Re: Every second GDM login fails

2020-06-29 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> If you can't see what you're typing into, you might not be typing >> into what you think you are. It might not be a locked screen, it >> could simply be a black screen and you're typing your password into >> something that might steal it. >> >> Get the screen up before you start typing pas

Re: Every second GDM login fails

2020-06-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-06-29 13:41, Tim via users wrote: > On Sun, 2020-06-28 at 21:35 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> You can either start typing the password right away or press ESC to >> get the shield up and focus the password field. > I'd advise against that (typing passwords straight away), too. > > If you can

Re: Every second GDM login fails

2020-06-28 Thread Tim via users
On Sun, 2020-06-28 at 21:35 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > You can either start typing the password right away or press ESC to > get the shield up and focus the password field. I'd advise against that (typing passwords straight away), too. If you can't see what you're typing into, you might not be t

Re: Every second GDM login fails

2020-06-28 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/28/20 4:01 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: Has anyone also had this before with GNOME Shell in Fedora 32? It is new behavior compared with older releases of Fedora. When I return to a locked screen, my usual habit is to press Return and then to enter the passphrase. That fails even if unhiding

Re: Every second GDM login fails

2020-06-28 Thread Tom Horsley
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 01:41:28 +0930 Tim via users wrote: > I always hit a neutral key, like the shift key, to wake up a blanked > screen. I definitely noticed that anything you type to wake up the lock screen is passed to the password entry field. So it you hit "space" (which is what I'm used to d

Re: Every second GDM login fails

2020-06-28 Thread Tim via users
On Sun, 2020-06-28 at 13:01 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > When I return to a locked screen, my usual habit is to press Return > and then to enter the passphrase. That fails even if unhiding the > passphrase and verifying that it has been entered correctly. The > second time I enter the passphras

Re: Every second GDM login fails

2020-06-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-06-28 20:05, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 19:25:48 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> Next time you do it, count the dots just to make sure all keystrokes are >> being registered. >> > I've done that before and have also clicked the "eye" icon to unhide the > entered passphrase

Re: Every second GDM login fails

2020-06-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 19:25:48 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Next time you do it, count the dots just to make sure all keystrokes are > being registered. > I've done that before and have also clicked the "eye" icon to unhide the entered passphrase, and it is shown correctly but will be rejected. ___

Re: Every second GDM login fails

2020-06-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-06-28 19:01, Michael Schwendt wrote: > Has anyone also had this before with GNOME Shell in Fedora 32? > It is new behavior compared with older releases of Fedora. > > When I return to a locked screen, my usual habit is to press Return > and then to enter the passphrase. That fails even if u

Every second GDM login fails

2020-06-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
Has anyone also had this before with GNOME Shell in Fedora 32? It is new behavior compared with older releases of Fedora. When I return to a locked screen, my usual habit is to press Return and then to enter the passphrase. That fails even if unhiding the passphrase and verifying that it has been