Hardy when locking desktop, sometimes password box doesn't come up

[Rob Beard]

Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver

Most of the time when I lock my desktop (or when the screensaver kicks in) I am able to log back into the desktop by moving the mouse or pressing a key and then entering the password.

However sometimes, usually when the screen has been locked overnight or for a couple of hours, I'm unable to log back in. I move the mouse or press a key and the mouse pointer appears but the password box doesn't come up.

On half of the occasions that this happens I'm able to enter the password and the screen unlocks, however on a couple of occasions I press any key, enter my password etc and I just get a beep. I have to force the X session to close (using the good old Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) but it's a bit frustrating if I leave anything running.

I'm not sure if it helps but I am running the Nvidia GLX New driver on a Geforce 6200GS (PCI Express) with Xinerama enabled with two screens (one monitor and a HDTV to the right hand side).

Here's my xorg.conf:

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildd@yellow) Tue Mar 4 20:28:57 UTC 2008

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder26) Thu Feb 14 18:13:41 PST 2008
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
    Screen 1 "Screen1" 1280 0
    InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

# Removed Option "Xinerama" "1"
# Removed Option "Xinerama" "0"
    Option "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    Driver "mouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    VendorName "Unknown"
    ModelName "Acer AL1714"
    HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0
    VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor1"
    VendorName "Unknown"
    ModelName "PhilipsTV (5)"
    HorizSync 31.0 - 80.0
    VertRefresh 47.0 - 85.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Configured Video Device"
    Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Videocard0"
    Driver "nvidia"
    VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName "GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS"
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Videocard1"
    Driver "nvidia"
    VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName "GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS"
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "Configured Video Device"
    Monitor "Configured Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "NoLogo" "True"
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Videocard1"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "TwinView" "0"
    Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen1"
    Device "Videocard0"
    Monitor "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "TwinView" "0"
    Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
EndSection

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for your report, is this still an issue with Intrepid?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.