[Bug 758335] Re: gdm ignores keyboard input because Slow Keys was secretly turned on

[Yitzchak Gale]

This does not appear to have anything to do with slow keys persisting
after being set in a user session.

Slow Keys is now always in effect on the natty gdm login screen on this
system, even though neither I nor any other user on this system has ever
used it during a regular session as far as anyone can remember.

In the meantime, how in the world can this be shut off? I can't find any
gdm configuration for this. This is extremely annoying.

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[Bug 758335] Re: gdm ignores keyboard input because Slow Keys was secretly turned on

[Yitzchak Gale]

In gdm, when you hold down the shift key for 8 seconds, Slow Keys gets
turned on *silently*.

In a user session, #41427 is a known issue that the pop-up notification
about this sometimes is invisible because it is behind other windows,
and that the default is to enable Slow Keys if there is no user action.
But in gdm the situation is even worse - no pop-up or any other
notification ever appears. To any user not already familiar with Slow
Keys or how to turn it off, the effect is that the keyboard becomes
unusable.

This is a grave usability issue for the entire system.

For those arriving here not knowing what to do: there is an
Accessibility icon on the task bar at the bottom of the screen. You
can use it to open an accessibility preferences dialog. Uncheck the Slow
Keys option.

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