Bug 8520

Summary:	KDE screenlock can't unlock - password field can't get focus
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Frank Griffin <ftg>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High	CC:	Kicer86, balcaen.john, danielpf, davidwhodgins, forums, lmenut, mageia
Version:	3
Target Milestone:	Mageia 3
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	kde	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Frank Griffin 2012-12-27 13:23:35 CET

In current cauldron, uppdated as of this morning, if you lock the screen using the KDE panel icon, you first get a fullscreen lock display, and then it almost immediately shrinks to about 2/3 of the screen (with the original lockscreen wallpaper still visible on the remainder).

At this point, the password text entry field will not accept the focus, so it is impossible to type the password and unlock the screen.

DM is GDM (if that matters).

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2013-03-16 16:15:47 CET

same with kde4.10.1 ?

Comment 2 Frank Griffin 2013-05-04 19:35:10 CEST

Sorry, missed your comment.

This is still happening in current cauldron.

Note that you have to explicitly request to lock the screen.  Locking it via idle timeout or screensaver doesn't show the problem.

Comment 3 Daniel Pfenniger 2013-05-20 23:04:19 CEST

In Mageia 3 the locked KDE screen gets the focus but does not recognize the typed password.  It is then impossible to continue under the previous login session.  This is a severe bug in practice.

CC: (none) => danielpf

Daniel Pfenniger 2013-05-20 23:05:19 CEST

Priority: Normal => High
CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs
Component: RPM Packages => Release (media or process)
Version: Cauldron => 3
Target Milestone: --- => Mageia 3

Manuel Hiebel 2013-05-20 23:20:02 CEST

CC: sysadmin-bugs => balcaen.john, lmenut, nicolas.lecureuil
Component: Release (media or process) => RPM Packages

Comment 4 MichaÅ Walenciak 2013-06-01 09:20:57 CEST

same here with mageia 3.

In cauldron I could type password but it was considered invalid.
Now my password box doesn't get focus.

CC: (none) => Kicer86

Comment 5 Bill K 2013-06-29 06:38:01 CEST

My experience:  Mageia 3 -  all normal updates.  I am running twinview (Separate X screen).  If I lock the screen the unlock box is not centered and I cannot type the password into it.  I can click it to get focus but that is all.  Only way I can seem to continue is to reset X (CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE).

CC: (none) => forums

Comment 6 Frank Griffin 2013-06-29 12:40:20 CEST

This appears to work in current cauldron.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 7 Dave Hodgins 2013-06-30 02:21:34 CEST

Seems that it's now necessary to press the enter key, before typing
in the password, and again after.

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins