Retirement tax questions

I got the similar advice from several on this thread.  I don't know if arbitrarily plugging in an amount to satisfy the program will work or not.  I'm very leery of trying it--so I'm not.  Gonna wait for some expert advice from actual TT personnel.  Although I'd like to get my return transmitted & processed as quickly as possible, we've still got a lot of time to submit returns.  I will (reluctantly) wait until TT gets its act together--hopefully sooner than later.