https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459706
Bug ID: 459706
Summary: Driver manager pops up small terminal to perform sudo
Classification: Applications
Product: systemsettings
Version: 5.24.6
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: k...@flavor8.com
Target Milestone: ---
When opening driver manager from system settings, a terminal is used to ask for
the sudo password. This is bad UX and arguably a bad security practice (since
users should not be "trained" to enter their password into any random window
that appears).
Further, the terminal is xterm rather than konsole or the system default
terminal, and thus is likely to have relatively poor styling on high resolution
monitors. It's very easy to miss.
Finally (this is more of a wishlist) the UX around pressing a button in system
settings to launch driver manager is poor. It would be nice if the UI was
inline, and required sudo when the user interacted with it. Surely the fact of
drivers being used is visible to non-root users?
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. system settings
2. driver manager
3.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 22.04
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
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