On 06/26/2017 06:09 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 07:23:10PM -0600, Ralph Katz wrote: >> While purging xscreensaver removed 2 or 3 packages, installing now would >> bring in a host of packages, for whatever reason. I don't need a >> screensaver as much as I need the lock. > > I use i3lock, from a terminal, exactly as I used to use "xlock" when > Debian still had that. (I don't use any other part of i3.) > light-locker works fine until the kernel errors make it hard to re-enter my open session. This morning I had to restart lightdm because of the errors: > ralph@spike2 ~$ grep ERROR /var/log/syslog > grep: warning: GREP_OPTIONS is deprecated; please use an alias or script > Jun 26 06:00:19 spike2 kernel: [49759.456083] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_commit_cleanup_done [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:26:pipe A] flip_done timed out > Jun 26 06:01:59 spike2 kernel: [49859.296184] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_commit_cleanup_done [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:26:pipe A] flip_done timed out > Jun 26 06:07:08 spike2 kernel: [50168.544120] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_commit_cleanup_done [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:26:pipe A] flip_done timed out > Jun 26 06:10:02 spike2 kernel: [50342.624077] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_commit_cleanup_done [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:26:pipe A] flip_done timed out ... > ralph@spike2 ~$ grep ERROR /var/log/syslog |wc -l > grep: warning: GREP_OPTIONS is deprecated; please use an alias or script > 24 > ralph@spike2 ~$ The workaround is don't blank or sleep. ;-)
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