Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xscreensaver
I use Xubuntu with British and Greek keyboard drivers, switched using
the Keyboard Layout Switcher applet on the panel. If I'm in Greek mode
and xscreensaver fires up, the keyboard driver is emitting Greek
characters. These don't show up as blobs in the 'password' field, so it
appears as if the keyboard has no effect. It also ignores mouse clicks
on the username field to type in there - and the cursor keys are ignored
too. Any attempt to press Return is greeted with 'invalid password'.
It doesn't allow me to switch driver because it obscures the panel, so
there's no way out of this situation. A workaround is to click 'New
Login', start a new X session on another virtual console, kill
xscreensaver in a terminal, then Ctrl-Alt-F7 switch back to the now-
unlocked session.
** Affects: xscreensaver (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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xscreensaver fails with non-Latin keyboard driver
https://launchpad.net/bugs/89452
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