I found quite a good workaround (gksudo kcontrol) that seems to fix the DCOP server setup so that plain kcontrol works afterwards - not sure how long the fix will last though.
See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4977989#post4977989 for more discussion, and link to another Launchpad bug page with workarounds. -- kdesudo --nonewdcop option breaks the system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182403 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
