I believe this bug was fixed in Update manager for metacity. It no longer appears while using metacity as the WM, however , it does still happen when using compiz. Also see similar bug but specific for compiz > Bug #391479
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: New => Incomplete -- 'Downloading package information' and 'building dependency tree' progress dialogs request focus too often https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35876 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs