kdesu and 'edit as root'

[Alexander Smirnov]

On Thursday 07 June 2007, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> Feisty:
>
> I've noticed that after a while (don't know exactly - could be hours or
> days) when I try to 'kdesu' or 'Actions > edit as root' on a file using
> konqueror, I get a bouncing icon but then nothing.
> If I try 'kdesu' fom the cmd line I get:
>
> nigel at nigels:~$ kdesu konqueror
> X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
>    Major opcode:  147
>    Minor opcode:  3
>    Resource id:  0x0
> Failed to open device
> X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
>    Major opcode:  147
>    Minor opcode:  3
>    Resource id:  0x0
> Failed to open device
>
> But if I logout and then login again everything works as it should.
>
> How can I get it to work again without having to logout and login again?

try kill -1 `pidof kdesud`
I had this problem on edgy days. But have never seen it on Feisty.