I can reproduce this behaviour on unstable/amd64 with xscreensaver 5.05-3 and 5.07-1 from experimental. It doesn't occur on unstable/i386 (version 5.05-3).
Regarding weird PAM settings, I've made no modifications to the PAM configuration on either system from what the packages provide. What's interesting is that on my laptop, I have a file /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver.pam.11612. Contents: /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver: (this is the same on both i386 and amd64) # # /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver - PAM behavior for xscreensaver # @include common-auth @include common-account /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver.pam.11612 : auth requisite pam_securetty.so auth requisite pam_nologin.so auth optional pam_group.so The additional file doesn't seem to do anything. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

