Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:53:48 +0400 (MSD) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome-screensaver wirdness Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906101350190.49870@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906091939190.38250@woozle.rinet.ru> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906090403340.9880@woozle.rinet.ru> <1244553273.60347.1470.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <1244560229.19104.160.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906091939190.38250@woozle.rinet.ru>
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On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: DM> JMC> > > on a couple of my workstations, after portupgrading, I've found that DM> JMC> > > gnome-screensaver after activating renders X unusable, as it shows desktop with DM> JMC> > > password dialog box for fraction of second, then blanks it back. Killing DM> JMC> > > gnome-xscreensaver from other console helps, but it does not seem for me to be DM> JMC> > > a solution. DM> JMC> > > DM> JMC> > > previously, I found it would be glitches with hald/dbus, and step-by-step DM> JMC> > > shutdown of these services and then starting them helped, but now it's not the DM> JMC> > > case: even reboot does not fix this. DM> JMC> > > DM> JMC> > > Any hints? Thanks! DM> JMC> > DM> JMC> > I see this periodically when doing port updates. I think that it has to DM> JMC> > do with re-installing either gnome-screensaver or consolekit. A reboot DM> JMC> > has always solved it for me. DM> JMC> DM> JMC> Actually, it's gdm. Every time gdm gets updated, you need to logout of DM> JMC> GNOME, restart gdm, then log back in. DM> DM> Well, this scheme helped all the times before, but now it at least seems it DM> does not. I'll try to test it again after returning home and report back the DM> results. Well, for two contemporary RELENG_7/i386 machines I confirm than ewen after portupgrade -f gdm gnome-screensaver consolekit and subsequent reboot, activating screensaver leads to the effect described earlier. Both machines use VESA X driver, if it's important. -- Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] [ FreeBSD committer: marck@FreeBSD.org ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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