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How do I close the redundant "authentication required" dialog visible in the corner?

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The way to make this dialog appear is to...

  • have a laptop monitor on the right and an external monitor on the left displaying a Firefox browser. This setup involves the HP Zbook on Ubuntu 20.04
  • suspend
  • press the power button and type in the authentication password
  • see the illustrated authentication dialog on the left monitor and note that it partially obscures a browser window but in fact it is not actually preventing use of the browser. It is possible to activate the browser window and click play on the YouTube video
  • observe that the authentication dialog cancel button is not functional and attempting to authenticate using a password and the authenticate button is also not working
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  • Minimize + maximize browser does not get rid of the unwanted dialog. Unplug + plug the external monitor data cable does not get rid of the unwanted dialog. – H2ONaCl Nov 07 '22 at 21:09
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    Seems to be a long-standing issue that appears on occasion. There is [a slight work-around](https://askubuntu.com/a/1355440/1222991), but it’s far from ideal – matigo Nov 07 '22 at 22:26

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