[Python-apps-team] Bug#710868: #710868 xpra: does not show password prompt unless I install ssh-askpass-gnome

[Dmitry Smirnov]

On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 22:59:32 Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote:
> I finally realized that the password prompt does exist, it's just almost
> always hidden behind my terminal emulator. Take a look at the screencast
> at
> 
> http://lindi.iki.fi/lindi/xpra/xpra-ssh-askpass2.ogv
> 
> to get an idea of how this looks to the user. Maybe the bug is in
> ssh-askpass and not xpra?

No it is not a bug. As far as I remember on KDE the same ssh-askpass
backend do not hides beneath other window(s). It must be a window
manager settings. Maybe it is trying to prevent stealing focus or
something...

All the best,
 Dmitry Smirnov.