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[Bug 872701] Re: Not possible to enter correct password after screen lock

 

Hi, I've just had enough of doing CTRL-ALT-F1 login, kill gnome-
screensaver etc., to look more into this and can confirm that, at least
for me:

With two keyboard layouts (layout1 and layout2)
1) lock the screen with CTRL-ALT-l
2) touch mouse to bring up screensaver dialog
3) switch keyboard layout to layout2 (and note keyboard indicator indicates layout change)
4) enter password *as if layout1 was active* [1]
5)  screen is unlocked
6) switch back to layout1

Repeat, but this time skip step 3 - screen is still unlocked. That is,
it seems that although the screensaver dialog indicates that it changes
the layout - it is always using the one layout. Brian can you confirm
this?

If I get a chance, I'll take a look at the source and see if there's
something I can pick off.

[1] I had to type it in to an editor as I only know the keystrokes using
layout2

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Title:
  Not possible to enter correct password after screen lock

Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  STR:
   1) Lock the screen
   2) Move mouse to force password dialog to appear
   3) Set correct keyboard layout and enter password
   4) Returned to desktop

  AR:
   At step 3, no matter which keyboard layout I set (I have US and US-dvorak and toggle with double-shift) the password which I enter is never accepted. I am forced to switch to a tty, login there (with the same password) and `pkill -f gnome-screensaver` to get back to my desktop.

  Note: I use multiple layouts on another oneiric laptop and do not see
  this issue.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-screensaver 3.2.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct 12 09:20:40 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110817)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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