Dunno if this will be of any help, but I am also experiencing this problem; have been since I started using Ubuntu 5.10. On typing 'sudo -K; gksudo -d echo Test' into a terminal, I get this:
sudo: unable to resolve host JDAF2 No ask_pass set, using default! xauth: /tmp/libgksu-HrI0p8/.Xauthority STARTUP_ID: gksudo/echo 'Test'/7747-0-JDAF2_TIME604613 cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo cmd[1]: -H cmd[2]: -S cmd[3]: -p cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS cmd[5]: -u cmd[6]: root cmd[7]: -- cmd[8]: echo cmd[9]: Test buffer: -sudo: unable to resolve host JDAF2- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -UDO_PASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- brute force GNOME_SUDO_PASS ended... No password prompt found; we'll assume we don't need a password. It would be great if this problem could be fixed soon, because it now happens every single time I try to do something on my system. I cannot update it through the update manager, I cannot install new applications with Add/Remove, Synaptic doesn't even appear unless I use gksudo... -- gksu doesn't always pop up a dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/91151 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
