Bug#444141: gnome-core: wrongly fadeout screen when prompting for root password on dual head

[Witold Baryluk]

Subject: gnome-core: wrongly fadeout screen when prompting for root password on dual head
Package: gnome-core
Version: 1:2.18.3.1
Severity: minor

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When accessing System->Administration->Network and others, gnome asks
for root password.

On dual head configuration it blackout only left monitor, and display window
on monitor with mouse coursor.

http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=zrzutekranudualheadbugvg2.png


xorg.conf:

...

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]"
        Driver          "ati"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option  "MonitorLayout"                 "LCD, CRT"
        Option  "CRT2Position"                  "LeftOf"
        Option  "MetaModes"                     "1280x1024-1280x1024"
        Option  "MergedXinerama"                "on"
        Option  "MergedNonRectangular"          "true"
        Option  "MergedFB"                      "true"

        Option          "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        Option          "DPMS"
        HorizSync       28-64
        VertRefresh     43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Modes           "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Option          "AIGLX"         "true"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
        Screen          "Default Screen"
        InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection
                
Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection




-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii  eog                           2.20.0-1   Eye of Gnome graphics viewer progr
ii  gedit                         2.18.2-1   official text editor of the GNOME 
ii  gnome-applets                 2.20.0-1   Various applets for GNOME 2 panel 
ii  gnome-control-center          1:2.20.0-1 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-icon-theme              2.20.0-1   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus                   2.20.0-2   an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-panel                   2.20.0.1-1 launcher and docking facility for 
ii  gnome-session                 2.20.0-1   The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal                2.18.2-1   The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii  metacity                      1:2.20.0-1 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  nautilus                      2.18.3-3   file manager and graphical shell f
ii  scrollkeeper                  0.3.14-13  A free electronic cataloging syste
ii  yelp                          2.18.1-1   Help browser for GNOME 2

gnome-core recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information