https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364898
Bug ID: 364898 Summary: kdesu not launching app and getting stuck with msg: "KDEInit could not launch '/usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/kdesu'" Product: kdesu Version: 1.0 Platform: Gentoo Packages OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: grave Priority: NOR Component: kdesu Assignee: kdesu-bugs-n...@kde.org Reporter: christian_bur...@yahoo.com There's a related bug opened for suse which shows this isn't an issue related to the distro: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=957470 I'm getting this message when trying to lauch konsole as root: KDEInit could not launch '/usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/kdesu' ~ $ which kdesu /usr/bin/kdesu ~ $ ls -latrhs /usr/bin/kdesu 52K -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 52K Jun 27 08:52 /usr/bin/kdesu ~ $ kdesu --version Qt: 4.8.7 KDE Development Platform: 4.14.21 KDE su: 1.0 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. edit launch parameters from plasma5 to launch konsole as a different user: root. 2. launch konsole. 3. the error message will appear in the screen: "KDEInit could not launch '/usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/kdesu'". Actual Results: No error messages other than the one mentioned above: no crashes seen in 'dmesg' output or logged messages in '~.xsession-errors' either, no clear way to debug the issue. Expected Results: The launcher should work as when it's invoked via command line. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.