weird looking gksu window for "password dialogs as normal windows"

[marmuta]

Binary package hint: gksu

The gksu window looks nice in the default installation, but doesn't work so well with the option "Password dialogs as normal windows". The window frame is too large and there is a transparent gap around the password entry.
Please have a look at the image.

Steps to reproduce this:
$ gnome-at-properties
   -> enable "Password dialogs as normal windows"
$ gksu synaptic
   -> weird transparent frame

[marmuta (marmuta)]

This is still an issue in current Jaunty Beta, gksu 2.0.2-1ubuntu2, Compiz only. There is still an out-of-place looking transparent frame between window border and content. In other words, the window is too large for its content.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue is probably due to the libgksu change for composited displays

[marmuta (marmuta)]

Thanks for the pointer to libgksu, Sebastien.

Now that in karmic r600+ GPUs started to work with compiz I get to see this bug again every day. It's merly a cosmetic issue but very visible and looks annoyingly unfinished in the otherwise polished desktop.

Please consider adding the attached debdiff for libgksu2-0 2.0.12-1ubuntu4 to the package. The patch modifies 21_composited_rgba_addition.patch to not leave transparent borders if there is a window frame visible, i.e. if /apps/gksu/disable-grab is enabled in gconf. I haven't found the composite patch in upstream nor debian, so I hope launchpad is the right place to post it.

I've tried to keep the patch as unintrusive as possible but then had to shuffle things around to gain access to construction properties during ui creation. This makes the diff appear larger, but all changes still only apply to the ui portion of the code. Any and all feedback is very welcome.

[marmuta (marmuta)]

This is a screenshot of current libgksu_2.0.12-1ubuntu4 and with the above libgksu_2.0.12-1ubuntu5.debdiff in action.

[pablomme (pablomme)]

Could marmuta's patch be applied to libgksu for karmic? At this stage (alpha 6 [but not much later]) it can still be rejected if it breaks anything.

[marmuta (marmuta)]

Bug #314250 is related, though not a duplicate, mentioning the ugly layout issue with gksu. Marking this confirmed.

[marmuta (marmuta)]

No change, still ugly in lucid.