Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:32:54 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: After upgrades last week, gnome-screensaver fails Message-ID: <20090608163254.A1CE91CC0E@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:23:40 EDT." <1244478221.19104.111.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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> From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> > Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:23:40 -0400 > > On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 08:40 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Since a ports upgrade last week (while on vacation), something broke on > > multiple systems in the gnome-screensaver. All ports are now current and > > I have no other problems, but the screensaver keeps locking me out of my > > system. > > > > The system locks normally, but it just puts up the background pattern > > and draws the input box to allow the entry of the password. Then it goes > > back to black (My screensaver is "Blank Screen".) Pressing a key > > repeats, but it does not accept input, so I can't unlock the display. > > This happens after gdm is upgraded. You will need to logout, restart > gdm, then log back in. I don't think so. I don't run gdm. I 'startx'. And, at least one system, my laptop, has re-booted multiple times since the upgrades. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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