Hi Istimsak,
In short, PAM is the module which controls passwords and timeouts. If I
bring up the lock dialog box by hitting spacebar, and don't enter
anything in the boxes or enter wrong values, then PAM concludes that the
login session has failed. The website I give below probably answers my
question, but it's a bit complex. [1]
My problem is, if the dialog box keeps appearing and timing out, then
PAM will prompt more boxes. Normally, PAM will close a box if nothing
is entered or wrong values are entered, but do this only once.
[1]
https://askubuntu.com/questions/513081/how-do-i-change-options-in-pam-configuration
Thanks,
Jordan
On 06/29/2017 12:22 AM, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote:
On Jun 25, 2017 8:38 PM, "JMZ" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi,
Usually my favorite screen-blanking routine is this: cancel out
all screensavers in xscreensaver-demo, and then issue
xscreensaver-command -lock every time I want a locked screen (have
Super+L as the hotkey for this).
In the past screensaver-command -lock would create a blank screen
that would remain blank until spacebar etc. is struck and the lock
dialog box appears.
Now, the lock dialog box is stuck in a viscous circle with PAM.
The lock dialog box always stays "awake" and on-screen until it
times out. Then PAM takes over, box appears, ad infinitum. The
screen never returns to a state when the screen remains black
until a key is struck. Having the lock dialog box and PAM chase
each other is distracting.
If I understand this correctly, when you attempted to "lock" the
screen, the lock dialog box appears, stays on the screen until it
times out, then PAM appears or something related to this I suppose, it
times out and then the lock dialog box appears again with a repeated
result?
What is PAM?
How do I get back to a previous stage where the lock dialog box
only appears when a key is struck? Am I going the wrong way with
my use of xscreensaver-command?
I'm running Aardvark pre-alpha. If this is an early bug, I
deserve running an ultra-unstable version of ubuntu.
Thanks,
Jordan
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