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update-manager package

  1. Bug #373974
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 373974

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Vish (vish) wrote : Re: Dialogs steal focus during update

@lavinog : Are you sure?
Select "none" from the System>Preferences>Apperances> Visual Effects tab.
And now, try update manager or synaptic, the dialogue widow will does change appear in a different the desktop or grab focus from any other window.

I wasnt aware of this either , until pointed out by https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/391479/comments/6 .