Comment 4 for bug 1885530

A support query (https://askubuntu.com/questions/1345585/how-to-highlight-password-field-by-default-in-sddm-lubuntu) made me remember this bug...

Notes here don't make much mention of it; but I recall trying to login using incorrect passwords on a QA-test install (focal & I believe groovy) and being unable to.

Today I had a quick repeat (today's impish daily) on
- hp dc7700 (c2d-e6320, 5gb, nvidia quadro nvs 290)
- dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e6850, 5gb, amd/ati radeon rv516/x1300/x1550)
- dell [optiplex] 780 (c2q-q9400, 8gb, amd/ati cedar radeon hd 5000/6000/7350/8350)
but this issue doesn't occur on them... (before or after adjusting display position(s))

However on
- dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e8300, 8gb, amd/ati radeon rv610/radeon hd2400 pro/xt)
another box primarily exploring support question

booting live & a simple logout & no dots appeared on entry of password

no adjustment of displays was needed for issue to occur (and issue still occurs after displays are changed; ie monitor.settings & position relative to each other)

i tried a few times to enter using invalid password (no password currently set; it wasn't changed) and I was unable to enter using any letters...

I cleared field (~20 backspace) then entered a known length password "password" and hit enter. It fails (hard to see given the screen already said "Login failed" but it's still a lack of response compared to login).. I hit backspace & enter (7), backspace enter (6)... it didn't login until the password field was correctly empty (by my count)...

ie. I still don't believe this is an issue.

Whilst I don't recall QA-testing hirsute; the OP in the support query was using 21.04 (hirsute), and I see this issue elsewhere* anyway & have for years.. (would be really useful if I could remember when it first appeared!) so I'll add other tags

elsewhere* - somewhat regularly I believe; I thought my primary box; so I tested d780 which has a like card to my primary box but nope... doesn't occur there