Description of problem: Mistyped username or password cannot be erased with ctrl-u Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.4.4.5-1 How reproducible: Happens always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Mistype your password 2. Type ctrl-u 3. Type correct password 4. Press enter Actual results: The correct password is written after the mistyped password causing the entire string to be considered password (and rejected). Expected results: ctrl-u deletes the mistyped password, and the correct password typed afterwards is accepted. Additional info: In many other places ctrl-u can be used to erase a mistyped password, for consistency gdm should accept it as well, users expect it to work.
IMHO, while I agree with your report, this feature should be implemented upstream so you should talk to the gdm maintainer for the GNOME project. It is highly unlikely that RH has time to work on this. Let this report know if upstream has implemented this and we may consider merging the feature in the future if it passes review.
You just need to select the Emacs key theme for gdm to make this work