This is an upstream bug in gnome-shell. Basically the 'enter' key press (or release) gets passed through to the polkit dialog, if you press enter for too long when activating the search result.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #690592 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690592 ** Also affects: policykit via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690592 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1077546 Title: Gnome Shell sudo dialog said "Sorry, that didn't work. Please try again" when opening Synaptic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/policykit/+bug/1077546/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
