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Old 07-03-2010, 09:17 AM   #1
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Screensaver password not being asked for


Hi all,

I have a bizarre problem. Slackware64, 13.1, Xfce: Sreensaver is configured to Lock Screen After 5 minutes. This works fine. My problem is that 90% of the time, when I go to wake the screensaver, it won't ask for a password and won't come out of screensaver. The only reliable method I have for getting the password prompt is to switch to a console and then switch back to the X session. Then, the screen saver doesn't display, it just asks for a password. If I move the mouse when the screensaver is active, the screensaver animation freezes for ~20s and then resumes. If I touch a key (Esc, Shift, space, Enter), the animation freezes for ~30s and then resumes. I never see the Enter Password dialog. Screensaver is configured for Random. I haven't reliably gotten it to work often enough to offer any info as to when it works, but it has worked a couple of times.

Keyboard and mouse are configured properly (HAL reports "Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard" for my Logitech Elite keyboard and X uses xkbrules evdev; the mouse is an MX Laser, identified as "Macintosh mouse button emulation").

Thoughts?
TIA,
dnm
 
Old 07-04-2010, 05:00 AM   #2
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Does it do this if you Ctrl==>Alt==>Del, locking the screen manually?
 
Old 07-04-2010, 03:10 PM   #3
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It did regardless of whether it timed out to start the screen saver or I did Ctrl-Alt-Del to start the screen saver. I made a change and enabled power management to turn the screen off 10 minutes after the screen saver kicks in and the problem seems to have gone away. Go figure.
 
Old 07-15-2010, 02:11 PM   #4
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The problem seems to be limited to the screen saver being active (i.e. the monitor's not asleep). If the monitor's asleep, moving the mouse or hitting any key will wake the monitor and cause the password dialog to pop up. If the screensaver is active, and I hit anything other than Enter, all input is ignored and I can't login (Ctl-Alt-F1, Ctl-Alt-F8 fixes it, though).
 
  


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