Bug 364898

Summary:	plasma5 unable to launch kdesu and getting stuck with msg: "KDEInit could not launch '/usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/kdesu'"
Product:	[Applications] kdesu	Reporter:	Christian <christian_burger>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdesu bugs tracker <kdesu-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	grave	CC:	christian_burger
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Christian 2016-06-29 14:18:25 UTC

There's a related bug opened for suse which shows this isn't an issue related to the distro:
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=957470 

I'm getting this message when trying to lauch konsole as root:
KDEInit could not launch '/usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/kdesu'
~ $ which kdesu
/usr/bin/kdesu
~ $ ls -latrhs /usr/bin/kdesu
52K -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 52K Jun 27 08:52 /usr/bin/kdesu
~ $ kdesu --version
Qt: 4.8.7
KDE Development Platform: 4.14.21
KDE su: 1.0


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. edit launch parameters from plasma5 to launch konsole as a different user: root.
2. launch konsole.
3. the error message will appear in the screen: 
"KDEInit could not launch '/usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/kdesu'".

Actual Results:  
No error messages other than the one mentioned above:
no crashes seen in 'dmesg' output or logged messages in '~.xsession-errors' either, no clear way to debug the issue.

Expected Results:  
The launcher should work as when it's invoked via command line.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-06-14 15:11:00 UTC

Migrating "reproducible" keyword to "CONFIRMED" status.