[SunRay-Users] xlock screen locking -

[Craig Bender]

What I don't understand is why the fallback to xlock is not unlocking. 
Granted, it is easy to mess up entering your password using xlock.

Can you try from non-root account? Just open a terminal window and type 
xlock.  Click the mouse, and wait.  You should be prompted for your 
password and it should unlock the screen.

Matthias Ernst wrote:
> Bob Doolittle wrote:
>> Matthias Ernst wrote:
>>> That sounds like a good explanation. I have reenabled the xlock and will
>>> wait for the next time the problem occurs and then look in more detail on
>>> the xscreensaver process. As soon as I have more information, I will
>>> open a service call with Sun and try to get the newest xscreensaver
>>> patch.
>>>   
>> I think this list membership would appreciate you sharing your
>> final conclusions, so folks in future could benefit from
>> your experience.
> 
> Of course I will, but it might take a bit of time. We have a fairly small
> installation (about 24 Sunray stations) and the problem happens only sometimes
> and to some people. My guess is that it might actually be connected to the
> xscreensaver settings of the user. It happened about six times  during the
> first three weeks of January after upgrading the server to the latest Solaris
> 10 release but it has not happened during the last week. So I have to wait
> for the next occurence.
> 
> But even if it only happens sometimes, if it happens to somebody who was
> running a long Mathematica or Matlab calculation and cannot get to their
> results, people are understandably not very happy.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Matthias
>