Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-10-10 Thread Ric Moore
On 09/27/2014 08:31 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 06:46:49PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: On 09/27/2014 05:34 PM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: On 9/27/14, softwatt softw...@gmx.com wrote: I had a similar issue, and it turned out I was typing the password in the wrong language. If

Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-10-08 Thread lee
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com writes: with lxlock, and after switching to i3lock with the -i option, I found it a great locker for *any* wm/de. Just be careful with outdated versions of i3lock when NumLock comes into play. -- Hallowed are the Debians! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-10-08 Thread lee
softwatt softw...@gmx.com writes: Perhaps we should suggest an xscreensaver update, where the capslock status and the current language are shown next to the password input. This should be trivial to implement. +NumLock, and correct handling of NumLock A password starting with a tilde can

Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-09-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
softwatt softw...@gmx.com writes: I had a similar issue, and it turned out I was typing the password in the wrong language. If you use multiple languages, Try pressing ALT+SHIFT (The default language switch) and retrying. You may need to do it multiple times if you have multiple languages.

Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-09-28 Thread softwatt
On 09/28/2014 01:46 AM, Ric Moore wrote: On 09/27/2014 05:34 PM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: On 9/27/14, softwatt softw...@gmx.com wrote: I had a similar issue, and it turned out I was typing the password in the wrong language. If you use multiple languages, Try pressing ALT+SHIFT (The default

Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-09-28 Thread softwatt
On 09/28/2014 03:31 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 06:46:49PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: Great Minds! The only thing the user sees is black dots. :) Ric You don't even get to see those AFAIR. Wrong. One does see black dots, see attachment. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-09-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
Recently, my Debian stable system started to refuse my password when I want to unlock my screen. Most users on the system use Gnome 3 and their lock screen works OK (thank god), but I use XFCE and xscreensaver and this one has recently decided that it can't accept any passwords any more. I

Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-09-27 Thread softwatt
I had a similar issue, and it turned out I was typing the password in the wrong language. If you use multiple languages, Try pressing ALT+SHIFT (The default language switch) and retrying. You may need to do it multiple times if you have multiple languages. If that is not your issue, I am

Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-09-27 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 9/27/14, softwatt softw...@gmx.com wrote: I had a similar issue, and it turned out I was typing the password in the wrong language. If you use multiple languages, Try pressing ALT+SHIFT (The default language switch) and retrying. You may need to do it multiple times if you have multiple

Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-09-27 Thread Ric Moore
On 09/27/2014 04:41 PM, softwatt wrote: I had a similar issue, and it turned out I was typing the password in the wrong language. If you use multiple languages, Try pressing ALT+SHIFT (The default language switch) and retrying. You may need to do it multiple times if you have multiple languages.

Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-09-27 Thread Ric Moore
On 09/27/2014 05:34 PM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: On 9/27/14, softwatt softw...@gmx.com wrote: I had a similar issue, and it turned out I was typing the password in the wrong language. If you use multiple languages, Try pressing ALT+SHIFT (The default language switch) and retrying. You may need

Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-09-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 06:46:49PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: On 09/27/2014 05:34 PM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: On 9/27/14, softwatt softw...@gmx.com wrote: I had a similar issue, and it turned out I was typing the password in the wrong language. If you use multiple languages, Try pressing

Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-09-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 06:45:26PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: On 09/27/2014 04:41 PM, softwatt wrote: I had a similar issue, and it turned out I was typing the password in the wrong language. If you use multiple languages, Try pressing ALT+SHIFT (The default language switch) and retrying. You may

Re: Can't unlock the screensaver

2014-09-27 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:42:33 -0400 Stefan Monnier monn...@iro.umontreal.ca wrote: Recently, my Debian stable system started to refuse my password when I want to unlock my screen. Most users on the system use Gnome 3 and their lock screen works OK (thank god), but I use XFCE and