[Bug 62983] With multiple monitors, screen can be locked, but unlock dialog won't appear

Brian Rogers brian_rogers at comcast.net
Fri Sep 29 14:15:51 UTC 2006


Public bug reported:

I have a dual-head nVidia card, configured to use my LCD monitor as
screen 0 and my TV as screen 1 (to the left of the monitor). I can lock
the screen, but it only fades to black. Even when a screen saver is set,
it never starts. Instead, the cursor momentarily disappears, then it
reappears.

After this, moving the mouse around does nothing but move the cursor,
and both screens remain completely black except for the cursor. The
interface to unlock the screen never appears and typing my password
blindly does not work. My only option is to kill the entire session and
log in again.

I have verified, using both the nvidia driver and the nv driver, that a
single-screen configuration does not exhibit this problem. It starts the
screen saver properly when the screen is locked, and allows me to type
my password and unlock it.

This bug is very bad when the screensaver starts automatically after a
period inactivity and locks the screen.

** Affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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With multiple monitors, screen can be locked, but unlock dialog won't appear
https://launchpad.net/bugs/62983




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