[Bug 54564] kdesu fails with intl keyboard layout variants

[yamal]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kdebase-bin

with a "generic 102-key" keyboard model, and settings in "Regional % Acc. -> Keyboard Layout" as follows:
Layout: US English
Keymap: us
Layout variant: intl or alt-intl

kdesu will fail when the password contains certain characters like ' or
". Upon pressing such keys, two stars (**) appear at once in the kdesu
password dialog, and the password always fails.

Normally, with this keyboard layout, for getting these characters one
needs to hit ' or " key followed by the SpaceBar, and thus nothing would
be shown after just one key stroke (anticipating a key like o, a, e, i,
to form the likes of ò, â, é, ï, etc).

All other applications work fine with this layout variant, including
gksu and sudo from konsole.

Problem probably includes all "special" characters for these layouts
(didn't test), and is the same with both 102-, 104-, and 105-key generic
keyboards.

** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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kdesu fails with intl keyboard layout variants
https://launchpad.net/bugs/54564