[Konsole-devel] [Bug 139253] New: Starting konsole sessions gives error with command arguments

[Volker Kuhlmann]

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           Summary: Starting konsole sessions gives error with command
                    arguments
           Product: konsole
           Version: 1.6
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konsole-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: list0570 paradise net nz


Version:           1.6 (using KDE 3.5.1 Level "a" , SUSE 10.1)
Compiler:          Target: x86_64-suse-linux
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.16.21-0.25-default

Konsole has fatal problems starting some of its sessions, specifically those
which require arguments for the command to run for this particular konsole
session.

In konsole->settings->configure konsole->session tab->general:execute many
arguments are not accepted. For example it is impossible to start a super user
konsole session (e.g. by holding click on the new tab icon and selecting Root
Shell) because the command to execute is "su -" or "su -l". This produces a
command argument error inside konsole (start konsole from a shell to see its
stderr output) and the session window never opens. However, changing the
command to "env su -l" works fine. Several other default commands shipped with
konsole fail as well, likewise many of those I enter myself. I can't see a
pattern in the commands that fail vs those that don't.

This problem exists with 10.2 GM, as well as 10.1 with current updates. I'm
pretty sure it did not exist with 10.1 boxed media, and was introduced with one
of the KDE updates. Problem exists with both i386 and x86_64.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230793