Callumgw
May 7th, 2012, 11:50 PM
Hi,
I recently upgraded (actually complete clean install!) the home server from Kubuntu-Desktop on UbuntuServer 10.04 to Lubuntu-Desktop on UbuntuServer 12.04. The box it runs on has a inbuilt graphics card with not power so Lubuntu is working better than Kubuntu did. But I have some little issues to work through, the one I can't find anything on is an odd behaviour for the sudo password.
When I use sudo on the command line everything is fine, when I put the sudo password into the desktop synaptic, everything is fine.
However, I got an error mesage and asked if I would like to report it, so I said yes and it started the reporting process and popped up a password box. I entered my password and it return as "incorrect password". I tried a few more times before quitting out of the error reporting. This has happened half a dozen times since and I have tried "remember for this session" and "save in wallet" but none of these options change things.
I have also found that if I "open this folder as root" in the file manager (pcmanfm) I getthe same password request box and the same error (incorrect password).
This only happens in this windowed box and the sudo password works everywhere else. It even works if I launch pcmanfm from sudo in the commandline.
Any ideas how to fix this?
Cheers,
C
I recently upgraded (actually complete clean install!) the home server from Kubuntu-Desktop on UbuntuServer 10.04 to Lubuntu-Desktop on UbuntuServer 12.04. The box it runs on has a inbuilt graphics card with not power so Lubuntu is working better than Kubuntu did. But I have some little issues to work through, the one I can't find anything on is an odd behaviour for the sudo password.
When I use sudo on the command line everything is fine, when I put the sudo password into the desktop synaptic, everything is fine.
However, I got an error mesage and asked if I would like to report it, so I said yes and it started the reporting process and popped up a password box. I entered my password and it return as "incorrect password". I tried a few more times before quitting out of the error reporting. This has happened half a dozen times since and I have tried "remember for this session" and "save in wallet" but none of these options change things.
I have also found that if I "open this folder as root" in the file manager (pcmanfm) I getthe same password request box and the same error (incorrect password).
This only happens in this windowed box and the sudo password works everywhere else. It even works if I launch pcmanfm from sudo in the commandline.
Any ideas how to fix this?
Cheers,
C