I don't know where the problem lies, but it's not in xscreensaver. Something, possibly your panel, is holding the mouse grabbed. There is no way for xscreensaver to function if it can't get a mouse grab.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xscreensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1319418 Title: Locking the screen over lxpanel results in an error Status in xscreensaver package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm using Ubuntu 14.10 dev with lxde-common 0.5.0-4ubuntu4 and xscreensaver 5.26-1ubuntu1 and after upgrading xscreensaver from version 5.15 to 5.26 I'm noticing that locking over lxpanel does make some problems. Here is my panel entry: Plugin { type = launchbar Config { Button { id=lxde-screenlock.desktop } Button { id=lxde-logout.desktop } } } If I'm now clicking the "id=lxde-screenlock.desktop" button nothing happens for several seconds and then xscreensaver locks the screen but shows the error message "couldn't grab pointer (AlreadyGrabbed)" and mouse movements doesn't popup the input fields anymore (but the keyboard is still recognized). Using "xscreensaver-command -lock" manually works fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/1319418/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
