I have experienced identical behaviour. A complete re-install of Kubuntu Gutsy has not helped.
I have filed Bug #175909 in kde-systemsettings because this bug is marked closed. The messages on console when the Administrator Mode button is clicked are: ******************************** --------------------------------- It looks like dcopserver is already running. If you are sure that it is not already running, remove /root/.DCOPserver_kaveri__0 and start dcopserver again. --------------------------------- WARNING: Waiting for already running klauncher to exit. WARNING: Waiting for already running klauncher to exit. WARNING: Another instance of klauncher is already running! kdeinit: Communication error with launcher. Exiting! kio (KSycoca): ERROR: No database available! kio (KSycoca): ERROR: No database available! kio (KSycoca): ERROR: No database available! kio (KSycoca): ERROR: No database available! kcmshell (kdelibs): WARNING: Could not find module 'kcm_knetworkconfmodule'. ******************************** Grateful for early resolution as this bug is serious. -- Administrator mode not working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15001 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
