You have been subscribed to a public bug: This is long standing bug and I think it really affects the distribution security as screen locking never occurred despite it is configured by user. The stock Ubuntu gnome desktop has the "activities overview" mode when you press the "window" button. The problem is that xscreensaver can't act in this mode. The app log is:
``` xscreensaver 5.45, copyright (c) 1991-2020 by Jamie Zawinski <[email protected]>. xscreensaver: 07:04:32: running as rus/rus (1000/1000) xscreensaver: 07:04:32: in process 288005. xscreensaver: 07:04:32: running on display ":1" xscreensaver: 07:04:32: vendor is The X.Org Foundation, 12101003. xscreensaver: 07:04:32: useful extensions: xscreensaver: 07:04:32: MIT Screen-Saver (disabled at compile time) xscreensaver: 07:04:32: Shared Memory (1.2) xscreensaver: 07:04:32: Double-Buffering (1.0) xscreensaver: 07:04:32: Power Management (1.2) xscreensaver: 07:04:32: GLX xscreensaver: 07:04:32: XF86 Video-Mode (2.2) xscreensaver: 07:04:32: XC Misc (disabled at compile time) xscreensaver: 07:04:32: Xinerama (1.1) xscreensaver: 07:04:32: Resize-and-Rotate (1.6) xscreensaver: 07:04:32: XInput xscreensaver: 07:04:32: libsystemd xscreensaver: 07:04:32: screen 0 non-colormapped depths: 24. xscreensaver: 07:04:32: WARNING: RANDR and Xinerama report different xscreensaver: 07:04:32: screen layouts! Believing RANDR. xscreensaver: 07:04:32: screens in use: 1 xscreensaver: 07:04:32: 1/0: 5120x1440+0+0 (DisplayPort-0) xscreensaver: 07:04:32: rejected screens: 4 xscreensaver: 07:04:32: 0/0: 0x0+0+0 (eDP) -- enclosed by 1 (5120x1440+0+0) xscreensaver: 07:04:32: 2/0: 0x0+0+0 (DisplayPort-1) -- output disabled xscreensaver: 07:04:32: 3/0: 0x0+0+0 (DisplayPort-2) -- output disabled xscreensaver: 07:04:32: 4/0: 0x0+0+0 (HDMI-A-0) -- output disabled xscreensaver: 07:04:32: selecting RANDR events xscreensaver: 07:04:32: not using XInputExtension. xscreensaver: 07:04:32: not using /proc/interrupts: not on primary console. xscreensaver: 07:04:32: 0: visual 0x21 (TrueColor, depth: 24, cmap: default) xscreensaver: 07:04:32: 0: saver window is 0x600001. xscreensaver: 07:04:32: selecting events on extant windows... done. xscreensaver: 07:04:32: 0: spawning "xscreensaver-systemd -verbose" in pid 288006. xscreensaver-systemd: 07:04:32: failed to connect as org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver: File exists xscreensaver: signal: 0: child pid 288006 (xscreensaver-systemd) exited abnormally (code 1). xscreensaver: 07:04:32: awaiting idleness. xscreensaver: 07:04:47: user is idle (timeout) xscreensaver: 07:04:47: blanking screen at Fri Jul 8 07:04:47 2022. xscreensaver: 07:04:47: 0: grabbing keyboard on 0x6df... AlreadyGrabbed. xscreensaver: 07:04:48: 0: grabbing keyboard on 0x6df... AlreadyGrabbed. xscreensaver: 07:04:49: 0: grabbing keyboard on 0x6df... AlreadyGrabbed. xscreensaver: 07:04:50: 0: grabbing keyboard on 0x6df... AlreadyGrabbed. xscreensaver: 07:04:51: couldn't grab keyboard! (AlreadyGrabbed) xscreensaver: 07:04:51: 0: removing focus from 0x200011 / RevertToPointerRoot. xscreensaver: 07:04:51: 0: grabbing keyboard on 0x6df... AlreadyGrabbed. xscreensaver: 07:04:52: 0: grabbing keyboard on 0x6df... AlreadyGrabbed. xscreensaver: 07:04:53: 0: grabbing keyboard on 0x6df... AlreadyGrabbed. xscreensaver: 07:04:54: 0: grabbing keyboard on 0x6df... AlreadyGrabbed. xscreensaver: 07:04:55: couldn't grab keyboard! (AlreadyGrabbed) xscreensaver: 07:04:55: 0: grabbing mouse on 0x6df... AlreadyGrabbed. xscreensaver: 07:04:56: 0: grabbing mouse on 0x6df... AlreadyGrabbed. xscreensaver: 07:04:57: 0: grabbing mouse on 0x6df... AlreadyGrabbed. xscreensaver: 07:04:58: 0: grabbing mouse on 0x6df... AlreadyGrabbed. xscreensaver: 07:04:59: couldn't grab pointer! (AlreadyGrabbed) xscreensaver: 07:04:59: 0: ungrabbing mouse (was 0x0). xscreensaver: 07:04:59: 0: ungrabbing keyboard (was 0x0). xscreensaver: 07:04:59: unable to grab keyboard or mouse! Blanking aborted. ``` ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: xscreensaver 5.45+dfsg1-2ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 5.18.9-051809-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Jul 8 07:16:44 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-28 (1349 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks. SourcePackage: xscreensaver UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-07-04 (3 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Low Status: Triaged ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy third-party-packages -- xscreensaver never act when desktop is in "activities overview" mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1981043 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
