Re: broken gksu

[mc4man]

At this point with current kernel gksu is pretty much broken.
An initial bug report is here, currently marked incomplete though that should change (or I'll change or dupe
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...u/+bug/1312159

Workarounds -
In cases where pkexec is usable it can be set up & used instead (text editors, file managers
or ( and in the case of gdebi which is gksu only

Remove ~/.gksu.lock prior to attempting to use gksu (must be removed for each use of gksu
or
*Not recommended* - disable the grab mode in gksu-properties for Screen grabbing

Even when working there seems to also be cursor run on which is not particulary a good thing so where applicable I'd switch to pkexec until this is fixed

[squakie]

Thanks for the info. I reloaded my system over the weekend and got Ubuntu reloaded for dual-boot last night and found gksudo wasn't there so I installed it via apt-get. I'll have to remember not to use it!

Thanks!

[zika]

I might be wrong (as many times before...) but I think that trouble with gksu is over...
(I'm using latest versions of 3.15 (rc-6, 994, 999)...)

[Elfy]

when the kernel in the repos is upgraded - then we can say that's over - if it works

[Cavsfan]

Broken here as well.

cavsfan@cavsfan-MS-7529:~$ gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

** (gksudo:18750): CRITICAL **: fcntl error

** (gksudo:18750): WARNING **: Lock taken by pid: -1. Exiting.
cavsfan@cavsfan-MS-7529:~$

I signed on to the bug and it's incomplete and of medium importance?

[ventrical]

when the kernel in the repos is upgraded - then we can say that's over - if it works

This:

ventrical@ventrical-MS-7798:~$ uname -a
Linux ventrical-MS-7798 3.15.0-2-generic #6-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 22 16:14:57 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ventrical@ventrical-MS-7798:~$

works just fine now with gksu. Not bad error like 3.15.0-1.

[grahammechanical]

My daily update brought in Linux 3.15.0-2 which fixed the gksudo problem but brought back the dnsmq not getting internet bug. I have had to boot into Linux 3.13.0-24 to get an internet connection on this particular updated install.

Now, for the big question. Do I use gksudo or pkexec to edit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and comment out dns=dnsmasq?

[Elfy]

...

Now, for the big question. Do I use gksudo or pkexec to edit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and comment out dns=dnsmasq?

sudo nano

[Elfy]

so gksudo mousepad works fine here

so does the interwebs except apt in a terminal apparently without me fiddling with dnsmasq

[grahammechanical]

sudo nano

Choices. choices. Too many choices! #dns=dnsmasq fixes things for me.