unix_chkpwd abnormal exit: 11; unlock only works on second attempt and switch user
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Unity |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
pam (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This only happens on my Netbook, running UNR 9.10 and 10.04:
Whenever the screen gets locked (timeout, return from standby, manual lock), I try to unlock it but the system rejects my login attempt.
I'm running a dual-language system, but I checked the input language, and it's the right one. In fact, I have several systems running multiple languages, and this ONLY happens on the netbook.
I've checked the logs, and seen the following info in /var/log/auth.log:
Aug 13 16:15:19 jonathan-computer gnome-screensav
Aug 13 16:15:21 jonathan-computer gnome-screensav
Aug 13 16:15:25 jonathan-computer gdm-session-
The only workaround seems to be to click the Switch User button, and then login to my active session again.
summary: |
- Can't unlock screen (login rejected) + unix_chkpwd abnormal exit: 11; unlock only works on second attempt and + switch user |
I believe this is a bug rather than a papercut. The definition of a papercut has two key points:
- A papercut must be a usability bug that is encountered by an average user regularly during their day-to-day computing habits ie browsing the web, checking email, IMing, etc.
- It should be fixable by one developer in one day.
This bug does not fulfil first of these criteria in my opinion, so I am marking it as invalid. An average user is unlikely to be using a multiple monitor setup. This sounds more like a bug in Unity/UNE since it only happens on 9.10 and 10.04. I have marked this bug as affecting Unity.