Public bug reported:
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)
** Affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic third-party-packages wayland-session
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using shift key to wake up display causes invalid password
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