Bug#887723: mate-screensaver: the screen stays darken and desktop not available anymore

Fri Jan 19 12:57:31 UTC 2018

Hi!

On  Fr 19 Jan 2018 12:20:11 CET, Joël Krähemann wrote:

> Package: mate-screensaver
> Version: 1.18.2-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: the desktop must be available
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I have installed mate-desktop and its screensaver. The screen
> stays darken after a while it was darken. Hitting my Logitech
> USB wireless keyboard doesn't show up login screen.
>
> Only way out is to restart lightdm:
>
> `systemctl restart lightdm`
>
> This possibily leads to data loss.
>
> Best regards,
> Joël
>

Can you try other input devices for un-blackening the screensaver?  
Mouse movement, other USB ticket, etc.?

Work-around for unlockable screensaver. CTRL+ALT+F2 (console tty), log  
in as same user and then killall mate-screenaver.

Mike
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