Sounds like this might be related to bug 1765261, which is also about the wrong characters being entered into password fields.
Maybe wait and see if the fix for that helps here. ** Tags added: unlock -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771902 Title: Can't enter password in lock screen after running "gnome-shell --replace" Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Gnome Shell stops accepting mouse input from time to time, and when it does I run "gnome-shell --replace" to get mouse control back. After running this command, I can't log in because it's as if the ENTER key is pressed every half second on the login screen. The lock screen tells me that I typed in the wrong password and clears the password input. I can't type my password in half a second. I can workaround this by bug pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 which makes the lock screen's password input form stop clearing its input. This isn't the ideal workflow though because I have workarounds on workarounds. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.1-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu May 17 16:45:24 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.shell' b'enabled-extensions' b"['ubuntu-d...@ubuntu.com', 'ubuntu-appindicat...@ubuntu.com']" b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' redacted by apport b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-show-seconds' b'true' b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-show-date' b'true' InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-10 (37 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1771902/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
