Re: screensaver login password failed with correct password

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:25:52 +0800, lina wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:

>> I would first create a new user, login with it and check if
>> xscreensaver works for there just to discard a problem with the package
>> itself.

> Thanks for your suggestions.
> 
> It's pretty weird, the new user even don't need password. (maybe not
> weird, I spent some time trying to find where I can set "asking password
> during waking up from screensaver, but in vain.")

I neither can tell where to config this, nor in xfce nor in gnome :-)

>>> Form http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466741 I
>>> couldn't find the  libpam-foreground  package.
>>
>> That bug is quite old. What's your "gnome-screensaver" version?
> 
> I just "update" this bug (I mean, I file a bugreport minutes ago),

This one, right?

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=663227

> The xscreensaver is the latest version, for sid and wheezy they are the
> same version.
> 
> I don't have gnome-screensaver?

Okay, I didn't realize you were using xfce4 instead gnome so maybe the 
other bug does not apply for you.

>> Also, as mentioned there, check your "/etc/shadow" file permissions.

Did you also check this?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón