Bug#860253: xscreensaver: Password dialog is not visible sometimes

Jamie, I did some more experimentation using other window environments (openbox, KDE, Gnome) and I could not reproduce the invisible dialog. This may just be a caused by the way Xfce handles display changes, but I don't know enough to come to any conclusion.

Bug#860253: xscreensaver: Password dialog is not visible sometimes

Wow, that's really strange. -- Jamie Zawinski https://www.jwz.org/ https://www.dnalounge.com/

Bug#860253: xscreensaver: Password dialog is not visible sometimes

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Jamie Zawinski wrote: > Is the screen completely black? Do you have xscreensaver configured to be > black-only or is it running savers? If you are not running savers, try doing > that, > to see if, when it is in this "invisible" mode, there are any

Bug#860253: xscreensaver: Password dialog is not visible sometimes

Is the screen completely black? Do you have xscreensaver configured to be black-only or is it running savers? If you are not running savers, try doing that, to see if, when it is in this "invisible" mode, there are any pixels visible at all. My guess here is that a bug in your video driver is

Bug#860253: xscreensaver: Password dialog is not visible sometimes

Package: xscreensaver Version: 5.36-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Sometimes when xscreensaver is locked and I move the mouse or touch a key the password dialog does not appear. xscreensaver still responds to the password being entered and unlocked. The mouse cursor is still bounded by