F18...Firefox is crazy about passwords

[antonio]

Patrick O'Callaghan ha scritto / said the following    il giorno/on 
09/02/2013 00:09:
> On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 23:05 +0100, antonio wrote:
>> Patrick O'Callaghan ha scritto / said the following    il giorno/on
>> 08/02/2013 23:02:
>>> On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 22:41 +0100, antonio montagnani wrote:
>>>> Since yesterday I am experiencing problems in password management, most
>>>> stored password are not recognized, and if if I digit password by hands
>>>> they are not recognized.
>>>> Any help???? (I cannot access to Amazon, etc, etc...)
>>>
>>> Has your keyboard map changed? Check that you can type correctly into a
>>> terminal session, including upper-case, numbers, symbols etc. (e.g. try
>>> typing your password as long as no-one is looking).
>>>
>>> poc
>>>
>>
>> keyboard map is o.k, I am using Firefox 18.0.2, and I am experiencing
>> same problems also in Windows!!!
>
> So it's unlikely to be the password store (unless you use an online one
> like LastPass). What about other browsers (Chrome etc.)?
>
> Try a different machine to make sure your passwords haven't been changed
> (e.g. by an intruder).
>
> Try the same keyboard on a different machine if possible. Could be a kb
> hardware problem.
>
> poc
>
tested from another computer and also with different OS. Same results, 
some sites cannot be accessed and I get strange behaviour from sites, 
i.e. password is not read. Tried with Firefox, Seamonkey and Epiphany.



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