Confirming this occurs reliably on 64-bit systems too. It is NOT 32-bit specific.
In addition, if you dismiss the warning message the priority of "pulse- audio' CAN BE CHANGED by a user with normal privileges, to NOrmal. After that, the priority cannot be changed back to "Very High" by such a user. That sounds like a functionality error, not just a usability problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-system-monitor in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910845 Title: Message "Cannot change the priority of process" is displayed with a normal user selects a high priority process Status in “gnome-system-monitor” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: TEST CASE 1. Launch gnome-system-monitor as a normal user 2. Scroll down the list and select the process 'pulseaudio' OR Select the first process and scroll down to the bottom of the list EXPECTED RESULT Nothing special happens ACTUAL RESULT A popup appears with the following message: "Cannot change the priority of process with PID 2640 to -20. Permission denied" === Original Description === open system monitor switch to tab processe select any process press down and up key continusaly a popup will appear this is a 32-bit problem see the images: http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=210046&d=1325422483 http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=210106&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1325500407 http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=210115&d=1325512351 may 32-bit users are facing problem see the threads: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11581200#post11581200 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1902931 this bug is for 32-bit ubuntu users dont know about other vairants many are facing(32-bit users) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-system-monitor 3.3.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-7.13-generic 3.2.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-7-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Jan 2 19:19:20 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IN:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-25 (7 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/910845/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
