[Bug 1102540] [NEW] Screen unlock password dialog stays visible and on top forever after unlocking

[Gard Spreemann]

Public bug reported:

After locking the screen for extended periods, and then unlocking, the
password entry dialog stays frozen on screen on top of all other windows
forever (or until desktop effects are switched off and back on).

The behavior is known upstream as KDE bug #306186 [1], whose discussion
includes an analysis of the problem and a simple patch. The patch has
been commited upstream [2], and also applies cleanly against kde-
workspace 4:4.9.4-0ubuntu0.2. As far as three to four days of testing
indicates, it fixes the problem for me. I did nothing else except add
the upstream patch to debian/patches and appended its name to
debian/patches/series.

[1] https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306186
[2] https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kde-workspace/repository/revisions/a0aacdae08a6bdae0a30139d65ef92d5dff136e5

** Affects: kdebase-workspace
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Affects: kde-workspace (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Patch added: "Upstream patch."
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1102540/+attachment/3492725/+files/kde-bug-306186.diff

** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #306186
   https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306186

** Also affects: kdebase-workspace via
   https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306186
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Description changed:

  After locking the screen for extended periods, and then unlocking, the
- password entry dialog stays frozen on the screen on top of all other
- windows forever (or until desktop effects are switched off and back on).
+ password entry dialog stays frozen on screen on top of all other windows
+ forever (or until desktop effects are switched off and back on).
  
  The behavior is known upstream as KDE bug #306186 [1], whose discussion
  includes an analysis of the problem and a simple patch. The patch has
  been commited upstream [2], and also applies cleanly against kde-
- workspace 4:4.9.4-0ubuntu0.2. After three to four days of testing, it
- fixes the problem for me. I did nothing else except add the upstream
- patch to debian/patches and appended its name to debian/patches/series.
+ workspace 4:4.9.4-0ubuntu0.2. As far as three to four days of testing
+ indicates, it fixes the problem for me. I did nothing else except add
+ the upstream patch to debian/patches and appended its name to
+ debian/patches/series.
  
  [1] https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306186
  [2] https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kde-workspace/repository/revisions/a0aacdae08a6bdae0a30139d65ef92d5dff136e5

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  Screen unlock password dialog stays visible and on top forever after
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