I previously had this issue (never solved) on this desktop computer with openSUSE 12.1. When I first installed that OS, everything worked but at some point I was suddenly unable to open anything from the kickoff menu (like Windows’ Start Menu) that required a password. Instead the password box would simply close and nothing would happen (if I entered the wrong password, it would show that error).
So I created a VirtualBox install on that same computer and installed openSUSE 12.3. Again, everything worked at first but now I’m getting the same issue! Inside VirtualBox!
I doubt a hardware problem since you see the same in a VM so it must be some configuration you are setting or program you are installing. So far no one else is reporting this.
THAT DID IT!!! I removed the quote character from the password and now I can launch root items from the kickoff menu! This has been a headache for two years but now it’s “solved”. BIG thanks to Anthony Accioly who reported the bug!
On 2013-12-05 08:26, 6tr6tr wrote:
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> 6tr6tr;2605388 Wrote:
>> I think I finally found the answer!!!
>>
>> ‘New: kdesu crashes when root password contains the character " -
>> opensuse-bugs.opensuse.org - ArchiveOrange’
>> (http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/wmeLDEVxjALyygyaeoWg)
>>
>
> THAT DID IT!!! I removed the quote character from the password and now I
> can launch root items from the kickoff menu! This has been a headache
> for two years but now it’s “solved”. BIG thanks to Anthony Accioly who
> reported the bug!
Interesting.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2013-12-05 08:26, 6tr6tr wrote:
>> 6tr6tr;2605388 Wrote:
>>> I think I finally found the answer!!!
>>>
>>> ‘New: kdesu crashes when root password contains the character " -
>>> opensuse-bugs.opensuse.org - ArchiveOrange’
>>> (http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/wmeLDEVxjALyygyaeoWg)
>>>
>> THAT DID IT!!! I removed the quote character from the password and now I
>> can launch root items from the kickoff menu! This has been a headache
>> for two years but now it’s “solved”. BIG thanks to Anthony Accioly who
>> reported the bug!
>
> Interesting.
I’m not too familiar with how the bugzilla works, but that bug is
against 12.3 and has a status of New. Does something need to be done to
it to get the bug fixed?
The bug is presumably a bit of sloppy script writing that doesn’t allow
arbitrary characters in passwords. I remember when novell insisted on
7-bit ASCII only, but even that would have allowed a double-quote character!
> The bug is actually:
>
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=837959
>
> I’m not too familiar with how the bugzilla works, but that bug is
> against 12.3 and has a status of New. Does something need to be done to
> it to get the bug fixed?
Add me too’s.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
You are very welcome. Actually I never reported a bug for openSUSE before. I can confirm that this is still an issue in version 13.1.
I’ve updated the issue tracker accordingly. Still, no lucky attracting developers to fix the bug (while I’m a developer myself I have zero experience with this kind of development).
If someone with more experience have any suggestions about how I can call attention to this bug (or even fix it) I would be glad to help.
