first letter of password gets lost when typing too quickly at login

rwd · 2009-03-01 14:31:03

suppose my username is myusername and my password mypassword, and I'm at the login prompt (not GDM/Slim etc).

I type 'myusername', enter, and 'mypassword'. When I do that too quickly I end up seeing :

mPassword:

I.e. the first letter of my the password I typed, m, isn't used as input but just displayed. Is there a way to change this behaviour so that the 'm' will be used as input?

Last edited by rwd (2009-03-01 14:34:08)

Ghost1227 · 2009-03-01 14:33:25

I'd say the obvious answer is type slower... or at least wait longer before you begin typing...

rwd · 2009-03-01 14:37:20

Ghost1227 wrote:

I'd say the obvious answer is type slower... or at least wait longer before you begin typing...

That works usually but those times when I type fast (I guess I just type fast) this really annoys me. It seems like something that could be fixed easily, like store the input in some buffer.

Last edited by rwd (2009-03-01 14:38:45)

moljac024 · 2009-03-01 14:41:24

This really annoys me too, when su'ing or starting a new terminal window...

rwd · 2009-03-01 14:43:32

What component is responsible for the login? Is there somewhere I could file this bug (which I think it is, a usability bug) ?

Last edited by rwd (2009-03-01 14:56:10)

userlander · 2009-03-01 15:32:09

Usually it logs in anyway. I think just the display of the prompt is the issue, but once you hit <enter> after username, it knows what you typed.

rwd · 2009-03-01 16:11:49

userlander wrote:

Usually it logs in anyway. I think just the display of the prompt is the issue, but once you hit <enter> after username, it knows what you typed.

If that would be the case I wouldn't mind, but the login really fails.

tjwoosta · 2009-03-01 16:23:59

rwd wrote:

userlander wrote:
Usually it logs in anyway. I think just the display of the prompt is the issue, but once you hit <enter> after username, it knows what you typed.
If that would be the case I wouldn't mind, but the login really fails.

strange

mine does the same thing that you mentioned above with it coming up like mPassword:**********, but if i go ahead and just press enter it works anyway

i suppose if it didnt work for me i would get annoyed also

rwd · 2009-03-01 16:30:58

tjwoosta wrote:

rwd wrote:
userlander wrote:
Usually it logs in anyway. I think just the display of the prompt is the issue, but once you hit <enter> after username, it knows what you typed.
If that would be the case I wouldn't mind, but the login really fails.
strange
mine does the same thing that you mentioned above with it coming up like mPassword:**********, but if i go ahead and just press enter it works anyway
i suppose if it didnt work for me i would get annoyed also

If I type the complete password again after 'mPassword:' all goes well, but else just 'ypassword' gets entered.

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#1 2009-03-01 14:31:03

first letter of password gets lost when typing too quickly at login

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