Please close this bug, as I have found the cause of the issue - it was a
human error, many apologies for wasting your time.
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unable to authenticate on workstation after auto locking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/362867
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Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gdm
Description:Ubuntu 9.04
Release:9.04
After the workstation has been locked and left for a short period of
time, I am unable to authenticate to unlock the workstation using the
standard unlock procedure.
The only way I could authenticate