I'm forced to select my user from a list of one before I can type the password on login

Bug #1887449 reported by teo1978
6
This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdm3 (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

On Ubuntu 16.04, in order to log in, I only needed to type in my password.

I seem to remember that there was a setting where you could choose, whether to be asked to type username and password, or choose the username from a list and enter the password, or have a given user pre-selected and only type the password, which is my preferred way.

Since I upgraded to 20.04, when the login screen shows up, I first need to click on my username, as if I was selecting it from a list where it's the only one, and only then I can type the password.

It used to be: type the password. Now it is: one mouse click and then type the password.

Regardless of whether or not I have only one user or more than one, I should have the choice to make my login routine less painful by having a given user be already selected by default (you can always go back one step by clicking on the back arrow).

Thank you for actively working on making ubuntu worse at every major release.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jul 14 01:46:08 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (2467 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: meta-gnome3
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-07-12 (1 days ago)

Revision history for this message
teo1978 (teo8976) wrote :
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
affects: meta-gnome3 (Ubuntu) → gdm3 (Ubuntu)
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.