[Bug 44477] With Xinerama, must move mouse pointer before username entry field can get focus

[Christian Hudon]

Public bug reported:

I have a Xinerama setup with two monitors. When gdm starts, it puts the
login screen on the left monitor, and the right monitor is inactive (a
shade of dark brown). Gdm (or the X server, I don't know) also puts the
mouse pointer in the middle of the two screens, which happens to be on
the left side of the second (inactive) monitor.

The problem is, gdm wants the mouse cursor on the active screen (the
left one in my case) before it will give the username entry field the
focus. So each time gdm starts, I have to remember to give my mouse a
small shove to the left before I can type in my username and password,
which is rather annoying.

Possibles easy solutions would be: make gdm place the mouse pointer
somewhere on the active screen on startup, or give the username entry
field the focus at startup independent of where the mouse pointer
happens to be.

** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

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With Xinerama, must move mouse pointer before username entry field can get focus
https://launchpad.net/bugs/44477