Which desktop environment are you using? Unity-2d, Unity, GNOME Shell, Gnome fallback? This might be related to bug #946171, which has been fixed in the meantime, so this might have also been fixed.
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/978573 Title: Password Prompt Always Loses Focus Upon Launch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/978573/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs