Re: minor gnome annoyance
Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/2/20 9:47 PM, Tim via users wrote: >> On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 11:50 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: >>> Or just type your password, which causes the lock screen to >>> go away and the password input to be filled in. Having to >>> manually do anything first is more of an annoyance to me. >> >> I would temper that advice with a bit of caution, *start* typing your >> password. Be sure not to hit enter before you see something to show >> that you're typing your password into a password box. >> >> If a system has crashed, you could be typing your password into a >> "enter username" box. Your password is now logged in the last users >> log. > > Or if the screen is just blanked and not locked yet, although in that case > it *doesn't* lift the shield unless you press ESC or use the mouse. (The > keys are just ignored.) But that's a good point and something I do follow. > I never hit enter until I see the password box. Same here. I was only intending to cover the part about how to get the lock screen to disappear, but it's absolutely a good thing to clarify that you don't want to complete the whole process and hit enter without ensuring you're sending the text to the passphrase field of the unlock dialog. Thanks for mentioning and expanding on that important detail in the overall process Tim and Samuel! -- Todd signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: minor gnome annoyance
On 5/2/20 9:47 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 11:50 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: Or just type your password, which causes the lock screen to go away and the password input to be filled in. Having to manually do anything first is more of an annoyance to me. I would temper that advice with a bit of caution, *start* typing your password. Be sure not to hit enter before you see something to show that you're typing your password into a password box. If a system has crashed, you could be typing your password into a "enter username" box. Your password is now logged in the last users log. Or if the screen is just blanked and not locked yet, although in that case it *doesn't* lift the shield unless you press ESC or use the mouse. (The keys are just ignored.) But that's a good point and something I do follow. I never hit enter until I see the password box. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: minor gnome annoyance
On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 11:50 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Or just type your password, which causes the lock screen to > go away and the password input to be filled in. Having to > manually do anything first is more of an annoyance to me. I would temper that advice with a bit of caution, *start* typing your password. Be sure not to hit enter before you see something to show that you're typing your password into a password box. If a system has crashed, you could be typing your password into a "enter username" box. Your password is now logged in the last users log. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 31 23:36:51 UTC 2020 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: minor gnome annoyance
On Sat, 2 May 2020 11:50:16 -0400 Todd Zullinger wrote: > The added text hint is the new(-ish) part. It would be nice if that said type your password instead of type any key :-). ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: minor gnome annoyance
Tom Horsley wrote: > They finally got rid of the "you have to scroll the screen all the > way up from the bottom" to get out of the lock screen. > > Now it says click or hit any key. > > If you hit a key, it does get you out of the lock screen, but that > key also winds up being passed to the password entry field as the > first character of your password, so then you type your actual > password and get a login error :-). > > Stick to clicking. Or just type your password, which causes the lock screen to go away and the password input to be filled in. Having to manually do anything first is more of an annoyance to me. Having been subjected to some Windows 10 systems, the need to hit a key to get to the password dialog and then typing my password has caused me the opposite issue far more often. Muscle memory is different for everyone though. As Samuel mentioned, it's worked this way for quite a long time. The added text hint is the new(-ish) part. -- Todd signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: minor gnome annoyance
On Thu, 2020-04-30 at 17:50 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > Now it says click or hit any key. > > If you hit a key, it does get you out of the lock screen, but that > key also winds up being passed to the password entry field as the > first character of your password, so then you type your actual > password and get a login error :-). Long ago I decided that the only "any" key to safely nudge a computer without inputing any characters, was to tap the shift key. It tends to produce the least surprises. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 31 23:36:51 UTC 2020 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: minor gnome annoyance
On 4/30/20 2:50 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: They finally got rid of the "you have to scroll the screen all the way up from the bottom" to get out of the lock screen. Now it says click or hit any key. If you hit a key, it does get you out of the lock screen, but that key also winds up being passed to the password entry field as the first character of your password, so then you type your actual password and get a login error :-). Stick to clicking. I guess the message is a new thing, but it's worked like that for a long time. You can either press the ESC key to scroll it up or just start typing your password. I've only had to drag it up a couple of times when something wasn't working. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
minor gnome annoyance
They finally got rid of the "you have to scroll the screen all the way up from the bottom" to get out of the lock screen. Now it says click or hit any key. If you hit a key, it does get you out of the lock screen, but that key also winds up being passed to the password entry field as the first character of your password, so then you type your actual password and get a login error :-). Stick to clicking. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
