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Hey all, I have a problem regarding gnome and locking my screen. Any time I lock my screen, my screensaver runs but when I move my mouse the screensaver will ...
  1. 07-15-2007 #1
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    Problem with locking screen (Gnome)

    Hey all,

    I have a problem regarding gnome and locking my screen. Any time I lock my screen, my screensaver runs but when I move my mouse the screensaver will stop but I will not get the dialog box to enter my password. I can type my password and hit enter though and it will work. Any ideas?

    BTW, I am running Gnome 2.18.3 and gnome-screensaver 2.18.2-1.

    Thanks in advance,
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    are running a window decorator other than metacity ? beryl or compiz for example , since it my case , and also do you have a intel vga or ati ?

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    No, I'm just running metacity. I also have an Intel i810 chip.
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    I'm using the i810 driver also , but xscreensaver instead without any problem.

    I remember i had a problem but is not related to this with dropline gnome, the gnome-desktop package so i compile it again with prefix=/usr and just make && make install and this solved my issue, you can try something like this !

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    I could do that but I would prefer not to. I'll use xscreensaver in the meantime. Thanks for the advice!
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