Bug#457777: [gnome-screensaver] does not display login-dialog, locking out user

[Sven Arvidsson]

severity 457777 important
thanks

On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 10:00 +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> I also encounter this bug. It is a freshly installed sid system and each
> time (three all in all), the dialog to enter the password is not
> displayed. I can see the mouse cursor only when moving the mouse, when I
> stop moving the mouse it vanishes.
> 
> As a work-around I did
> 
> System --> Preferences --> Screensaver --> Disable checkbox
> 
> and when I get hit by this bug I do on tty1
> 
> killall gnome-screensaver.
> 
> 
> Please tell me, what other informations you need. And in my opinion the
> severity should be set to important.

Hi,

I'm increasing severity as requested. 

The gnome-screensaver FAQ have a few suggestions when it comes to bugs; 
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeScreensaver/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#head-d50bc17e7d6f3a51c4715f02c657195e80e26c2c

You could perhaps try to run g-s in verbose mode from a terminal first,
and later try getting a backtrace if nothing interesting shows up.

Second, it would be interesting if you and anyone else with this bug
could compare configurations:

Does it happen with a specific screensaver (the original reporter
mentioned GL screensavers)?

Do you use Compiz?

Have you a non-standard setup when it comes to PAM?

-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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