[ale] xscreensaver problem

[lists at serioustechnology.com (Geoffrey)]

Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 22:35 -0500, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> is it xscreensaver on one specific to gnome or kde? The gnome one has
>> been flakey on occasion with passwords.
> 
> I have this happen to me every once in a while as well.  Whenever it
> happens, I've got two screensaver-dialog processes running.  One of them
> seems to be hung and seems to be the culprit.  Only started happening
> for me after moving to F11 (and now F12).  Since I also moved to 64 bit
> systems at that time, I'm not sure if it relates to that.  Next time it
> happens, I'll try and diagnose it further...  And to answer your
> question, yeah, it's the gnome one.

I'll have to look to see if I have two running as well.  When I can't 
log in, I simply go to the vt and killall xscreensaver.

> 
> Mike
> 
>>> On Feb 2, 2010 9:19 PM, "Geoffrey" <lists at serioustechnology.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> For whatever reason, every now and again, xscreensaver goes brain
>>> dead
>>> and won't accept my password.  I have to switch to a virtual
>>> terminal,
>>> kill the process, then go back to X and restart it.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any idea why it does that?
>>>
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>>> Until later, Geoffrey
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-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson