Root in Konsole

[rhamblen]

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

[Silvan]

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

[rhamblen]

Hello Silvan,

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

Thanks,

Roderick

[Silvan]

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 2 years, 3 months ago by Silvan.

[rhamblen]

Hello Silvan,

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

Cheers,

Roderick

[Silvan]

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

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