On Sun 04 Oct 2020 at 12:14:01 +0200, [email protected] 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.
