2009.1 Numeric Password First Character Ignored on Keypad

[adam jvok]

2009.1 with KDE.
Login screen.
Click on the green on/off icon and select restart x server - (this ensure you are in the same state as me).
Click on a username.
Cursor appears in the password box.
Enter a number as the first character of the password - USING THE KEYPAD, not top line of keyboard.
The first number typed is ignored.
Try again, without restating the x server, and it works.

A bit irritating if you like the keypad for numbers and have a password starting with a number.

Anyone else see this or have I done something wrong?

BTW, this is a regular keypad, part of the main keyboard.

[Mike Grello]

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On Friday 28 August 2009, adam jvok wrote:

> 2009.1 with KDE.

> Login screen.

> Click on the green on/off icon and select restart x server - (this ensure

> you are in the same state as me).

> Click on a username.

> Cursor appears in the password box.

> Enter a number as the first character of the password - USING THE KEYPAD,

> not top line of keyboard.

> The first number typed is ignored.

> Try again, without restating the x server, and it works.

>

> A bit irritating if you like the keypad for numbers and have a password

> starting with a number.

>

> Anyone else see this or have I done something wrong?

>

> BTW, this is a regular keypad, part of the main keyboard.

I have seen this in another environment. In this case, the numeric keypad passed a different key (not ASCII) code when it was the first character typed (or it mattered). I don't believe there was anything to be done about it as it seemed to be the hardware.

--

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

-- Adlai Stevenson

[adam jvok]

Thanks for the reply, but I don't think its the hardware as it worked just fine  prior to upgrading (2009.0->2009.1) - no change in hardware.

Please can someone try this on their 2009.1 and see if they have the same issue?

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Mike Grello <mgrello@...> wrote:

On Friday 28 August 2009, adam jvok wrote:

> 2009.1 with KDE.

> Login screen.

> Click on the green on/off icon and select restart x server - (this ensure

> you are in the same state as me).

> Click on a username.

> Cursor appears in the password box.

> Enter a number as the first character of the password - USING THE KEYPAD,

> not top line of keyboard.

> The first number typed is ignored.

> Try again, without restating the x server, and it works.

>

> A bit irritating if you like the keypad for numbers and have a password

> starting with a number.

>

> Anyone else see this or have I done something wrong?

>

> BTW, this is a regular keypad, part of the main keyboard.

I have seen this in another environment. In this case, the numeric keypad passed a different key (not ASCII) code when it was the first character typed (or it mattered). I don't believe there was anything to be done about it as it seemed to be the hardware.

--

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

-- Adlai Stevenson

[Peter Watson-11]

On Saturday 29 August 2009 02:41:25 adam jvok wrote:
> 2009.1 with KDE.
> Login screen.
> Click on the green on/off icon and select restart x server - (this
ensure
> you are in the same state as me).
> Click on a username.
> Cursor appears in the password box.
> Enter a number as the first character of the password - USING
THE KEYPAD,
> not top line of keyboard.
> The first number typed is ignored.
> Try again, without restating the x server, and it works.
>
> A bit irritating if you like the keypad for numbers and have a
password
> starting with a number.
>
> Anyone else see this or have I done something wrong?
>
> BTW, this is a regular keypad, part of the main keyboard.

No. A numeric first character works for me, although I have to type
in the user name first as my set-up does not display a list of names
for security reasons. This is in 2009.1.