. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/349988/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
