Public bug reported:
The screensaver password dialog, that is produced whenever you want to
resume your work after a screensaver (or hibernate etc), does not
indicate which keyboard layout is active. As I use several ones at the
same time, I find it hard to know which layout is supposed to be active
in GDM, and often I don't even remember which one I used last. There is
no way of finding out the layout as the only thing showing is black dots
in the input field.
This "bug" have made me loose work due to that I cannot enter my
password at times, even though I thought I correctly guessed different
layouts. I do run two different types of Dvorak on my Qwerty keyboard,
so it is not easy to guess.
Proposal:
* At least a keyboard indicator and switcher as can be seen in Gnome Panel
should be present in the password dialog.
* Possibly also a field where one can test a layout (but not in the dialog
itself, perhaps as a button) to see if it is the one expected.
Note: the original reporter indicated the bug was in package 'gdm2';
however, that package was not published in Ubuntu.
** Affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Importance: Wishlist
Status: Confirmed
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Screensaver password dialog does not indicate keyboard layout
https://launchpad.net/bugs/49222
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