CentOS 5, gnome-screensaver and password amnesia?

[jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org (Jarod Wilson)]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Scott Ehrlich <srehrlich-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I've built some CentOS 5.5 64-bit systems straight off the DVD, full
> installs, and the Gnome screen lock (manually invoked or automatically
> via the gnome-screensaver) does not allow the user to unlock the
> screen. ?The only fix appears to be ctrl-alt-F<1 - 5> then have the
> user log into the tty session, type pkill -f gnome-screensaver, log
> out, then ctrl-alt-f7 to return to X.
>
> These systems are standalone, so there is no option to remote in, and
> the display is never unplugged from the system as some of the RedHat
> bugzilla reports show.
>
> I did try a yum update but the problem persists, so I suspect the
> issue has not been fixed, or if it has, has not been released via the
> yum default locations.
>
> The screensaver and manual screenlock options must be enabled, so
> disabling them is not an option.
>
> I've also developed a cron job to restart gnome-screensaver every few minutes.
>
> I've got other systems, built back when CentOS 5.0 was out, that do
> not experience this problem. ?I've built newer systems with CentOS 5.4
> and 5.5, yum updates, and I don't think they have experienced the
> problem either. ? I _think_ the issue, thus far, appears to be a full
> install of all packages from the DVD, which is how I build various
> standalones.
>
> Does anyone have an update on when this will officially be fixed?

Well, someone has to file a bug with Red Hat before it even has a
chance of being fixed. If the problem isn't in Red Hat's bugzilla,
fixing it isn't on anyone's radar.


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Jarod Wilson
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