Description of problem: I can't unlock xfce lock screen. The password field is not selectable and I can't enter text. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. bring up lock screen 2. 3. Actual results: can't enter password Expected results: Additional info:
This happens on xfce4-screensaver. The other screensaver that ran after killing xfce4-screensaver does not have this issue.
What other screensaver is running? Any other DE installed as well? I am also on Fedora 34 and I have not seen this issue (so far).
xscreensaver is the other screensaver that runs after killing xfce4-screensaver. /usr/bin/xflock4 shows how the session chooses the ss to run. I have gnome installed, sometimes I run a gnome or gnome-classic session.
If I uninstall xfce4-screensaver the problem doesn't happen.
okay, I wonder if two screensavers are running simultaneously. Can you check if gnome-screensaver is running when you are on Xfce?
This happens only if I leave the computer alone, and wait until it locks the screen, rather than choose "lock screen" from the menu on the top right of xfce desktop. Something called gsd-screensaver-proxy is running. While xfce lock screen is hung up, and running in a different tty: ps awux|grep screen chris 3238 0.0 0.5 404652 21660 ? Ssl Apr02 0:02 /usr/bin/xfce4-screensaver chris 3476 0.0 0.1 241832 4372 tty3 S+ Apr02 0:03 xscreensaver -no-splash chris 3613 0.0 0.0 6808 3300 tty3 SN+ Apr02 0:00 xscreensaver-systemd chris 4839 0.0 0.1 448172 5620 ? Sl Apr02 0:00 /usr/libexec/gsd-screensaver-proxy chris 15974 0.6 1.0 795980 42964 ? Sl 09:30 0:00 /usr/libexec/xfce4-screensaver-dialog --monitor=0 --height=768 --width=1366 --enable-switch chris 16834 0.0 0.0 221528 856 pts/2 S+ 09:31 0:00 grep --color=auto screen [chris@fedellia ~]$ /bin/kill -9 3238 After killing xfce lock screen: chris 3476 0.0 0.1 241832 4372 tty3 S+ Apr02 0:03 xscreensaver -no-splash chris 3613 0.0 0.0 6808 3300 tty3 SN+ Apr02 0:00 xscreensaver-systemd chris 4839 0.0 0.1 448172 5620 ? Sl Apr02 0:00 /usr/libexec/gsd-screensaver-proxy chris 17614 0.0 0.0 221528 792 pts/3 S+ 09:35 0:00 grep --color=auto screen
It looks like you also have xscreensaver running in addition to xfce4-screensaver and gnome-screensaver I think what's going on here is several screensavers are competing for focus and one is "winning out" ... If you upgraded from a f33 (or older), you may have xscreensaver installed by default. Can you please remove that and ensure it is not running? I expect gnome screensaver is not running under xfce ... hopefully.
I had similar problem and a solution was to remove xscreensaver-base and dependent packages: ``` sudo dnf remove xscreensaver-base ``` Alternatively, if you prefer xscreensaver, then remove xfce4-screensaver package instead. But there can still be a problem if a computer has more than 1 user that prefer different screensavers. Maybe it should be possible to choose a screensaver application with "xfce4-mime-settings" (Default Applications).
I have this same problem but I think it may be related to lxdm as well as to the screensavers. When I switch to lightdm this problem does not seem to occur. I am also having issues with the window with focus not being responsive after the screensaver is dismissed.
Just disabling the screensavers, which I did yesterday, does not prevent the screen from locking. I disabled both xfce4-screensaver and the xscreensaver. I have removed all (there were three including the cinnamon-screensaver) screensavers. Display power management is still enabled. I will see if this circumvents the problem.
Are we going to solve it or just offer workarounds? Should xfce4-screensaver installation just remove xscreensaver-base? It is possible, right?
solution will be as listed here - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1957658 closing as duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1957658 ***