The code for showing this dialog is rather ugly. It even has a function show_ignore_focus_stealing_prevention() which is bad X11 citizenship.
A patch to get rid of such things, use gtk_window_set_urgency_hint() instead, and keep track of the dialogs would allow whatever problem is causing multiple dialogs to be ignored for a while longer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/912702 Title: [MASTER] Endlessly many "Wireless Network Authentication Required" dialogs put up Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I left the computer turned on for the night and in the morning I found not less than 65, yes 65!!!!!! instances of the same window. my system was responding very slowly. and closing one took more than a minute, so I had to kill it manually. take a look on my screenshots, they look really weird. this is very annoying!!!! solution: this window shouldn't pop up when the previous one was not closed! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Date: Fri Jan 6 11:38:28 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-applet Gconf: IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2) IpRoute: default via 158.195.192.1 dev eth0 proto static 158.195.192.0/19 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 158.195.196.69 metric 1 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/912702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
