ssh-askpass-fullscreen cannot grab keyboard

[Xavier Martinez-Hidalgo]

Binary package hint: ssh-askpass-fullscreen

When ssh-askpass-fullscreen is started to ask for a password,
a dialog containing the following message is shown:

  Could not grab keyboard. A malicious client may be
  eavesdropping on your session.

The password can still be entered (after dismissing the
dialog).

Running the command from a terminal, I get the following:

 $ ssh-askpass-fullscreen
 Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0".

 (ssh-askpass-fullscreen:14975): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed
 password

(I typed "password").

Using the gnome-ssh-askpass command works ok:

 $ /usr/lib/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
 Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0".
 password

i.e., no dialog is shown.

System and package information follow:

 $ lsb_release -rd
 Description: Ubuntu 8.10
 Release: 8.10

 $ apt-cache policy ssh-askpass-fullscreen
 ssh-askpass-fullscreen:
   Installed: 0.3-2
   Candidate: 0.3-2
   Version table:
  *** 0.3-2 0
         500 http://ftp.heanet.ie intrepid/universe Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: yelp 2.24.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64

[Ulrich Müller (ulm)]

A fix for this can be found at: <http://bugs.gentoo.org/260308>