I've taken a look at the LightDM bugs page. This bug has been reported there as https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1277386 I've confirmed it, but as it was reported by someone running Trusty, I'm not convinced it is an upstream bug. There seems to be no other reference to this problem in LightDM.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-greeter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1255558 Title: Can't type my password after cold boot Status in “unity-greeter” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Can't type my password after cold boot unless I change my keyboard layout to next (or change and then re-change to same layout) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: lightdm 1.9.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-4.10-generic 3.12.1 Uname: Linux 3.12.0-4-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Nov 27 16:27:13 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-19 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131119) SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1255558/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp