diff -up gdm-2.20.5/gui/greeter/greeter_canvas_item.c.stupid-bullets gdm-2.20.5/gui/greeter/greeter_canvas_item.c
--- gdm-2.20.5/gui/greeter/greeter_canvas_item.c.stupid-bullets	2008-04-07 16:29:38.000000000 -0400
+++ gdm-2.20.5/gui/greeter/greeter_canvas_item.c	2008-04-24 10:00:00.000000000 -0400
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ greeter_item_create_canvas_item (Greeter
       gtk_entry_set_invisible_char (GTK_ENTRY (entry), 0);
     else if (gdm_config_get_bool (GDM_KEY_ENTRY_CIRCLES))
       gtk_entry_set_invisible_char (GTK_ENTRY (entry), 0x25cf);
+    else
+      gtk_entry_set_invisible_char (GTK_ENTRY (entry), 0x2022);
 
     gtk_widget_modify_font (entry, item->data.text.fonts[GREETER_ITEM_STATE_NORMAL]);