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"Starting Root Terminal" displayed more than 10 sec after terminal started

Bug #120589 reported by Roman Polach
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gksu (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When I run Applications -> System Tools -> Root terminal,
the terminal starts almost immediately but there is displayed one more item in Window List Applet: "Starting Root Terminal"
and it stays displayed for more than 10 seconds after terminal actually started.

Note: I do not see this problem if I start "gksudo gnome-terminal" by myself..

It could be related to bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/19494 but that is not related to gnome terminal
and it is marked as fixed...

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Justin Payne (neolithium82) wrote :

Hi,
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. While the but that is mentioned in your report is fixed, I would like to know if this is still a problem regarding the launch of Root Terminal. If so, do you find that the problem still happens when you launch this command from a terminal:
gksu /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator

If so, can you please post any messages that happen within the terminal window you launch it from, as well as a backtrace of anything as well (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace)

Changed from Xterminal as it seems to relate to gksu more than the terminal program.

Regards,
Justin

Changed in xterminal:
assignee: nobody → jbeerwart
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Roman Polach (rpolach) wrote :

I still have this problem when opening "Root Terminal" by menu,
although running "gksu /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator" directly is ok
-- that's strange, because this is exactly the same command as of that menu launcher.

Roman Polach (rpolach)
Changed in gksu:
status: Incomplete → New
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Justin Payne (neolithium82) wrote :

Hi rpolach,
Thanks for the additional information. This seems as though, in that case it's not a gksu issue. Are you using any other themes with your installation, and what specific version of Ubuntu do you have installed?

Regards,
Justin

EDIT - Returning to proper status - incomplete & adjusting package to Main Menu pending information.

Changed in gksu:
status: New → Incomplete
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Roman Polach (rpolach) wrote :

I use Feisty with latest updates and the default theme. Nothing special as I know..

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

main-menu is not what you think it is - it's an installer component and has nothing to do with the desktop. I'm guessing you meant gnome-panel or similar.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The menu item comes from gksu and should not use StartupNotify=true

Changed in gnome-panel:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Incomplete → Triaged
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gksu:
assignee: jbeerwart → nobody
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Roman Polach (rpolach) wrote :

Problem still present in a fresh Gutsy installation.

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Roman Polach (rpolach) wrote :

Problem still present in Intrepid

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mortenvp (mortenvp) wrote :

Problem still present in Jaunty Alpha 4

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Bernhard (b.a.koenig) wrote :

Still present in Jaunty beta, e.g.

> gksudo gnome-terminal
Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.%
> gksu /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.%

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TodTop (topalov1678) wrote :

I have this Problem at first time with Jaunty. On earlier versions of ubuntu gnome it was not a problem to run administrations-terminal.

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IanG (ian-usts) wrote :

I have the same problem since Jaunty. Think I've reported the problem via the wrong sub-section (Firefox 3.0)

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Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131) wrote :

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564649

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nouser (norbert-fiedler) wrote :

Same problem here with Ubuntu v9.04.

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Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131) wrote :

Upstream has marked this as fixed a long time ago, and I can't reproduce it on a modern Ubuntu (12.04). Marking Fix Released, so if anyone still has an issue, please file a new bug.

Changed in gksu (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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