Authentication dialog window loses focus easily - Ubuntu 12.04
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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policykit-gnome |
Won't Fix
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Medium
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policykit-1-gnome (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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policykit-1-gnome (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Quantal |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
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
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-
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)
affects: | ubuntu → policykit-gnome (Ubuntu) |
security vulnerability: | yes → no |
security vulnerability: | yes → no |
visibility: | private → public |
visibility: | private → public |
Changed in policykit-gnome: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in policykit-gnome (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in policykit-1-gnome (Debian): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in policykit-gnome: | |
status: | New → Won't Fix |
I haven't seen this behaviour for a while now, so I'm assuming that it's been fixed.