Ubuntu freezes on "Checking" window after Lock Screen

[Tomas Vigouroux]

Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver

After writing correctly the user password in the lock screen, the system gets stuck on "checking" window. The only way to get the system unlocked is killing the gnome-screensaver process.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-screensaver 2.30.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 6 03:34:49 2010
GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=es_CL.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
WindowManager: gnome-wm
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Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
Package: gnome-screensaver 2.30.0-1ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=es_CL.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Tags: maverick
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
WindowManager: gnome-wm

[Tomas Vigouroux (tvigouroux)]

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[Tomas Vigouroux (tvigouroux)]

$ gconftool-2 --dump /apps/gnome-screensaver /apps/gnome-power-manager /desktop/gnome/session /desktop/gnome/lockdown > screen-locking-debug.xml

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for reporting this issue.

Could you please take a look at the following debugging information?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingScreenLocking

Also, could you please attach your /var/log/auth.log after the problem has occured?

[Jaco (jacotb)]

This also happens to me, on 10.10 i386

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.