No visible reaction to typeahead on face browser login screen

[Roman Yepishev]

Binary package hint: gdm

gdm:
  Installed: 2.29.6-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2.29.6-0ubuntu3

When gdm face browser is displayed it is not clear whether typeahead strokes actually do something. Karmic version of gdm displayed an input widget that contained the symbols entered. Currently this widget is not displayed therefore it is not clear whether something is happening.

E.g. my login name is rtg and display name is Roman Yepishev. I expect the widget to appear when I enter rtg or anything starting on R (other users start with o, a and s :) ) and the list item representing my user account should receive focus. Currently if I accidentally type 'o' it is not clear why I am unable to type rtg until I press Escape or Backspace to clear the 'imaginary' widget.

Original report was about complete inability to type anything but it is not the actual problem.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

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 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
 * Could you try if that's still an issue on current lucid?

 This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.