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-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to policykit-1-gnome in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/946171 Title: Authentication dialog window loses focus easily - Ubuntu 12.04 Status in policykit-gnome: New Status in “policykit-1-gnome” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “policykit-1-gnome” source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in “policykit-1-gnome” source package in Quantal: Fix Released Status in “policykit-1-gnome” package in Debian: New Bug description: [SRU Request] [Impact] The policykit authentication dialog sometimes comes up unfocused, which causes users to type in their password into other applications. [Test Case] 1- Install Precise 2- Log into Unity2d (not 3d, is visible with metacity) 3- Install Synaptic 4- Open Synaptic, authenticate, right lick on launcher to keep synaptic icon there 5- Click on Synaptic icon in launcher and see if policykit authentication dialog comes up unfocused. May take a few tries. [Regression potential] A regression in this code would most likely prevent the authentication window from showing up at all, which would be easy to spot and fix. This is a fresh install of Precise from the beta1 alternate CD, but the problem has been occurring in earlier versions. I originally installed Oneiric and upgraded before the alpha 1 release. When using an application that needs administrative access, I notice that the password dialog box loses focus easily, and I can end up typing the password in places where it's easily visible. Examples are a nautilus search area, terminal window or draft email. Mostly I'm using Gnome fallback, though I've observed the same behaviour in Unity 2D as well. I'm still not clear what is causing the loss of focus. Sometimes it's because I've clicked on something else, but not always. Nor does the dialog always lose focus. An authentication box called by explicitly typing "gksu" doesn't lose focus. The screen dims as well, which is not happening with the other dialogs. I'm not sure what the proper package to report against is, so feel free to move to wherever it's appropriate. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: metacity 1:2.34.1-1ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Mar 4 21:41:22 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: metacity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/policykit-gnome/+bug/946171/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
