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xscreensaver 6.04 "Authentication failed" error with correct password

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From: Christine Lemmer-Webber <cwebber <at> dustycloud.org>
To: Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 57919-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 57919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: 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")

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