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Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?



On Sun 04 Oct 2020 at 12:14:01 +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 05:46:05AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Except I now have a different initial login screen that does not accept 
> > my passwd.  It accepts and displays my username, but it loses the 
> > keyboard once it highlights the passwd box
> 
> Just a silly shot in the dark: are you sure it isn't taking keypresses?
> Note that xdm doesn't display anything when you type into a password
> box. No dots, no stars, anything. Good old tradition...

The tradition allows for configuring xdm to show stars when the password
is typed.

-- 
Brian.


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