KDE su & Control Centre

[Seth]

Stroller Wrote: 
> In the course of trying to get my wireless network card working the 
> last couple of days, I've noticed some behaviour in KDE's control panel
> 
> that I wouldn't have anticipated.
> 
> If I want to do something which requires root privelidges, KDE 3.4 pops
> 
> up a helpful box titled "Run as root - KDE su" and asks me for a 
> password. The FAQ at <http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/InstallingKDE> 
> explains this is the user password, not the root one (presumably it's a
> 
> `sudo` window, then).
> 
> kWifiManager uses this dialogue to call its configuration editor, so 
> that root privileges can be used to set the WEP key & so forth, and it 
> works perfectly, but if in Control Centre it seems flakey.
> 
> When Kontrol Centre is started, a blue splashscreen is displayed on the
> 
> right-hand side, showing KDE version, hostname, kernel version &c. If I
> 
> enter any of the sections which require superuser access - Network 
> Setting or Wireless Network, for example - all the settings are greyed 
> out, except for an "administrator mode" button which when pushed 
> produces the same "Run as root - KDE su" I described before. In this 
> case, though, entering my password just takes me back to the blue 
> Control Centre splashscreen.
> 
> Is anyone else experiencing this bug, or am I doing something wrong?
> 
> Stroller.
> 
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I get it too. Seems to not happen if you go in through the Computer
icon on your kicker (rather than K Menu > Control Center).


-- 
Seth