From: Christine Lemmer-Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
To: Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel@gmail.com>
Cc: 57919-done@debbugs.gnu.org, 57919@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57919: xscreensaver 6.04 "Authentication failed" error with correct password
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:10:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zgarofgr.fsf@dustycloud.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEEhgEt-erdsDLwAvzquzR33W5eK2uUE+Rhy2LSrpskVyYLrNw@mail.gmail.com>
Duplicate of #57071, closing.
(And yes, it's unfortunate. I miss xscreensaver.)
Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel@gmail.com> writes:
> If I attempt to lock the screen, it locks with "xflock" instead of
> xscreensaver. If I run "xscreensaver-demo", I get
>
> "The XScreenSaver daemon doesn't seem to be running on display ":1.0".
> Launch it now?"
>
> If I click "yes", then xscreensaver starts running when the computer
> is locked, but I get "Authentication failed", and I have to switch
> TTYs and killall xscreensaver to get back into my desktop.
> Config:
> (screen-locker-service xscreensaver "xscreensaver")
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2022-09-19 0:40 bug#57919: xscreensaver 6.04 "Authentication failed" error with correct password Nathan Dehnel
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