Apparently downgrading to the version of sudo in impish solves the problem, which means a change in sudo caused this.
** Also affects: sudo (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: sudo (Ubuntu Impish) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: software-properties (Ubuntu Impish) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntustudio-default-settings (Ubuntu Impish) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: policykit-1 (Ubuntu Impish) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Impish) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: kdesu (Ubuntu Impish) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu Impish) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu Jammy) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: ubuntustudio-default-settings (Ubuntu Impish) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu Impish) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Impish) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: kdesu (Ubuntu Impish) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: policykit-1 (Ubuntu Impish) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu Impish) Status: Triaged => Invalid ** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to sudo in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1965439 Title: software-properties-qt can no longer launch when called by kdesu Status in kdesu package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in kubuntu-settings package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in policykit-1 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in sudo package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntustudio-default-settings package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in kdesu source package in Impish: Invalid Status in kubuntu-settings source package in Impish: Invalid Status in policykit-1 source package in Impish: Invalid Status in software-properties source package in Impish: Invalid Status in sudo source package in Impish: Invalid Status in ubuntustudio-default-settings source package in Impish: Invalid Status in kdesu source package in Jammy: Confirmed Status in kubuntu-settings source package in Jammy: In Progress Status in policykit-1 source package in Jammy: Invalid Status in software-properties source package in Jammy: Confirmed Status in sudo source package in Jammy: Confirmed Status in ubuntustudio-default-settings source package in Jammy: In Progress Bug description: See description below. As the driver manager is done inside software- properties-qt, it's basically the same bug, but now it's affected by something we can't exactly get into the mechanism of: plasma- discover's "Software Sources" link. Steps to recrate: 1) Open Plasma-discover 2) Go to Settings 3) Under click on "Software Sources" 4) Attempt to enter password Expected: Software properties opens Actual: Pkexec keeps asking for password. ------ Earlier description: The driver manager for both Ubuntu Studio and Kubuntu can no longer launch due to some updated security measures in PolicyKit. The original behavior was that systemsettings would open /usr/bin/ubuntustudio-driver-manager (or /usr/bin/kubuntu-driver- manger) via pkexec, which would then open software-settings-qt. Unfortunately, the new behavior does not act correctly to pkexec and pkexec does not see the user as available in the sudoers file. The only way around this was to pass "export DISPLAY=:0" inside the appropriate driver manager executable with the command "sudo software- properties-qt". The KCM itself needs to execute the driver-manager via xterm, which then prompts for a password. It's ugly, but it works. I will attach a debdiff for the kubuntu-settings package. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: ubuntustudio-default-settings 22.04.19 [modified: usr/share/sddm/themes/ubuntustudio/theme.conf] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-22.22-lowlatency 5.15.19 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-22-lowlatency x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu79 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Thu Mar 17 12:19:44 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-03-20 (361 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Alpha amd64 (20210320) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntustudio-default-settings UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2021-11-07 (130 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.skel..local.share.konsole.Profile: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdesu/+bug/1965439/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp