GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 790973
Unlock dialog laggy when under heavy load, drops keystrokes
Last modified: 2021-07-05 14:46:23 UTC
Running gnome-shell 3.26.1 on Ubuntu 17.10 (wayland). When the system is running a CPU-intensive task (e.g. building chromium) and I start typing my password to unlock the screen, the first 2-3 characters are correctly input, but most of the subsequent keystrokes are lost for at least a second or two. This happens while the unlock dialog is being slided in, and it's very laggy. To unlock the screen I have to wait for the unlock dialog to be fully visible, erase the characters that have already been entered, then type my password again. I am not seeing the issue when the system is idle.
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