Comment 0 for bug 946171

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
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
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)