Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 13:47:13 -0600 (CST) From: Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net> To: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> Cc: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xlockmore buffering considered silly Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.05.10001281331280.3705-100000@earth.wnm.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10001282013320.11375-100000@sun33>
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Matthew Hunt wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 11:33:33AM +0100, Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > > > > > I use xlockmore on 3.3 fbsd.Trying to unlock from keyboard for first > > > time lead to invalid login.Trying to unlock with mouse klick works fine. > > > Trying to unlock from keyboard after Ctrl-U works fine.Subsequent login > > > tries from keyboard work fine.I guess xlockmore buufer the first sign from > > > the keyboard and uses it in in password.It will surely not work cause it > > > is not neccessary that it will coencede with the first sign of my > > > password.I suggest to move this buffering away. > > > > I suggest you read the manual, especially the bit about "-usefirst". > > > Surely.I have already done it.Thank you for your suggestion. > The default is NOT to use usefirst.So I should not add > -usefirst.But the problem is with app-defaults/Xlock. > Usefirst was set to ON per default.I have corrected it now. > Workaround: hit Alt or some other key which will wake it up without being regarded as input, even with -usefirst. Xlock will give you a clean passwd prompt. -ac -- ============================================================== Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 ============================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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