This happens on my Dell XPS13 laptop. Here are the steps:
- Close the lid
- Wait a minute
- Open it back up
The login screen appears. The cursor is in the password area and is flashing. Nothing I type on the keyboard does anything.
- Click on anything in the top bar -- the battery indicator, or the gear icon, or the clock
- Hit escape or click on the password box again
Now it works.
- Type my password and log in
This part is interesting: the things I was typing when attempting to log in have been entered into the OS. In other words, if I had a browser window up, my password attempts are there in the address bar. So the things that I type on the login screen, when not accepted by the login screen, are actually being accepted by the underlying operating system.
This happens on my Dell XPS13 laptop. Here are the steps:
- Close the lid
- Wait a minute
- Open it back up
The login screen appears. The cursor is in the password area and is flashing. Nothing I type on the keyboard does anything.
- Click on anything in the top bar -- the battery indicator, or the gear icon, or the clock
- Hit escape or click on the password box again
Now it works.
- Type my password and log in
This part is interesting: the things I was typing when attempting to log in have been entered into the OS. In other words, if I had a browser window up, my password attempts are there in the address bar. So the things that I type on the login screen, when not accepted by the login screen, are actually being accepted by the underlying operating system.