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gnome-shell package

Shell 'st' error dialog hidden behind modal app dialog

Bug #1720751 reported by Michal Predotka on 2017-10-02

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-shell (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Ubuntu 17.10 Beta running live from USB

When Settings app crashed there was a modal dialog visible. Unfortunately the error message about the crash showed up behind that dialog. Screenshot attached.

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Michal Predotka (mpredotka) wrote on 2017-10-02:

Screenshot from 2017-10-02 08-31-08.png Edit (219.6 KiB, image/png)

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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote on 2017-10-02:

Thanks for reporting this bug and help making ubuntu better! This bug is an upstream GNOME bug, do you mind opening it against bugzilla (gnome-shell component)?

affects:	ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu) → gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) on 2017-10-04

summary:	- Error message hidden behind modal dialog + Shell 'st' error dialog hidden behind modal app dialog
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2020-02-05:

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) reached end-of-life on July 19, 2018.

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