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csharpplus
March 4th, 2011, 04:51 PM
I am using ubuntu 10.04. Over the last couple of days, I am having a weird problem: once the machine gets into screen saver, it is impossible to get it "out".

I see the mouse cursor move as I move it, but the login popup (with user / password) does not show up. Any idea what might be going wrong?

For the time being, I have no choice but to restart the computer in order to be able to resume work. Thanks.

Krytarik
March 4th, 2011, 10:35 PM
Right now I don't have an explanation about it or a real fix to it. I guess you are using "gnome-screensaver", it is a bit buggy at times. If you don't find another solution, try replacing it by "xscreensaver", see my earlier post regarding it:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10385503

Greetings.