Alan Steinberg wrote: > Hi Michael. > > I have experienced this too. The screensaver gets locked and just > doesn't come back to give you an unlock prompt. I worked around it by > logging in remotely to the system running the VNC server, and then > killing the xscreensaver that was running. The more permanent solution > would probably be to disable the screensaver in the first place after > logging into the VNC session. If you already need a password to get into > the session, I don't see a point in having an additional screen locking > mechanism.
I agree ... one caveat though: the vnc session uses the same user credentials as my "regular" SWAN session, so if I disable automatic screen locking, I'll most likely forget to re-enable it once I return to my on-SWAN WS ... (but then, I rarely leave my WS without explicitly locking it first ;-) thx Michael > > -- Alan > > michael schuster wrote: >> All, >> >> I hope these are the right places for this question - if not, please >> redirect and keep me on CC. thx. >> >> I've been sucessfully accessing a vnc session running on my >> workstation in Menlo Park for the last few weeks. Today I tried to >> access this session, only to find that I couldn't unlock this session >> if it had been inactive for a few hours. >> >> here's what I did: >> while in the Bay Area >> - logged out of my X session on my workstation (just in case anybody >> wanted to use it ;-) >> - ssh'd into my WS and ran 'vncserver ....' >> - ran 'vncviewer ...' >> all without issue. Unlocking a session that had been idle overnight or >> over the weekend: no problem. >> >> this morning, in Europe, I >> - punched in (to .sfbay) >> - tried the same 'vncviewer ...' command. All I got was a black screen >> (ie the dialog prompting for my password didn't come up) >> - after some time (5 minutes?), I ssh'd into my WS, 'vncserver >> -kill'ed the vnc session, started a new one. >> - 'vncviewer ...' worked fine (if noticably slower, what a surprise ;-) >> - locking and immediately unlocking worked fine. >> - punched out (including killing vncviewer), closed down laptop, left >> for extended lunch break >> - punched back in, vncviewer again shows me only blank screen. I >> waited a little, no change. I even tried remote display of a vncviewer >> running on my WS (it was sluggish), but I didn't get to unlock the >> session. >> >> TIA for any ideas. >> Michael -- Michael Schuster http://blogs.sun.com/recursion Recursion, n.: see 'Recursion'
