Public bug reported:
This bug is significant and repeatable.
My system is up to date Ubuntu 12.10 x86_64 running gnome-shell
(3.6.2-0ubuntu0.2) and using gnome 3 team ppa. As of recently(?),
whenever I try to run any program that requires authentication, e.g.
synaptic, then I press the meta key, type e.g. "syn<enter>" and the
shell authentication dialog pops up. If you wait about 4 seconds without
typing anything then you see the yellow "sorry, that didn't work" error
popup and the dialog closes. It does the same even if you enter the
correct password quickly to try and beat the error message, i.e. you
can't run the program at all. This problem happens with any program
that requires authentication, not just synaptic (e.g. also happens with
gparted).
I note that I can place synaptic in my launcher/dash (i.e. as a
"favorite") and then I can start it ok, i.e. the dialog does not print
that error message. It also does not happen if I navigate to the
synaptic icon in the System Tools group. It only occurs if I start
synaptic from the keyboard search, and there it happens every time.
I am using gdm rather than the default lightdm (due to the lightdm race
condition bug on ubuntu) so I switched back to lightdm, logged in to
gnome shell again, but the problem persists. The problem does not occur
if I log in to Unity and start synaptic from the Unity dash, but note
there that the authentication dialog is the traditional gnome su dialog,
not the gnome-shell themed dialog where I see this bug.
** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Authentication dialog not working from gnome-shell search
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