I'll just add that this doesn't seem to have anything to do with the cursor flashing. What I do now to avoid the hang is roll the cursor around the screen until it stops jerking about. Then I enter my password. So far this has been successful.
Extremely annoying bug this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1056075 Title: Attempting to type password before prompt is ready causes hang To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1056075/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
