Fwd: gnome-screensaver wirdness
Hi all: I sent this mail to Dmitry yesterday but got no confirmation from him, so I'm sending it again to the list. I have googled a bit and some Linux distro have also this problem (at least Kubuntu, Debian and OpenSUSE that I know). Can anybody experiencing the problem try to change the screensaver to a non-OpenGL and try again. Also I remember that, although the lock dialog didn't appear, I could type my password and unlock the screen. If you confirm this error I'm afraid the problem is in the original code for X11 or OpenGL or the screensavers, in which case it wouldn't be a FreeBSD only problem and would have to be corrected in the upstream code. Regards, Ivan -- Forwarded message -- From: Iván Zaera Avellón iza...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:33 PM Subject: Re: gnome-screensaver wirdness To: Dmitry Morozovsky ma...@rinet.ru Hi Dmitry: I'm new to FreeBSD so I don't know the internals of the system, but I'm changing from Debian/Linux and had the same problem some months ago (to add more differences to your case, I had KDE instead of GNOME). In my case it was an interaction between OpenGL, transparency in the video driver, the screensaver and the desktop lock program. The bypass solution I found was to stop using OpenGL screensaver (apart from killing the screen saver or the desktop lock programs from a text console, as you say). I don't know if this can help you because, as I said, my configuration was totally different from yours, but I just wanted to share my solution because the problems looked similar. Hope it helps, Ivan Zaera ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: gnome-screensaver wirdness
On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: DM JMC on a couple of my workstations, after portupgrading, I've found that DM JMC gnome-screensaver after activating renders X unusable, as it shows desktop with DM JMC password dialog box for fraction of second, then blanks it back. Killing DM JMC gnome-xscreensaver from other console helps, but it does not seem for me to be DM JMC a solution. DM JMC DM JMC previously, I found it would be glitches with hald/dbus, and step-by-step DM JMC shutdown of these services and then starting them helped, but now it's not the DM JMC case: even reboot does not fix this. DM JMC DM JMC Any hints? Thanks! DM JMC DM JMC I see this periodically when doing port updates. I think that it has to DM JMC do with re-installing either gnome-screensaver or consolekit. A reboot DM JMC has always solved it for me. DM JMC DM JMC Actually, it's gdm. Every time gdm gets updated, you need to logout of DM JMC GNOME, restart gdm, then log back in. DM DM Well, this scheme helped all the times before, but now it at least seems it DM does not. I'll try to test it again after returning home and report back the DM results. Well, for two contemporary RELENG_7/i386 machines I confirm than ewen after portupgrade -f gdm gnome-screensaver consolekit and subsequent reboot, activating screensaver leads to the effect described earlier. Both machines use VESA X driver, if it's important. -- Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] [ FreeBSD committer: ma...@freebsd.org ] *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- ma...@rinet.ru *** ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Fwd: gnome-screensaver wirdness
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Iv?n Zaera Avell?n wrote: IZA I sent this mail to Dmitry yesterday but got no confirmation from him, IZA so I'm sending it again to the list. I have googled a bit and some IZA Linux distro have also this problem (at least Kubuntu, Debian and IZA OpenSUSE that I know). IZA IZA Can anybody experiencing the problem try to change the screensaver to IZA a non-OpenGL and try again. Also I remember that, although the lock IZA dialog didn't appear, I could type my password and unlock the screen. Well, for me it does not: my screensaver is blank screen -- Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] [ FreeBSD committer: ma...@freebsd.org ] *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- ma...@rinet.ru *** ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: gnome-screensaver wirdness
On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 04:08 +0400, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: Dear colleagues, on a couple of my workstations, after portupgrading, I've found that gnome-screensaver after activating renders X unusable, as it shows desktop with password dialog box for fraction of second, then blanks it back. Killing gnome-xscreensaver from other console helps, but it does not seem for me to be a solution. previously, I found it would be glitches with hald/dbus, and step-by-step shutdown of these services and then starting them helped, but now it's not the case: even reboot does not fix this. Any hints? Thanks! I see this periodically when doing port updates. I think that it has to do with re-installing either gnome-screensaver or consolekit. A reboot has always solved it for me. robert. -- Robert Noland rnol...@freebsd.org FreeBSD signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: gnome-screensaver wirdness
