With desktop effects enabled when using gksu system gets grey and only responds to keyboard

If you go to a VT, and do "killall gksu", does it solve the problem?

Yes, going to a VT and making "killall gksu", when returning to my X session I no longer have the look down. Of course after a reboot, the problem persists.

Then this is a gksu problem. I have also noticed it sometimes, without compiz.

Disabling the desktop effects results in a working gksu?

Sebastian:

It happens to me when running metacity, not compiz.

Sebastian:

With me, disabling desktop effects results in a working gksu.

Doing a fresh feisty install solved my problem with gksu/compiz.

Think this is a BUG, it happens to me in compiz and gksu. anyone knows how to fix it?
I am on a IBM X60 with i945 card.

regards,

Moving back to compiz, since everybody have it with it enabled. I should have my profile bad somehow.

I have the exact same issue on Feisty + Nvidia legacy driver + Xgl + Compiz

If I instead run Xorg + Metacity, the issue is gone.

My workaround is CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch to a tty and do killall gksu. That returns the system into a responsive state and also opens the app I requested.

Otherwise, if I wait long enough (a few minutes), gksu finishes and the app runs.

Adding the -g option to gksu, e.g. "gksu -g /usr/sbin/synaptic", works around the problem here.

Same thing for me.
Greyed out with IBM X41, Feisty, Compiz, Administrative task.
Works well with desktop effects inactivated.
gksu -g works for me.

seem that it is fixed with recent updates (nvidia + compiz)

there are a lot of subscribers, so i don't want to mark fixed, just because it seems ok here

but still here with the originally posted ati graphics card

I also had this issue with Feisty, Beryl and ATI Radeon OSS driver. A switch to Compiz-Fusion solved this and many other issues.

For me, a switch to compiz-fusion caused the problem you described. My system is up-to-date, running with nvidia-glx-new drivers and is using a compiz-fusion repository being updated daily.

I just switched from nvidia-glx to nvidia-glx-new on another machine also having compiz-fusion installed. In both cases the bug did not appear.

So I have 2 systems with same drivers and same software, one showing the bug, one without any problems.

Is anyone currently seeing this problem on an up-to-date gutsy system? I believe I fixed it (in gksu).

seems fixed here.

if anyone is still suffering, they can reopen the bug.

I get this bug too and my ubuntu is upto date (20th Aug, 2007) with Feisty Fawn. Is there a resolution to this problem ?

The fix is only in gutsy.

I was having exactly the same issue, it started suddenly and I couldn't discover the reason. Solved it by running gconf, then apps-->gksu and marking the option 'disable-grab'. It's basically the same as adding the -g option to gksu. But this way makes it automatic for all administrative applications...

I still have the problem with a fully updated gutsy.

I have a nvidia geforce 8400GS

After reading what this bug ment it's not the same as what i have.

This is another bug repport https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/99313, it's says it's a duplicate of this one, but it's not.

Well, the fix you gave worked, so nevermind what i said.

Hi,
I had the same problem and I fixed it by editing /usr/share/menu/synaptic and changing the command to "/usr/bin/gksu -g /usr/sbin/synaptic" (added the -g)