[Bug 781786] New: yast2 applications does not launch from a sudo-ed terminal
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786#c0 Summary: yast2 applications does not launch from a sudo-ed terminal Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.2 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: psankar@novell.com QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- 1) Login as a non-root user in GNOME 2) Launch gnome-terminal 3) Switch to root using `sudo` 4) Type yast2 and enter 5) Select "Software Management" or any such Instead of launching yast, you get: xdg-su: no graphical method available for invoking '/sbin/yast2 sw_single' as 'root' in the launching terminal. If you launch yast from the applications from gnome-shell, everything works fine. The problem could be in either yast or gnome. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786#c1 kk zhang <kkzhang@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO CC| |kkzhang@suse.com InfoProvider| |psankar@novell.com --- Comment #1 from kk zhang <kkzhang@suse.com> 2012-10-08 03:22:28 UTC --- Hi,could you please help to provide y2logs according to the following URL: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Bugreport_YaST -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786#c2 Sankar P <psankar@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW InfoProvider|psankar@novell.com | --- Comment #2 from Sankar P <psankar@novell.com> 2012-10-08 06:16:25 UTC --- I do not have access to a linux machine currently. But I believe you can reproduce it yourself fairly easily. IIUC it should not be a problem with yast but due to some problem in xdg-su. See http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2012-09/msg00277.html -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786#c Jiaying ren <jren@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jren@novell.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |jsrain@suse.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786#c3 Jiri Srain <jsrain@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|YaST2 |X11 Applications AssignedTo|jsrain@suse.com |bnc-team-screening@forge.pr | |ovo.novell.com QAContact|jsrain@suse.com |qa-bugs@suse.de --- Comment #3 from Jiri Srain <jsrain@suse.com> 2012-10-31 12:30:47 UTC --- Looks like xdg-su bug, not YaST... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786#c Jiaying ren <jren@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |nadvornik@suse.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781786#c Vladimir Nadvornik <nadvornik@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|nadvornik@suse.com |kde-maintainers@suse.de -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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