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Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex) wrote : X restarts once if <"> character is entered in gdm password field

Binary package hint: gdm

If I enter the <"> character (inverted comma) in the gdm password field, then X restarts immediately.

* This only happens once. On subsequent attempts, gdm accepts the entire password
* I am using the non-free nvidia 190.53 binary driver
* Running fully-updated lucid alpha 2
* I have UK keyboard layout

I'm afraid I don't know exactly which package is causing this bug or what information to provide. Please let me know and I'll happily oblige.

$ apt-cache policy gdm
gdm:
  Installed: 2.29.6-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.29.6-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.29.6-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ uname -a
Linux lepton 2.6.32-12-generic #17-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 5 08:16:30 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current
nvidia-current:
  Installed: 190.53-0ubuntu14
  Candidate: 190.53-0ubuntu14
  Version table:
 *** 190.53-0ubuntu14 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status