GNU bug report logs - #57919
xscreensaver 6.04 "Authentication failed" error with correct password

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Christine Lemmer-Webber <cwebber <at> dustycloud.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57919: closed (xscreensaver 6.04 "Authentication failed"
 error with correct password)
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:12:02 +0000

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Your message dated Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:10:57 -0500
with message-id <87zgarofgr.fsf <at> dustycloud.org>
and subject line Re: bug#57919: xscreensaver 6.04 "Authentication failed" error with correct password
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #57919,
regarding xscreensaver 6.04 "Authentication failed" error with correct password
to be marked as done.

(If you believe you have received this mail in error, please contact
help-debbugs <at> gnu.org.)


-- 
57919: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=57919
GNU Bug Tracking System
Contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org with problems

[Message part 2 (message/rfc822, inline)]

From: Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: xscreensaver 6.04 "Authentication failed" error with correct password
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 19:40:39 -0500

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")

[Message part 3 (message/rfc822, inline)]

From: Christine Lemmer-Webber <cwebber <at> dustycloud.org>
To: Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 57919-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57919: xscreensaver 6.04 "Authentication failed" error with
 correct password
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:10:57 -0500

Duplicate of #57071, closing.

(And yes, it's unfortunate.  I miss xscreensaver.)

Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> 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")

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.