On 05/30/2008 01:01 PM, quixote wrote: > I hate to keep being the wet blanket here, but . . . my /etc/hosts file > looks okay (127.0.0.1 localhost, 127.0.1.1 <my hostname>). But I > continue to have the gksu problem. It affects not just the upgrade > manager. Anything accessed via the GUI that normally asks for a > password hangs up at that point. If I really need the utility, I have > to figure out which command calls it up, and then try $sudo <command>. > The problem started with Hardy. I've been using Ubuntu since Dapper. >
I also have 127.0.0.1 & 127.0.1.1 configured properly & all of my hostnames etc., are working just fine. This is starting ot sound similar to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/91151 [gksu doesn't always pop up a dialog] You might try the sudo -K; gksudo -d echo Test Mine passes just fine, as does sudo -K; gksu -d echo Test Multiple other bugs seeming to point to this/similar issues: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/55172 [gksu dies on first run] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/231565 [[hardy] update-manager freezes after clicking on install updates] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/210897 [sudo *something which uses poliykit?* doesn't work] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/234402 [update manager doesn't work in Hardy] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu -- update-manager fails to bring up the password prompt for root privileges https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187982 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
