unable to login in non-graphic terminal (e.g. tty1)

Bug #1818654 reported by crysman
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Bug Description

I am unable to login in non-graphic terminal (e.g. tty1) ending with "Login incorrect" all the time because password prompt does not wait for user input.

Steps to reproduce:
1) switch to non-graphical terminal (tty1) with CTRL+ALT+F1
2) you see prompt for login ("login:")
3) type-in user login -> ENTER
4) you see password prompt ("password:")
5) try to type password... what you see is that it behaves as just as if you pressed ENTER before actually typing all the passwords characters
6) this repeats automatically 5 times and then screen is automatically reset with blank login prompt

I do not know since when this has occured, but it is VERY SERIOUS bug - if something happens in my X (tty7), I am unable to kill or manage it :/

What might be wrong?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: lightdm 1.26.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-45.48-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-45-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Mar 5 13:09:49 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-03 (182 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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crysman (crysman) wrote :
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crysman (crysman) wrote :

[SOLVED]

I've found out what's the problem.

The issue is caused by SafeEyes (https://slgobinath.github.io/SafeEyes/) - after disabling them everything works as expected...

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crysman (crysman) wrote :

PS: the issue is not present any more. It had been for some two/three weeks, now it's gone... (no, I have not been using hibernation or suspend)

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