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[Steve Brack <917233@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

No matter which way I attempt it, whether from the app's main menu or
from the context-sensitive (right-click) menu for a process, I get a
permission denied error when I attempt to change the "nice" level of a
running process.  The only way I can do it is if I open a terminal
window and execute the "renice" command using "sudo" to run it as root.
I never had to do that before I upgraded to 11.10, as far as I can
recall.

This appears to be an issue with requiring root-level privileges to make
the change, as executing "renmice" without "sudo" also results in a
permission denied error.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-system-monitor 3.2.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.24-generic 3.0.13
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 16 01:26:03 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-23 (84 days ago)

** Affects: gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug apport-lpi gnome gnome-system-monitor i386 nice oneiric renice running-unity

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Title:
  Under 11.10, I don't have permission to renice processes using the
  Gnome System Monitor

Status in “gnome-system-monitor” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  No matter which way I attempt it, whether from the app's main menu or
  from the context-sensitive (right-click) menu for a process, I get a
  permission denied error when I attempt to change the "nice" level of a
  running process.  The only way I can do it is if I open a terminal
  window and execute the "renice" command using "sudo" to run it as
  root.  I never had to do that before I upgraded to 11.10, as far as I
  can recall.

  This appears to be an issue with requiring root-level privileges to
  make the change, as executing "renmice" without "sudo" also results in
  a permission denied error.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-system-monitor 3.2.1-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.24-generic 3.0.13
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Jan 16 01:26:03 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-23 (84 days ago)

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