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  1. Bug #1305586
  2. Comment #20

Comment 20 for bug 1305586

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Jon (jonpad) wrote :

I get this also, with 14.10 LTS as a host and 14.04 as a VirtualBox guest. My solution is to programmatically minimise VB by selecting another TTY (via Ctrl-Alt-F1) and running this script:

    WID=`DISPLAY=:0 xdotool search --name "\[Running\]"`
    DISPLAY=:0 xdotool windowminimize $WID

That gets the window ID of the VB window and then minimises it. I then Ctrl-Alt-F7 back to the desktop, click on the sound/clock menu or something (it seems to free up the focus) and then the password field will work again.

It's a faff, but at least it works.