Make error messages show in the main window

[Corey Burger]

Currently, when synaptic spits out an error, it opens another window. However,
this window opens in the current virtual desktop, which is sometimes not the
synaptic one. This causes 2 problems:

1. The window doesn't show the taskbar and thus cannot be selected
2. Synaptic appears frozen while it waits for the (hidden) window to be clicked

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

Does it happen for all error windows? Or only for particular types of errors?

The default error dialog is of type GtkMessageDialog with a correct parent. If
there is something wrong with that it's most likely a window-manager problem. It
may be a problem for specific dialogs though.

thanks,
 Michael

[Corey Burger (corey.burger)]

The issue is probably a general GTK one, as it doesn't keep the windows in the
same virtual desktop.

[Corey Burger (corey.burger)]

Take a look at the new stuff that is emerging from the gedit people. They have
some work in their newmdi branch.

[ville palo (vi64pa)]

Is this still a problem on edgy?

[Corey Burger (corey.burger)]

This is not a major issue, closing this bug.