I encountered this issue on latest Fedora 32. So this is not unique to ubuntu. I have a dual booted system and when I tried to access windows partition data from fedora, I was required to type the password in authentication dialogue, after which I could access windows data. Then when I locked and unlocked again, this unclickable authentication dialogue box was stuck on top-left corner of the screen (If I tried to click it, whatever was 'behind' it was clicked).
Pressing Alt + F2 and then 'f' removed it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1824874 Title: undismissable, unclickable authentication dialog left on screen (top- left corner) after policykit authentication [pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed] Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In disco, when policykit prompted me for a password in order for update-manager to dispatch instructions to aptdaemon to perform package updates, the password dialog remained on the screen after I clicked 'authenticate'. The window is not clickable, it appears not to even be a window - mouse presses are received by the window underneath. The exception is that the 'cancel' button is active and receives mouse events - but clicking it does nothing. This may be a gnome-shell issue rather than policykit. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: policykit-1 0.105-25 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-8.9-generic 5.0.1 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-8-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Apr 15 13:14:33 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-24 (3125 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1) SourcePackage: policykit-1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-11 (3 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1824874/+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