SUMMARY Clicking the "Software Sources" button in Discover's "Settings" page prompts for the root password, but the root password (sudo) is never accepted. STEPS TO REPRODUCE These steps are for KDE neon and might vary for other distributions. 1. Make sure "software-properties-qt" is installed. 2. Start Discover. 3. Wait for update check to finish. 4. Navigate to the "Settings" page. 5. Click the "Software Sources" button on the right side of the page. OBSERVED RESULT A window pops up prompting for the root password. It has the window title "Run as root — KDE su" and says "The action you requested needs root privileges. Please enter root's password below or click Ignore to continue with your current privileges. Command: /usr/bin/software-properties-qt". After entering the user's password (since Ubuntu uses sudo), another box pops up with: "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." The password continues to be prompted, but is never accepted. EXPECTED RESULT Sudo password should be accepted and software properties launched. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux: KDE neon 6.0 User Edition KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.2
Can reproduce on neon unstable. The same password works if I run "sudo /usr/bin/software-properties-qt" in Konsole. Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.2 Graphics Platform: Wayland
I've had the exact same thing happen when I tried opening KSystemLog through GUI, where a "KDE su" window pops up asking for the root password, and failing with the same error message. It was fine before Plasma 6
That tool isn't part of discover. Moving to neon.
(In reply to Christopher Smith from comment #2) > I've had the exact same thing happen when I tried opening KSystemLog through > GUI, where a "KDE su" window pops up asking for the root password, and > failing with the same error message. It was fine before Plasma 6 Me, too.
Still present, on both Software Sources and KSystemLog.
This looks like bug 452532 rearing its head again. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452532 Will reassign to kdesu.
Not specific to neon. Also occurs on Ubuntu Studio 24.04.1 LTS
Also happens here: Operating System: KDE neon User Edition KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0 Qt Version: 6.9.1 Kernel Version: 6.14.0-27-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 6 × AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.0 GiB usable) Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon Graphics Graphics Processor 2: AMD Radeon 550X Series Manufacturer: Acer Product Name: Aspire A515-44G System Version: V1.12