doesn't allow to input password after pressing alt+_key
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gdm |
Fix Released
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Critical
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| gdm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gdm
In the new gdm you need to press alt+_key to get to the language/
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul 26 21:28:38 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: gdm 2.27.4-0ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic x86_64
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Workaround taken from upstream bug:
"You can use ctrl-alt-tab to focus back to the window as a workaround."
| Philip Muškovac (yofel) wrote | #1 |
| iddo (ubug-3-nim) wrote | #2 |
| iddo (ubug-3-nim) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in gdm (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in gdm: | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
| Changed in gdm (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| summary: |
- [karmic] gdm doesn't allow to input password after pressing alt+_key + doesn't allow to input password after pressing alt+_key |
| description: | updated |
| Salim (sboulkour) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in gdm: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in gdm: | |
| status: | Invalid → Unknown |
| Changed in gdm: | |
| status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #6 |
| Changed in gdm (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) → nobody |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #7 |
| Changed in gdm: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Critical |
| Philip Muškovac (yofel) wrote | #8 |
| Changed in gdm (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
I confirm that this is a bug.
After you use e.g. alt+s to switch session, you can modify the password field even if you click on it with the mouse.
I think that it would be best if the tab key would cycle through everything, i.e. both login users and passwords and the options (like sessions) at the bottom. And having alt+s as a faster shortcut is great, but I think that alt+p should get you back to the password field?