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Bug 344778 - Include keyboard indicator in the password prompt for the screensaver
Include keyboard indicator in the password prompt for the screensaver
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 327056
Product: gnome-screensaver
Classification: Deprecated
Component: dialog
2.14.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gnome-screensaver maintainers
gnome-screensaver maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-06-13 16:39 UTC by Filip Miletic
Modified: 2006-06-17 01:52 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14


Description Filip Miletic 2006-06-13 16:39:49 UTC 
I use three different keyboard layouts in daily work. When the screen is locked and I need to enter a password to reclaim the X session I have no way of knowing which keyboard layout is active, thus whether the keys I press produce the appropriate letter of the password. For instance, if the cyrillic keyboard layout was active when the screen was locked, any password that I would type would be wrong. 

I suggest a solution similar to the Caps Lock warning at password entry: the entry dialog should also contain the keyboard layout indicator.

Other information:
Comment 1 Don Scorgie 2006-06-14 15:34:49 UTC 
I'd guess this is a gnome-screensaver issue, since it controls the unlock dialog.  Passing there.  If I'm wrong, please pass back.
Comment 2 William Jon McCann 2006-06-17 01:52:27 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 327056 ***