Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.5) Installed from: I Don't Know OS: Linux hello. i want to start some application with kdesu. i wrote "kdesu adept_manager" (or any something). sometimes this work, and application (i.e. adept_manager) will start. but sometimes this not work. in console: anton@pushant:~$ kdesu adept 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 and my application dont start. i cant type any symbol here: anton@pushant:~$ kdesu adept 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 blah-blah-blah sdjbvafs but nothing is work. i cant type ctrl+c and interrupt this. now i trying to start this application with gksudo anton@pushant:~$ gksudo adept_manager 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 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 kbuildsycoca running... 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 kapture::PkgSystem::PkgSystem() my application work! this problem alse may be when i start any admin module through K-menu , for example disk management. for making any change i nee to press button "Administrator" to log in as admin. i can view password request and work after logging... but sometimes this request does not appear. :-( i cant do something. restart this module( close and try again do not fix this problem). but i can start need module through konsole. sometimes it work...
This sounds like it could be a duplicate of bug #115898.
Yeah, thanks for tip Nicolai. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 115898 ***