** Also affects: ubuntu-defaults-nexus7 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: ubuntu-defaults-nexus7 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: ubuntu-defaults-nexus7 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421660
Title:
gksu's and gksudo's modal password prompt prevents OnBoard's virtual
keyboard input, causing accessibility issues
Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
Invalid
Status in Ubuntu on the Nexus 7:
Confirmed
Status in “gksu” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-defaults-nexus7” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
I'm loath to report this as a bug, since it is functioning as
designed, but I can't really find a better place to submit my
complaint. I'm running 9.04 Netbook Remix, and if I run a GUI
application and do something requiring sudo privileges, I receive a
password prompt that blocks access to any other windows on the screen.
Fine and good, but because of a disability, my only means of keyboard
input is the OnBoard on-screen keyboard. My only recourse for such
basic tasks as installing updates and adding packages is to pull out
the terminal, hope I can find the pertinent command, and sudo it so I
can give my password via terminal. This rather negates the convenience
of doing these things from the GUI.
Naturally, the expected behavior is that I be able to use OnBoard to
enter my password into the prompt.
Any other user who uses an on-screen keyboard or other GUI-based
application for keyboard input will be susceptible to this issue. I
imagine there are a fair number.
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