Hello Fabio, or anyone else affected, Accepted xdiagnose into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/2.5.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Tags added: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xdiagnose in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/769419 Title: xdiagnose needs root privilege to create /etc/default/grub.bak Status in xdiagnose: Triaged Status in “xdiagnose” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “xdiagnose” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “xdiagnose” source package in Quantal: Fix Committed Status in “xdiagnose” source package in Raring: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] xdiagnose requires root permission to run, otherwise it crashes when it tries to update the grub configuration. This is showing up in the automatically collected errors: https://errors.ubuntu.com/bucket/?id=%2Fusr%2Fbin%2Fxdiagnose%3AIOError%3Amove%3Ahandle_enable_apport%3Amove%3Acopy2%3Acopyfile This shows the issue affects precise, quantal, and raring users, with quantal being the most heavily affected. [Testcase] 1. Open xterm window 2. Run `xdiagnose` as a non-root user 3. Change some grub settings 4. Click apply Expected behavior: At step 2, remind user to run app as superuser. Actual behavior: Crashes at step 4 [Fix] A partial fix was added to the .desktop file, which made xdiagnose use gksu/pkexec to request root permissions when run from the menus. However, xdiagnose can also be run directly from X terminals. To address this case it needs to check if it's run as root at startup, and if not print an error so the user knows to run it with sudo or similar. [Regression Risk] The patch is very trivial and non-invasive so not likely to cause regressions. Also, the application is for diagnostic purposes so the impact of a regression in this tool is pretty minor. [Original Report] Hello Launching the xdiagnose gui from the icon, it start, accept the checkboxes variation but when i click apply it don't require me the password to read the grub file. Launching it from terminal it return the permission denied error. Thanks Fabio To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xdiagnose/+bug/769419/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
