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gnome-screensaver package

should warns about no numlock when entering password

Bug #835649 reported by Alan Bell
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Screensaver
Fix Released
Medium
gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

I am entering my password and it warns me that I have numlock on. On a desktop or laptop with full keyboard it would be more appropriate to warn when numlock isn't on.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-screensaver 3.1.5-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Aug 27 21:15:35 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110824)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Alan Bell (alanbell) wrote :
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Alan Bell (alanbell) wrote :
Launchpad Janitor (janitor)
Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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rduplain (ron.duplain) wrote :

I'd prefer a setting to turn off the warning altogether.

Daniel Hahler (blueyed)
Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Confirmed
summary: - warns about numlock when entering password
+ should warns about no numlock when entering password
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at:
 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662093

Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in gnome-screensaver:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-screensaver:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → New
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Aren Cambre (aren-arencambre) wrote :

The whole num lock warning should be junked. That would solve this. See #877456.

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Lachezar Dobrev (lachezar) wrote :

WRONG!
On Laptop computers NumLock changes letters into digits!
It is just as bad, as having CapsLock turned on.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-screensaver - 3.2.0-1ubuntu8

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gnome-screensaver (3.2.0-1ubuntu8) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/22_dont_show_numlock_warning.patch: Don't show a warning
    for the numlock key, as some hardware tracks numlock status
    differently. (LP: #841541, LP: #877456, LP: #835649)
  * debian/patches/21_properly_lock_when_activated.patch: Updated with
    final upstream commit.
 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:15:02 -0500

Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-screensaver:
status: New → Fix Released
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