[xubuntu-users] weird xscreensaver-command doings

[Istimsak Abdulbasir]

On Jun 25, 2017 8:38 PM, "JMZ" <florentior at gmail.com> 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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