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

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:41:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Christine Lemmer-Webber <cwebber <at> dustycloud.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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")
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