I am able to reproduce this consistently without touching the trackpad.
All you seem to need is several login name possibilities. Click on the
top one, and the cursor appears in the password field but the pointer is
still elsewhere. Start typing the password and observe that part way
through the fo
Thinking back, I've only hit this on the laptop with the trackpad, so I
reckon it must be from palming the pad during password entry, with the
mouse pointer still left hovering over the where the username selector
was.
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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password widget
Managed to trigger the latter one earlier today whilst logging in.
Can't reproduce it on-demand.
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password widget focusing not consistent
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434001
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Changing to new, the focus goes correctly on the password entry there
but it might be a timing issue
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => New
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password widget focusing not consistent
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434001
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1. Install Ubuntu on a computer
2. Boot it up
3. Click on the default username
4. Enter password (password does not appear because widget is not focused)
1. Install Ubuntu on a computer
2. Boot it up
3. Click on the default username
4. Click on password textbox really quickly
5. Enter password rea
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** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
