password dialog box appears without focus after clicking on auth button

[Tomas Cassidy]

Binary package hint: policykit-1-gnome

After clicking the authorization button in some system admin screens (time and date, users and groups, etc.), the password dialog appears on top of the admin screen but has no focus. This forces the user to click on the password dialog with the mouse or [alt]-[tab] to it with the keyboard.

This bug exists on karmic and lucid.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 15 16:46:44 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: policykit-1-gnome 0.95-1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-8.12-generic
SourcePackage: policykit-1-gnome
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-8-generic i686

[Jacopo Moronato (jmoronat)]

It seems to be fixed now. Can you confirm ?

[Tomas Cassidy (tomas-cassidy)]

I can confirm it's fixed for the "time and date" screen, but I'm still experiencing the issue on the "Users and Groups" screen. When clicking on the "Advanced Settings" button on the "Users and Groups" screen, the window retains focus while the password dialog is displayed over the top.

[Jacopo Moronato (jmoronat)]

I've tried and it doesn't happen to me.

policykit-1-gnome 0.96-2ubuntu2

[Tomas Cassidy (tomas-cassidy)]

I am also testing with policykit-1-gnome 0.96-2ubuntu2.

The first time I tried today after booting into the VM, it appeared as normal. Every subsequent test (opening "Users and Groups" and clicking the "Advanced Settings" button) had the password dialog appearing on top without focus.

The same happened after I rebooted the VM and tested again. During the testing, I never actually authenticated by typing in the password. I only ever clicked "Cancel" on the password dialog window.

[Jacopo Moronato (jmoronat)]

Ok, I was able to reproduce it. However, It seems to happen differently than you: on the first time the password dialog appeared on top without focus, and every subsequent time it gained focus.

[Milan Bouchet-Valat (nalimilan)]

I think that depends on the window manager that is used. With GNOME Shell (i.e. Mutter), I get this issue all the time.

[h3X (lennart-nilsen)]

I get it here in lucid, amd64 (gnome). Haven't checked specifically which auths will reproduce.

[KernelPanic (jfrusciante)]

Same on a fresh natty install when installing packages from software center

[PeterBocz@GS (pbocz)]

It happens on fresh Oneiric, too, all the time. Gnome classic, amd64.
Very annoying.

[Henry Gomersall (hgomersall)]

This is present on Oneiric with focus follows mouse. I haven't tested it in any other situation.