Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:59:20 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu> To: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> Cc: Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome-screensaver wirdness Message-ID: <4A2E86D8.9080501@missouri.edu> 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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Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > JMC> > > on a couple of my workstations, after portupgrading, I've found that > JMC> > > gnome-screensaver after activating renders X unusable, as it shows desktop with > JMC> > > password dialog box for fraction of second, then blanks it back. Killing > JMC> > > gnome-xscreensaver from other console helps, but it does not seem for me to be > JMC> > > a solution. > JMC> > > > JMC> > > previously, I found it would be glitches with hald/dbus, and step-by-step > JMC> > > shutdown of these services and then starting them helped, but now it's not the > JMC> > > case: even reboot does not fix this. > JMC> > > > JMC> > > Any hints? Thanks! > JMC> > > JMC> > I see this periodically when doing port updates. I think that it has to > JMC> > do with re-installing either gnome-screensaver or consolekit. A reboot > JMC> > has always solved it for me. > JMC> > JMC> Actually, it's gdm. Every time gdm gets updated, you need to logout of > JMC> GNOME, restart gdm, then log back in. > > Well, this scheme helped all the times before, but now it at least seems it > does not. I'll try to test it again after returning home and report back the > results. > > Thanks! I thought I would chime in with a "me too." I updated ports yesterday, then rebooted the machine. I only observed this when the screen saver is password locked.
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