The screenlocker has a significant delay until I can enter my password.
If I generally type too fast some characters will not be recognized.
As a result I press shift to wait until the overlay with the pw field comes up, and then I need to type PW at less than half my typing speed to get it to input correctly.
For the first part - having to wait before XScreenSaver brings up the password prompt and starts registering your key presses, I think Iambchopâs answer in this thread is relevant:
As for having to write your password slower - I donât know.
I always enter the password slowly, cause when typing normal it is wrong every time⌠The first prompt (encryption password) doesnât have this problemâŚ
Some troubleshooting ideas about why you might need to type you password showly:
If you type it quickly, are there missing characters (less asterisks in the password prompt) before you hit enter, or do you think they somehow become different characters?
What if you type it quickly, but only after youâve made sure the first character has been recorded (you see an asterisk)?
Same as before, but what if you wait a bit before pressing enter?
Could it be related to pressing shift+ somehow? What if you set you password to only lowercase letters and numbers?
What if you only set your password to numbers or to specific characters from a limiter set (like just âabbaabbaabbaâ or â123123123â)?
I donât think thereâs a way to see what the wrong password attempts were after youâve logged in. For example, showing âpasswor12356â instead of âpassword123456â.
Just logged out a few times an entered password as fast as I can, worked every time⌠Maybe the problem is only after boot when hardware is busy⌠Have to check this, maybe I let the dialog sit for some minutes after boot and try then⌠I donât think chracters are modified but skipped, like computer is not fast enough to processâŚ