Public bug reported:

Summary: hitting 'shift' before typing your password can get "stuck" down and
cause you to not be able to log in.

I have a habit of using the shift key wake the display of my system
after i've been away from it for a while, and then typing my password.

I started having trouble logging in, as if my fingers weren't typing the
right password.  It took me a while to figure out what was going on, but i
thought maybe that I'd inadvertantly hit 'caps-lock' and that was causing
the issue.  So I hit it again, and then logged in successfully.

However, upon login I found that caps-lock was enabled.

So to reproduce:
 a.) let the screen lock or lock it manually.
 b.) hit shift key (i hit left shift)
 c.) type password correctly: watch fail to login
 d.) note that you can hit caps-lock and then successfully login
 e.) note that after login, caps lock is set, that you didn't make this all up.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-screensaver 3.6.1-7ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Nov  6 13:12:29 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
GsettingsGnomeSession:
 org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'ubuntu'
 org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 300
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-23 (837 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150722.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic third-party-packages wayland-session

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Title:
  using shift key to wake up display causes invalid password

Status in gnome-screensaver package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Summary: hitting 'shift' before typing your password can get "stuck" down and
  cause you to not be able to log in.

  I have a habit of using the shift key wake the display of my system
  after i've been away from it for a while, and then typing my password.

  I started having trouble logging in, as if my fingers weren't typing the
  right password.  It took me a while to figure out what was going on, but i
  thought maybe that I'd inadvertantly hit 'caps-lock' and that was causing
  the issue.  So I hit it again, and then logged in successfully.

  However, upon login I found that caps-lock was enabled.

  So to reproduce:
   a.) let the screen lock or lock it manually.
   b.) hit shift key (i hit left shift)
   c.) type password correctly: watch fail to login
   d.) note that you can hit caps-lock and then successfully login
   e.) note that after login, caps lock is set, that you didn't make this all 
up.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: gnome-screensaver 3.6.1-7ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Nov  6 13:12:29 2017
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
  GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
  GsettingsGnomeSession:
   org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'ubuntu'
   org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 300
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-23 (837 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150722.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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