On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:56:27 -0500 JtWdyP <[email protected]> said: > > I had a shortcut set to the "lock" function in the keyboard shortcut > settings with my desktop's opensuse, where E17 is provided by the factory > repo that is supposed to use stable releases of E17... > > I locked the screen with the shortcut and it seemed to be working > correctly. The little input box in the middle of the screen registered > each keystroke of my user password with a bullet symbol. But when I hit > enter it insisted that my password was invalid. I used <ctrl>+<alt>+<F3> to > try the same passwd at tty3's passwd prompt. It worked there, proving it > wasn't a keyboard issue {or a case of brain flatulence for that matter} > I wound up having to crash out of X... Which bothers me mostly because > recovering the half dozen files I was editing in various xterms with vim > was aggravating... > > I don't know why this happened but my solution was to install xlockmore and > then use the settings>screen>screen lock setting to use xlock, which has no > problem recognizing my passwd... > > Any idea why E's own screenlock function didn't recognize it???
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