Running it as Martin suggest from the shell works for me. It would be better to have a password prompt for modules that require admin privs.
Note that running it like this: $ kdesu /usr/lib/kde4/bin/systemsettings QMutex::lock: Deadlock detected in thread -1235896640 I think is due to "kdesu" being the kde3.5 kdesu ? -- Cannot get admin privileges in KDE4.0 System settings (Date/Time, Login Manager) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/184491 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs