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lightdm package

  1. Bug #1310104
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Comment 0 for bug 1310104

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Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper) wrote : Light locker interacts badly with fingerprint authentication

With fprintd/libpam_fprintd installed, the user can in all places authenticate via the fingerprint reader. (Command line, login screen, light locker screen). However, light locker does not interact well with fingerprint authentication:
Immediately after locking the session, the user can unlock via fingerprint. But once the fingerprint authentication times out, light locker waits for a password to be typed, and the user cannot re-initiate fingerprint authentication. The usual way of pressing ESC does not have effect. There are is a state, where light locker does not accept fingerprint nor password authentication -- the user is left without any possibility to unlock the screen. This is not acceptable.
Please correct light locker's behavior with respect to libpam-fprintd authentication.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: light-locker (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Apr 19 23:21:11 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-20 (484 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
SourcePackage: light-locker
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-18 (1 days ago)