Bug 704025

Summary: Lock screen occasionally non-functional when attempting to unlock
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Christopher Granade <cgranade>
Component: gnome-shellAssignee: Owen Taylor <otaylor>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: fred, jay, maxamillion, opossum1er, otaylor, ouellet.simon, samkraju, walters
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Description Christopher Granade 2011-05-11 21:07:42 UTC
Occasionally, after Gnome Shell locks the screen due to idle time, attempts to unlock the screen by moving the mouse or pressing keyboard keys do not result in the authentication screen being shown to the user. Instead, a black screen is shown with only the clock and username applets. Other ttys are accessible via Alt+F? shortcuts, but the only way I've found to restore the frozen tty is by killing the X server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. Please let me know what log info to enable to assist in solving this problem!

Comment 1 Simon Ouellet 2011-06-19 16:44:34 UTC
I have the exact same problem
I'm using a thinkpad t60 with the r300g driver (Fedora 15)

Comment 2 Jason Wilson 2011-09-21 05:50:45 UTC
Also having same problem - happens to me all the time - not just occasionally.

Comment 3 Jason Wilson 2011-09-21 05:52:33 UTC
Slight amendment actually. If I change to a different virtual screen (Control-Alt-F2) and then back to the X screen then the unlock dialog appears and will successful unlock the screen.

Comment 4 Fred 2012-01-23 05:58:58 UTC
Same here on 3 different systems. Typing the password unlocks the screen though (even if nothing is visible while typing). Oh and this is in F16 (too).

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