policykit-gnome authentication dialog focus issue in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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Issue

  • Policykit gnome authentication dialog does not always get focus on RHEL6
  • Problem is seen when the application launching the dialog has recently got focus or title bar of the application is clicked.
  • Problem is observed only during first launch of dialog box after getting the focus for application in question.
  • Any new dialog box launched after first unsuccessful attempt will get focus.
  • This correct behaviour continues until the application in question looses focus again or title bar of the application is clicked.
  • The behaviour is easily reproducible using system-config-services and gpk-update-viewer
  • Problem is seen while using metacity as well as kwin.
  • No problem observed using motif window manager (mwm).

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • polkit-gnome-0.96-3.el6

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