Well, I do not have 'Sticky keys' enabled now, and I doubt I ever did. It really felt to me that the lock screen and "everything else" seemed to keep independent state for shift (or caps lock possibly), and I happened to get them out of sync.
I'm fine for this bug to expire, but figure I'd at least fill in the remaining info. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1730478 Title: using shift key to wake up display causes invalid password Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Expired 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1730478/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
