Package: gksu Version: 2.0.0-1 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line ***
When using gksu to run programs with root privileges it is possible to check the option to "Remember password" during current session or to store it in the keychain. However, there is one exact moment when the program looses keyboard focus, so all subsequent characters are being passed to the first foreground program that was currently active before starting gksu. The problem applies only to the mode when gksu is asking for the root's password and not when used in sudo mode (gksudo). Steps to reproduce: 1. Open text editor, create new document and leave it open. 2. Try to start a program with root privileges, for example press Alt+F2 and type: gksu /usr/bin/gnome-terminal 3. In the screen asking for root's password, try to check and uncheck the "Remember password" option. It should work correctly. It can confirmed by checking/unchecking the option and moving the focused element using the Tab key. 4. Press Tab enough times to select "Remember password" again. 5. Press Space to check/uncheck the option. Press some other random keys, press Tab several times - nothing happens. Additionally, the password screen cannot be closed by any keys combination: Esc, Alt+F4 no longer work. 6. Cancel the password screen using mouse. 7. Admire all the random characters previously pressed in 5th point typed right into the editor document. This problem reveals itself mostly in Debian and not in Ubuntu, as with the latter sudo is being used as a default setting. However, I was able to reproduce the same behavior in Gentoo, so the problem doesn't seem to be distro-specific. With kind regards, Wiktor Wandachowicz -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages gksu depends on: ii gnome-keyring 0.6.0-3 GNOME keyring services (daemon and ii libatk1.0-0 1.12.4-3 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.2.4-4 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 generic font configuration library ii libgconf2-4 2.16.1-1 GNOME configuration database syste ii libgksu2-0 2.0.3-7 library providing su and sudo func ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.4-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnome-keyring0 0.6.0-3 GNOME keyring services library ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.20-7 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii liborbit2 1:2.14.3-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB ii libpango1.0-0 1.14.8-5 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libstartup-notification0 0.8-2 library for program launch feedbac ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library ii libxcursor1 1.1.7-4 X cursor management library ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.1-5 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio ii libxi6 1:1.0.1-4 X11 Input extension library ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.1-4.1 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxrandr2 2:1.1.0.2-5 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.1-3 X Rendering Extension client libra ii sudo 1.6.8p12-4 Provide limited super user privile gksu recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
