It seems to be fixed in 11.04 Natty, with whatever version of Seahorse and its plugin for gedit natty uses. Thanks. Marking as closed.
** Changed in: seahorse (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531474 Title: cannot type into password entry box -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs