OK, this is definitively gksu breakage when searchign for the password prompt. Let's fix it at the proper place.
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => gksu (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gksu (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti) ** Summary changed: - consecutive root_command_output() calls ask for password each time + gksu ask for password each time with stdout redirection -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/716595 Title: gksu ask for password each time with stdout redirection -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs