Hi, Turning off the grab in gksu might help. Here is the command to enter into the terminal: gconftool-2 -s /apps/gksu/disable-grab -t bool true
This might however have an impact on the security of the system. Cheers, -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to onboard in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090640 Title: Cannot type password into gksudo with onboard on nexus7 Status in “onboard” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I run in aterminal gksudo synaptic the password dialog that pops up takes the window focus so that onboard cannot be used on nexus7 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: onboard 0.99.0~alpha1~tr1190-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.1.10-8-nexus7 armv7l ApportVersion: 2.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: armhf Date: Sat Dec 15 15:19:00 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-09 (5 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch) - armhf (20121208-15:17) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: onboard UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/onboard/+bug/1090640/+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