On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 08:14 -0500, Robert Noland wrote: On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 04:08 +0400, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: Dear colleagues, on a couple of my workstations, after portupgrading, I've found that gnome-screensaver after activating renders X unusable, as it shows desktop with password dialog box for fraction of second, then blanks it back. Killing gnome-xscreensaver from other console helps, but it does not seem for me to be a solution. previously, I found it would be glitches with hald/dbus, and step-by-step shutdown of these services and then starting them helped, but now it's not the case: even reboot does not fix this. Any hints? Thanks! I see this periodically when doing port updates. I think that it has to do with re-installing either gnome-screensaver or consolekit. A reboot has always solved it for me. Actually, it's gdm. Every time gdm gets updated, you need to logout of GNOME, restart gdm, then log back in. Joe -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: gnome-screensaver wirdness
On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: JMC on a couple of my workstations, after portupgrading, I've found that JMC gnome-screensaver after activating renders X unusable, as it shows desktop with JMC password dialog box for fraction of second, then blanks it back. Killing JMC gnome-xscreensaver from other console helps, but it does not seem for me to be JMC a solution. JMC JMC previously, I found it would be glitches with hald/dbus, and step-by-step JMC shutdown of these services and then starting them helped, but now it's not the JMC case: even reboot does not fix this. JMC JMC Any hints? Thanks! JMC JMC I see this periodically when doing port updates. I think that it has to JMC do with re-installing either gnome-screensaver or consolekit. A reboot JMC has always solved it for me. JMC JMC Actually, it's gdm. Every time gdm gets updated, you need to logout of JMC GNOME, restart gdm, then log back in. Well, this scheme helped all the times before, but now it at least seems it does not. I'll try to test it again after returning home and report back the results. Thanks! -- Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] [ FreeBSD committer: ma...@freebsd.org ] *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- ma...@rinet.ru *** ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: gnome-screensaver wirdness
Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: JMC on a couple of my workstations, after portupgrading, I've found that JMC gnome-screensaver after activating renders X unusable, as it shows desktop with JMC password dialog box for fraction of second, then blanks it back. Killing JMC gnome-xscreensaver from other console helps, but it does not seem for me to be JMC a solution. JMC JMC previously, I found it would be glitches with hald/dbus, and step-by-step JMC shutdown of these services and then starting them helped, but now it's not the JMC case: even reboot does not fix this. JMC JMC Any hints? Thanks! JMC JMC I see this periodically when doing port updates. I think that it has to JMC do with re-installing either gnome-screensaver or consolekit. A reboot JMC has always solved it for me. JMC JMC Actually, it's gdm. Every time gdm gets updated, you need to logout of JMC GNOME, restart gdm, then log back in. Well, this scheme helped all the times before, but now it at least seems it does not. I'll try to test it again after returning home and report back the results. Thanks! I thought I would chime in with a me too. I updated ports yesterday, then rebooted the machine. I only observed this when the screen saver is password locked. ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
gnome-screensaver wirdness
Dear colleagues, on a couple of my workstations, after portupgrading, I've found that gnome-screensaver after activating renders X unusable, as it shows desktop with password dialog box for fraction of second, then blanks it back. Killing gnome-xscreensaver from other console helps, but it does not seem for me to be a solution. previously, I found it would be glitches with hald/dbus, and step-by-step shutdown of these services and then starting them helped, but now it's not the case: even reboot does not fix this. Any hints? Thanks! -- Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] [ FreeBSD committer: ma...@freebsd.org ] *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- ma...@rinet.ru *** ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
