Public bug reported: If you use gnome-terminal in fullscreen-mode and you start a process that needs to access your gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-ask pops up and asks you for your password. Unfortunately you can't see this window because gnome-terminal is in fullscreen-mode and the window is behind your fullscreen terminal window. It also isn't possible to activate the terminal window by clicking onto it. So the gnome-keyring-ask window has the focus but the gnome-terminal is visible and can't get the focus. You also can't switch to another virtual desktop with CTRL-ALT-[LEFT|RIGHT]. So this seems to be some kind of GUI deadlock.
I had to switch to the console and kill gnome-keyring-ask and repeat the operation while gnome-terminal was not in fullscreen-mode. For me it was a major annoyance but for some people this could even be a reason to reboot their machine or kill the xsession and lose important data. ** Affects: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- gnome-terminal becomes unusable in fullscreen-mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382258 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs