SUMMARY It is not possible to access or edit Software Sources through the Discover interface. *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. do a distribution upgrade 2. Start Discover from the Task Bask or start menu 3. click settings (everything on this page works) 4. select software sources OBSERVED RESULT - this launches a password window which does not accept the correct password. Upon entering a new window is spawned with the message: Permission denied. Possibly incorrect password, please try again. On some systems, you need to be in a special group (often: wheel) to use this program. Command: /usr/bin/software-properties-qt EXPECTED RESULT That the software sources window would appear as it did prior to the upgrade. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Kubuntu 22.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.93.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3 Kernel Version: 5.15.0-27-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The command: sudo -H software-properties-kde, opens the Software Sources window.
issuing the command : pkexec /usr/bin/software-properties-qt also returns errors that files could not be initialised.
software-properties-qt is maintained by Kubuntu, please report the problems with it to them.
Reported by 24 people: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdesu/+bug/1965439