- check if the cinnamon-screensaver is actually running, most of the time when I was having this issue it was in endless loop - a simple `pgrep -lf cinnamon-screensaver` should do.
- if it is not running start it in debug mode with `cinnamon-screensaver --debug &>~/cinnamon-screensaver-debug.log`
- then make sure that it's actually working (e.g. lock the screen with ctrl+alt+l)
Then the next time you stumble upon the same issue you'd have a debug log to attach here, which has much higher value for fixing the issue (opposite to the rant above). :)
@flan_suse, please do the following:
- check if the cinnamon- screensaver is actually running, most of the time when I was having this issue it was in endless loop - a simple `pgrep -lf cinnamon- screensaver` should do. screensaver --debug &>~/cinnamon- screensaver- debug.log`
- if it is not running start it in debug mode with `cinnamon-
- then make sure that it's actually working (e.g. lock the screen with ctrl+alt+l)
Then the next time you stumble upon the same issue you'd have a debug log to attach here, which has much higher value for fixing the issue (opposite to the rant above). :)
Best,
T.