Bug#866214: gdm3: there should be a note when 'slow keys' accessibility feature is enabled

[Martin Castillo]

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.14.1-7
Severity: minor

Dear Maintainer,

the 'slow keys' feature gives someone, who is not aware of it, the impression,
that the keyboard is broken or that there is a software bug, either in the
keyboard driver or the display manager.

Normally this is only enabled, when the user, that wants to use it, enables it
himself. But on public systems, where multiple people use the same system (like
in a university), the following users will either think that the keyboard does
not work, or if they find out, that long pressing works, that some software has
a problem.

I'd suggest, that you show a text noting that 'slow keys' is enabled, and
optionally, how to turn it off. It would be like a note saying that caps lock
is enabled.

For a long time one of the university computers had this 'problem' that no one,
not even
the admins, knew how to fix. Today, I only found out by chance, that this was
not a bug, but a feature.

Martin Castillo



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.8
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en, LC_CTYPE=en (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to
de_DE.utf8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  accountsservice                              0.6.37-3+b1
ii  adduser                                      3.113+nmu3
ii  dconf-cli                                    0.22.0-1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend                      0.22.0-1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                        1.5.56
ii  gir1.2-gdm3                                  3.14.1-7
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]            3.14.0-2
ii  gnome-session-bin                            3.14.0-2
ii  gnome-session-flashback [x-session-manager]  3.8.1-7
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        3.14.2-3+deb8u1
ii  gnome-shell                                  3.14.4-1~deb8u1
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]         3.14.1-1+deb8u1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.14.1-1
ii  libaccountsservice0                          0.6.37-3+b1
ii  libaudit1                                    1:2.4-1+b1
ii  libc6                                        2.19-18+deb8u10
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                           0.30-2.1
ii  libcanberra0                                 0.30-2.1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.31.1-2+deb8u5
ii  libgdm1                                      3.14.1-7
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.42.1-1+b1
ii  libglib2.0-bin                               2.42.1-1+b1
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.14.5-1+deb8u1
ii  libpam-modules                               1.1.8-3.1+deb8u2
ii  libpam-runtime                               1.1.8-3.1+deb8u2
ii  libpam-systemd                               215-17+deb8u7
ii  libpam0g                                     1.1.8-3.1+deb8u2
ii  librsvg2-common                              2.40.5-1+deb8u2
ii  libselinux1                                  2.3-2
ii  libsystemd0                                  215-17+deb8u7
ii  libwrap0                                     7.6.q-25
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxau6                                      1:1.0.8-1
ii  libxdmcp6                                    1:1.1.1-1+b1
ii  libxrandr2                                   2:1.4.2-1+b1
ii  lsb-base                                     4.1+Debian13+nmu1
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]                  1:3.14.3-1
ii  mutter [x-window-manager]                    3.14.4-1~deb8u1
ii  policykit-1                                  0.105-15~deb8u2
ii  ucf                                          3.0030
ii  x11-common                                   1:7.7+7
ii  x11-xserver-utils                            7.7+3+b1
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]                  312-2

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi2-core               2.14.0-1
ii  desktop-base               8.0.2
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.12.0-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.12.0-1
ii  x11-xkb-utils              7.7+1
ii  xserver-xephyr             2:1.16.4-1
ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.7+7
ii  zenity                     3.14.0-1

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii  gnome-orca            3.14.0-4+deb8u1
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  3.14.0-1+b1

-- debconf information: