On Wednesday 23 April 2008, John P. Burkett wrote: > Since doing "emerge -D -uav system" and "emerge -D -uav world" last > Saturday, I have noticed that my x86 machine locks itself up whenever > the keyboard and mouse are idle for about 10 minutes. Unlocking it is > simply a matter of typing the user's password. However, the frequency > with which I have to unlock the system is annoying. I would like to > either deactivate the locking system or increase the period of > inactivity allowed before the system locks. Unfortunately, I don't > know whether the locking is done by gentoo, x11, fluxbox, or some > other component of my system. My only clue is the appearance of the > locked screen: In the center of the screen there is a rectangle, > within which appear, from top to bottom, the user's name, the > machine's name, a blank for the user's password, and finally three > buttons labeled "switch user," "cancel," and "unlock." I would be > very grateful for suggestions about how to discover what program is > locking the system and how to change its behavior.
I get something like this every so often with e17. Very annoying. A good start would be to find out what launched the password dialog. When it next happens, switch to a virtual console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and log in as root. Run 'ps axf' and identify the offending process. It's likely 'gksudo' or such. The name of it's parent tells you where to start looking next -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- [email protected] mailing list
