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    • July 7, 2023 at 2:43 am #29126
      rhamblen
      Participant

      Hello,

      When using Konsole with commands like SU Root and entering password, it comes up blank instead of with a username. So if I did something like DNF search Thermald, then it would say you must be in Root, but Konsole will not let me.

      I have done in terminal the command of sudo passwd root, then put in new Root password, to no avail.

      Thank you for the help and great distro!

      Roderick

    • July 7, 2023 at 1:19 pm #29127
      Silvan
      Keymaster

      Hello Roderick,
      you are saying that neither the su command not sudo passwd root are working correctly and that you get no prompt in response?
      I currently don’t reproduce the problem, maybe I need to check if the new installation media have such problem. It might also be a problem related to network name resolution.
      I will investigate more and thanks if you have some more info to provide.
      Silvan

    • July 8, 2023 at 10:02 pm #29128
      rhamblen
      Participant

      Hello Silvan,

      That’s correct. Not the end of the world, but do use terminal for updates sometimes.

      Thanks,

      Roderick

    • July 11, 2023 at 10:59 am #29129
      Silvan
      Keymaster

      Hello Roderick,
      the issue seems to be caused by gnupg blocking due to pre-existing files in /root/.gnupg folder.
      I would suggest to run the following commands from a konsole:

      
su
[Blocking -> Press CTRL-C and you are root]
killall -9 gpg-agent
rm -rf /root/.gnupg

      Then the next su or sudo su call should regenerate a clean and correct content of the gnupg folder and fix the problem.

      I hope this helps. Thanks for reporting and appreciating openmamba.
      Silvan

      • This reply was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by Silvan.
      • December 28, 2023 at 3:42 pm #29186
        rhamblen
        Participant

        Hello Silvan,

        Thank you for the help! Konsole works perfectly now. Keep up the great work and Happy Holidays.

        Cheers,

        Roderick

        • December 28, 2023 at 11:36 pm #29187
          Silvan
          Keymaster

          Hello Roderick,
          thank you for your feedback and happy holidays!

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