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[gutsy] tab key in gdm doesn't switch from login to password anymore

Bug #127269 reported by Jonathan Clarke
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdm
Fix Released
High
gdm (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
Ubuntu ubuntu-7.10-rc

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

While testing the Ubuntu tribe 3 gutsy release, I noticed that the login screen (gdm) no longer supports tabbing to switch from username to password. I usually type in my username, hit tab, type in my password and hit enter. This works fine on Feisty, but currently with Gutsy I must hit enter instead of tab.

Tags: iso-testing

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lp:ubuntu/lucid/gdm
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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :

I miss this feature too.

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Roel Huybrechts (rulus) wrote :

The issue happens here too on an up-to-date Gutsy install. I changed the status to confirmed.

Changed in gdm:
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464039

Changed in gdm:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Changed in gdm:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Kiwinote (kiwinote) wrote :

It would be nice if this was fixed in time for the gutsy release, I know it has worked in previous versions. If one attempts to use the tab key, your password will be displayed in the username field, legible for anyone around you.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The bug is not likely to be fixed for gutsy, that's a minor issue and there is lot of bug that requires work

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Rhadamanthos (fizz8472) wrote :

Just another comment to say that it would be nice if this was fixed to provide compatibility with both Debian releases and previous Ubuntu releases.

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Jan Claeys (janc) wrote :

@Sebastien: I don't think the plausibility to accidentally reveal your password is really "a minor issue"...?

(Other bugs might be more important, but IMHO it's not "minor".)

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Discussing the settings will not make the bug fixed faster, that's not a security issue if you type your password in random occasion without looking on screen where your cursor is, that's annoying bug though, agreed

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Loïc Minier (lool) wrote :
Changed in gdm:
status: Triaged → In Progress
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Matthew Garrett (mjg59) wrote :

gdm (2.20.0-0ubuntu4) gutsy; urgency=low

  [ Loic Minier ]
  * Remove series file from debian/patches/ as the package uses
    simple-patchsys.
  * New patch, 65_tab-means-enter-after-entry, causes tab to act like enter
    when the user entered some text in the PAM entry field; GNOME #433495;
    LP: #127269.

  [ Matthew Garrett ]
  * debian/patches/63_xrandr_virtual.patch:
    - on randr1.0 drivers, set the virtual to the screen resolution in
      order to avoid panning setups (part of LP: #137517)

 -- Matthew Garrett <email address hidden> Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:23:49 +0100

Changed in gdm:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Changed in gdm:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Changed in gdm:
importance: Unknown → High
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