Update: Another workaround: change the language in the upper right corner, in my case switch from En1 to En2. After that, the password box accepts keyboard input and shows corresponding dots.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1349128 Title: Ubuntu 14.04 login screen doesn't accept keyboard input Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ubuntu 14.04 login screen doesn't accept keyboard input in the password box after my system has resumed from a sleep (=lid opening), so I can't relogin anymore Excpected behaviour: the login screen should accept keyboard input and show them as stars in the password box. Workaround: click on "switch user" in the upper right corner, after which keyboard input is accepted again. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 System is fully updated. Problem started to happen one or two weeks ago, so around mid July 2014. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1349128/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp