[CentOS] CentOS 7.1 user login screen can't scroll up/down

[David Both]

Can you use the page-down and arrow keys to navigate the list? Which Display 
Manager ( [kxg]dm ) are you using? Try a different one if the keyboard 
navigation does not work.

On 04/09/2015 09:17 AM, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote:
> After we upgraded our CentOS 7.0 desktops to CentOS 7.1, a critical error in 
> the graphical login screen has appeared on all 7.1 machines:
>
> We have 100+ users defined in /etc/passwd, and a list of names is presented on 
> the initial login screen.  However, it's impossible to scroll up or down in 
> this user list to select the desired user.  The middle mouse button seems to 
> be disabled, so scrolling has become impossible!  One can use the left and 
> right mouse buttons to select one of the users in view, but no one else.
>
> This seems definitely to be a critical bug in CentOS 7.1.
>
> Workarounds:
>
> 1. Log in non-graphically using Ctrl-Alt-F2, then run the command startx.
>
> 2. Trim down /etc/passwd to 1 (or a few) relevant users.
>
>
> -- 
>
>
> *********************************************************
> David P. Both, RHCE
> Millennium Technology Consulting LLC
> Raleigh, NC, USA
> 919-389-8678
>
> dboth at millennium-technology.com
>
> www.millennium-technology.com
> www.databook.bz - Home of the DataBook for Linux
> DataBook is a Registered Trademark of David Both
> *********************************************************
> This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by the National
> Security Agency (NSA) in secret. The parties to this email do not consent to the
> retrieving or storing of this communication and any related metadata, as well as
> printing, copying, re-transmitting, disseminating, or otherwise using it. If you
> believe you have received this communication in error, please delete it
> immediately.
>