This is ridiculous, the problem is I don't have the option to remove this stupid shield. I don't want it. I don't lock the screen on my home workstation, I don't see a need for it. When I wake my machine up I want the desktop, not a shield.
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Matthijs Kooijman <matth...@stdin.nl> wrote: > This was fixed upstream, by allowing opening the shield on any printable > character keypress, and entering that character into the password field, > so you can just type your password while the shield is still shown / > moving away. > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686740 > > According to git, this change was first released in 3.7.92. > > ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #686740 > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686740 > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1049645 > > Title: > missing option to disable gnome-shell lock screen shield > > Status in “gnome-shell” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > The new lock screen always displays a screen shield, which has to be > manually removed by pressing Esc key before the password can be > entered. This is annoying in comparison with the old solution, where > the password could be entered immediately and is completely > unnecessary for a desktop PC. > > Please add an option to either completely disable the screen shield or > better yet to make it vanish as soon as a character is entered or the > mouse is moved. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 > Package: gnome-shell 3.5.91-0ubuntu1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.15-generic 3.5.3 > Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Wed Sep 12 14:09:42 2012 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 > (20110427.1) > SourcePackage: gnome-shell > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-07 (4 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1049645/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1049645 Title: missing option to disable gnome-shell lock screen shield To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1049645/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
