Ubuntu
gdm package

gdm says 'authentication failure' if you take too long choosing a keyboard layout

Bug #421220 reported by Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdm (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

Fresh install of karmic from todays daily live iso.

Click my name in gdm, then note the keyboard layout is wrong, so hit the drop down, then spend a little while perusing the list. When I finally choose a keyboard I'm dumped back to gdm with an 'Authentication failure' message. I guess the logon timed out, but it's not a nice message.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Aug 29 20:05:38 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gdm 2.27.90-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-8.28-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-8-generic i686

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote :
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James Tait (jamestait) wrote :

Yep, I can reproduce this freely.

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Low
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

how long do you wait before getting the error?

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