[Bug 49222] Re: Screensaver password dialog does not indicate keyboard layout

[Nick Demou]

Adam wrote:
> It has led to information loss for me.

Well in my case it has led to hardware loss. I know you are laughing.
It's OK. Now let's get serious, here is my situation:

1) English is not my primary language as is the case of so many people
2) At my office I always have a locking-screensaver set to 5mins for security reasons. Quite resonable I think.
So every day I will need to unlock the screensaver at least 5 to 10 times. Many times I will type my password and it will fail because I am in the wrong keyb layout. At least every day or two something like this happens:
I get a phone call so I return to my office because I need my PC to help the caller. I type my password anxious to restore my desktop. The computer waits a little then complains that it is wrong. I say "I should have typed slowly - I probably misstyped". I type it again slowly. The computer waits a little then complains. Argh... I say "damn it was the wrong layout". I hit ctlr-alt and think I changed it but I only wake up the screensaver again. I type it once more. It waits then it complains. Then I say "damn I probably misstyped". I type it again slowly. It waits... then it complains. I finaly realise I didn't switch layout. I hit a key to wake the PC then I switch the layout then I type my password fast because I've lost my patience. It fails... now you know why I am writing this in my brand new keyboard... the 2nd in one week :-)


as for possible resolutions of this bug:
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if it is very difficult to have a keyboard indicator and switcher  in the password dialog then at least the keyborad should be set to the default layout. So the user only needs to select a password using the default keyb layout.

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Screensaver password dialog does not indicate keyboard layout
https://launchpad.net/bugs/49222