Ubuntu
xscreensaver package

does not allow entering password after lock

Bug #352751 reported by Micah Gersten
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xscreensaver (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xscreensaver

If I click the lock icon, the screen will lock, but not allow me to enter the password unless I hit CTRL-ALT-F[1-6]. It then jumps me back to the GDM display and I can enter my password.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: xscreensaver 5.07-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xscreensaver
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :
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j.scott.gwin@gmail.com (j.scott.gwin) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this issue, it helps make Ubuntu better. Confirmed.

Changed in xscreensaver:
status: New → Confirmed
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Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.

This bug is present in Xubuntu 10.04 also.

 Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

Changed in xscreensaver (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Triaged
tags: added: lucid
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