Bug 511027

Summary: KDE su: "su returned with an error"
Product: [Applications] kdesu Reporter: Sylens <oat-lip-confront>
Component: generalAssignee: kdesu bugs tracker <kdesu-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal CC: apn235, blackadderkate, oat-lip-confront
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Kubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: this is the error it pops up, sometimes it appears 10-20x times at once

Description Sylens 2025-10-24 15:34:28 UTC
Created attachment 186094 [details]
this is the error it pops up, sometimes it appears 10-20x times at once

SUMMARY
After doing a sudo or pkexec command, after a few minutes later that command was issued, sometimes kdesu randomly throws up an error window (or sometimes even 10-20 windows at once) 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. launch a GUI application either with pkexec or sudo
2. give a few minutes
3. kdesu error window(s) start to randomly throw up

OBSERVED RESULT
random popups

EXPECTED RESULT
no random popups please

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 25.10
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-5-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.6 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Quadro K620
Manufacturer: FUJITSU
Product Name: ESPRIMO E510
Comment 1 blackadderkate 2025-10-29 19:53:51 UTC
Broken for me on Kubuntu 25.10 as well, when trying to open Driver Manager,

Operating System: Kubuntu 25.10
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-6-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Comment 2 apn235 2025-10-30 14:44:04 UTC
Same thing here, Kubuntu 25.10, fresh install. Happening with the ksystemlog as well.