Bug 332203

Summary:	Screen is locked but unlock dialog is missing
Product:	kscreensaver	Reporter:	Amichai Rothman <amichai2>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kscreensaver bugs tracking <kscreensaver-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	major	CC:	travisgevans, wbauer1
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Amichai Rothman 2014-03-16 09:42:32 UTC

As of yesterday, when I leave my laptop and return after a while, when I touch the mouse/keyboard the screensaver is turned off but I'm left with a screen with only the default wallpaper and a mouse cursor. Noticably missing is the unlock dialog, since the system is locked.

Luckily, I've found a workaround that allows me to return to the session without a hard restart - going into terminal (ctrl-alt-f1), and running killall 'kscreenlocker_greet'. The when I return to the GUI (ctrl-alt-f1) I see the normal unlock dialog, enter the password and it unlocks properly.


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Amichai Rothman 2014-03-16 09:47:37 UTC

Typo correction: it's 'killall kscreenlocker_greet', and return to GUI via ctrl-alt-f7.

I couldn't find a way to edit the bug description...

Comment 2 Amichai Rothman 2014-03-20 19:18:09 UTC

Additional info: apparently this happens only when an external monitor is connected to the laptop.

Comment 3 Travis Evans 2014-04-06 08:37:26 UTC

I see this if I try to unlock the screen too soon after it kicks in. If the monitors go off, and I immediately activate the mouse/keyboard, I see exactly what the reporter mentions (desktop background and nothing else), and it takes several minutes before the unlock dialog actually appears. Doesn't happen if it's been a couple of minutes or more than the screen has been locked.

Comment 4 Wolfgang Bauer 2014-04-17 06:35:48 UTC

Sounds like a duplicate of bug#329076.

I proposed a fix here:
https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/117091/

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 329076 ***