I was experiencing similar problems to post #32 above using VMware Player 6, latest version.
Dual monitors. I don't recall seeing the problem with only one, i.e. the built-in laptop one. Problem did not occur every time - only after some varying amount of run time. AFAIK I don't use ldap, but I will look later. I will post auth.log later. ~$ dpkg -l unity Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-====================-===============-===============-============================================== ii unity 7.2.4+14.04.201 amd64 Interface designed for efficiency of space and ~$ My workaround was to send a hangup signal to compiz from VT1. I say was because as of three kernel updates ago, the problem has become worse. Now when the screen timeout occurs when my mouse is on the Win7 VMware VM, when I move the mouse to the host screen (which is the built-in one), the login session crashes and restarts as if I sent ctrl- alt.backspace, thus wiping out all running apps. Needless to say, this is an unworkable situation. I am happy to provide any helpful information I can to help target this problem. Let me know if my situation belongs in different/another bug report. FYI, I much prefer the old bug. I might try reverting kernel releases using grub and see if that helps. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311316 Title: After locking screen there is no input field to type password for unlock Status in Unity: Fix Released Status in Unity 7.2 series: Fix Released Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: *** IMPORTANT ** *** The fix is not included in TRUSTY. Will be included with next SRU. *** If you can reproduce this bug please be sure to provide the following info: 1. Do you use a multi-head setup? If yes, using just one monitor fixes the issue? 2. Can you reproduce all the time? 3. Do you use ldap? If yes, using gnome-screensaver fix the issue (see comment #115) can you still reproduce that? 4. Please consider posting /var/log/auth.log (at least part of it, should not contain sensitive information) 5. Please specify the unity version *** END IMPORTANT ** Sometimes (but not always) after locking the screen there is the situation not having any input field where I can type the password to unlock the session again. The shaded gray area simply does not have the input field. I can't do anything, I have to switch to text console and stop/start lightdm service to cure the problem loosing all of my session :( ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 22 22:17:57 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-03 (780 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-10-18 (186 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1311316/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
