Lock screen shows unnecessary warning about numlock

[Iain Lane]

The new num lock warning on the lock screen is unnecessary if your keyboard has a separate numpad, and it's a bit confusing to be warned when there's nothing wrong.

Is there a way to detect when you need to warn and only show it then?

[Impact]

A warning is shown in the lockscreen when numlock is enabled

[Test case]

Enable numlock in your machine
Press Super+L to lock the screen
Expected: no warning is shown in the password field (unless caps lock is pressed).

[Regression potential]

Nothing known. This is just a simple revert.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: unity 7.4.0+16.04.20151102-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-2.11-generic 4.3.0
Uname: Linux 4.3.0-2-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu9
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Dec 15 13:00:55 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-05 (192 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150605)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

It's really confusing, it lead me to turn off numlock on my usb keyboard a few times this week which it returns created issues because a keypad is of no user when it's doesn't input numbers

That's a side effect from https://code.launchpad.net/~3v1n0/unity/lockscreen-num-lock-warning/+merge/276859 which has no attached bug nor rational :-/

it's also inconsistent with the greeter and other environment and was tried in the past and reverted because it's an unreliable hardware feature, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662093 or https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/841541

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Egmont Koblinger (egmont-gmail)]

I see no rationale behind anyone every trying to move the cursor (left, right, home, end...) while typing their password.

Typing digits as part of the password is a reasonable thing.

_If_ there's a warning at all (which I agree with the original report that doesn't make too much sense and just adds unnecessary noise) then the warning should be presented when NumLock is _OFF_.

Also, lightdm (or whichever the default login manager is) should be made consistent, currently that one doesn't display a warning on numlock.

[Johan Boule (johan-boule)]

I agree with this idea that the warning should rather be displayed when numlock is off.
I won't argue whether a numpad has any use with numlock off, but i would certainly argue that when typing a password, it's mostly useless to use the numpad for anything else than digits or the 4 operators.
In this sense, the warning is illogical and makes the system uncesserarilly chatty.

[Matthew Harris (deidyomega)]

While a full fix is being implemented, is there a way to change the settings via a config file?
Even if the config just disabled all lock warnings (caps lock + num lock)

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

Not yet. The rationale for that was that many notebook keyboards offer a numpad which is shared with the main keyboard, thus you might not be sure of what you're actually writing.

Unfortunately there's not a way to figure out when this is the case.

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

Added to Trello: https://trello.com/c/DOXSOH5m/25-bug-1526322-lock-screen-shows-unnecessary-warning-about-numlock

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 7.5.0+16.10.20160727-0ubuntu1

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unity (7.5.0+16.10.20160727-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  [ Andrea Azzarone ]
  * [LockSceen] Remove numlock warning. (LP: #1526322)
  * Make sure initiate and terminate callbacks are not empty before
    calling them. (LP: #1605012)
  * Properly destroy close_button_ to properly disconnect lambda. (LP:
    #1605010)
  * Use the standard notification-device-eject in the "device eject"
    notification. This allows us to scale it properly on high-dpi
    setups. (LP: #1605231)
  * Add tools to enforce unityshell plugin for the current profile and
    add "move" and "resize" plugins as requirements. (LP: #1506023,
    #1605007)
  * When locked discard damages from windows below lockscreen. (LP:
    #1605180)

  [ Eleni Maria Stea ]
  * DecoratedWindow: Added shadows for shaped windows

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * LockScreenAcceleratorController: ensure callbacks are valid before
    calling them (LP: #1605012)
  * DecoratedWindow: Cleanup shadows for shaped windows, reduce
    recomputation

 -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <[e-mail]> Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:25:54 +0000

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Iain, or anyone else affected,

Accepted unity into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/7.4.0+16.04.20160801.2-0ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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[Vaclav Rehak (vaclav-n)]

I tested with unity 7.4.0+16.04.20160801.2-0ubuntu1 and it works as expected

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 7.4.0+16.04.20160801.2-0ubuntu1

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unity (7.4.0+16.04.20160801.2-0ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  [ Andrea Azzarone ]
  * FileManagerLauncherIcon: Don't trust the Quirk::VISIBLE in the ctor.
    (LP: #1599133)
  * [TrashLauncherIcon] Create GFileMonitor in an idle to avoid blocking
    calls. (LP: #1602720)
  * [LockSceen] Remove numlock warning. (LP: #1526322)
  * Make sure initiate and terminate callbacks are not empty before
    calling them. (LP: #1605012)
  * Properly destroy close_button_ to properly disconnect lambda. (LP:
    #1605010)
  * Use the standard notification-device-eject in the "device eject"
    notification. This allows us to scale it properly on high-dpi
    setups. (LP: #1605231)
  * Add tools to enforce unityshell plugin for the current profile and
    add "move" and "resize" plugins as requirements. (LP: #1506023, LP:
    #1605007, LP: #1604657)

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * Unity script: use result from unity_support_test to check the right
    COMPIZ_CONFIG_PROFILE to use (LP: #1602377)
  * LockScreenAcceleratorController: ensure callbacks are valid before
    calling them (LP: #1605012)

  [ Eleni Maria Stea ]
  * DecoratedWindow: Added shadows for shaped windows (LP: 1608418)

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * DecoratedWindow: Cleanup shadows for shaped windows, reduce
    recomputation (LP: #1608418)
  * UnityWindowView: don't try to deference close_button_ if its' null

 -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <[e-mail]> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 13:10:28 +0000

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for unity has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.