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Old 05-24-2010, 09:14 AM   #1
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Cannot lock screen after updates


I did some updates yesterday and now I cannot lock my screen via the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+L) or the panel.

Using fedora 12 and gnome.

Here is the Yum log for the updates...

May 23 10:35:29 Updated: transmission-common-1.93-1.fc12.i686
May 23 10:35:34 Updated: initscripts-9.02.2-1.i686
May 23 10:35:34 Updated: transmission-cli-1.93-1.fc12.i686
May 23 10:35:37 Updated: transmission-gtk-1.93-1.fc12.i686
May 23 10:35:38 Updated: 12:dhclient-4.1.1-16.fc12.i686
May 23 10:35:39 Updated: 2:tar-1.22-13.fc12.i686
May 23 10:35:41 Updated: stunnel-4.33-1.fc12.i686
May 23 10:35:41 Updated: system-setup-keyboard-0.7-3.fc12.i686
May 23 10:35:46 Updated: groff-1.18.1.4-21.fc12.i686
May 23 10:35:48 Updated: ppp-2.4.5-8.fc12.i686
May 23 10:35:49 Updated: transmission-1.93-1.fc12.i686
May 23 10:35:51 Updated: logwatch-7.3.6-51.fc12.noarch
May 23 10:35:52 Updated: 3:ypbind-1.20.4-23.fc12.i686
May 23 10:35:53 Updated: yp-tools-2.9-9.fc12.i686




Any ideas?
 
Old 05-24-2010, 09:41 AM   #2
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It looks like you had keyboard updates. Probably the only one of those that could affect it that way. Did you restart X or reboot after your updates?

My first guess was that xscreensaver was disabled, but that wasn't one of the updates.
 
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It looks like you had keyboard updates. Probably the only one of those that could affect it that way. Did you restart X or reboot after your updates?

My first guess was that xscreensaver was disabled, but that wasn't one of the updates.
Thanks for the suggestions. I noticed the keyboard updates, but I can not lock the screen through the panel either.

Also how do I check if xscreensaver is disabled or not? It does not seem to exist on my system
 
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$ ps -Al | grep -i "saver"

I normally start mine manually when I need to lock the screen. But I'm a bit of a minimalist. If I'm not actively using it (or couldn't find some way to disable it), I'm not running it. To include cron, inetd, and other staples.
 
Old 05-24-2010, 08:50 PM   #6
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$ ps -Al | grep -i "saver"

I normally start mine manually when I need to lock the screen. But I'm a bit of a minimalist. If I'm not actively using it (or couldn't find some way to disable it), I'm not running it. To include cron, inetd, and other staples.

Thanks shadow, but there are no processes with that name.
 
Old 05-25-2010, 11:02 AM   #7
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Is gnome-screensaver (or any X screensaver) running?
 
Old 05-25-2010, 11:10 AM   #8
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Is gnome-screensaver (or any X screensaver) running?
No, I have been starting gnome-screensaver by hand everytime I start the PC. In gconf-editor it is set to start. Any ideas?
 
Old 05-26-2010, 04:41 AM   #9
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Which could be your problem. No screen saver, no locking mechanism. I have to enable xscreensaver before I can lock my X session. But I'm running IceWM.
 
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Which could be your problem. No screen saver, no locking mechanism. I have to enable xscreensaver before I can lock my X session. But I'm running IceWM.
Yes, I understand that is my problem, I just can not figure out how to get it to start at boot. I can add it to rc.local or something similar, but I would rather fix the problem instead of using a work around.

Any ideas?
 
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dpkg --purge --force-all xscreensaver
apt-get install xscreensaver

Or maybe some form of dpkg-reconfigure. Is changing your background image a work around? You could always add it to .xinitrc or something. Or if you're running KDE it has some administrative control (kontrol) abilities to set that setting. It's not really a work around, just how your system is configured. You changed some apps and it changed your configuration. With a little bit of knowledge you can track down who/what changed. Not that it'd be a good use of time, but it'd let you know which package maintainer caused you some grief.
 
  


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