11.4 Gnome 3.2 64 Bit Lock Screen Issue

**tomgreene** · 12-Oct-2011, 06:01

I did a fresh install with all patches of 11.4 with Gnome 3.2 and when ever I click lock screen or do a CTRL+ALT+L the desktop freezes. My cursor continues to function but nothing else. I can switch to a virtual terminal and do an init 3 and init 5 again to log in but it becomes a real pain.
It's an issue because I really don't like leaving my laptop unlocked when at a customer.
I can't really seem to find any information in /var/log/messages,warn or Xorg.. where can I start to find out what is going on?

Anyone else having any issues like this?

Thanks!

**malcolmlewis** · 12-Oct-2011, 06:21

Originally Posted by tomgreene

I did a fresh install with all patches of 11.4 with Gnome 3.2 and when
ever I click lock screen or do a CTRL+ALT+L the desktop freezes. My
cursor continues to function but nothing else. I can switch to a virtual
terminal and do an init 3 and init 5 again to log in but it becomes a
real pain.
It's an issue because I really don't like leaving my laptop unlocked
when at a customer.
I can't really seem to find any information in /var/log/messages,warn
or Xorg.. where can I start to find out what is going on?

Anyone else having any issues like this?

Thanks!

Hi
I disabled gnome-screensaver... so you installed from the live cd?

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**malcolmlewis** · 12-Oct-2011, 07:30

Originally Posted by malcolmlewis

Originally Posted by tomgreene

I did a fresh install with all patches of 11.4 with Gnome 3.2 and when
ever I click lock screen or do a CTRL+ALT+L the desktop freezes. My
cursor continues to function but nothing else. I can switch to a virtual
terminal and do an init 3 and init 5 again to log in but it becomes a
real pain.
It's an issue because I really don't like leaving my laptop unlocked
when at a customer.
I can't really seem to find any information in /var/log/messages,warn
or Xorg.. where can I start to find out what is going on?

Anyone else having any issues like this?

Thanks!

Hi
I disabled gnome-screensaver... so you installed from the live cd?

You can also try the commands here;
https://live.gnome.org/GnomeScreensa...at_can_I_do.3F

It gets to fading out for me, then locks so there is a bug somewhere...

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**tomgreene** · 12-Oct-2011, 08:30

Originally Posted by malcolmlewis

Hi
I disabled gnome-screensaver... so you installed from the live cd?

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I did install off the Live DVD yes.
So you just run unlocked constantly?

**malcolmlewis** · 12-Oct-2011, 09:21

Originally Posted by tomgreene

malcolmlewis;2393010 Wrote:
> Hi
> I disabled gnome-screensaver... so you installed from the live cd?
>
> --
> Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
> openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop
> up 2 days 12:18, 4 users, load average: 0.70, 0.27, 0.25
> GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 280.13

I did install off the Live DVD yes.
So you just run unlocked constantly?

Hi
Yup at the moment, the netbook doesn't travel to anywhere i need to
lock. Still investigating, the fade out doesn't complete hence the
freeze...

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**tomgreene** · 12-Oct-2011, 09:31

Originally Posted by malcolmlewis

Hi
Yup at the moment, the netbook doesn't travel to anywhere i need to
lock. Still investigating, the fade out doesn't complete hence the
freeze...

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Mine doesn't even start to fade. As soon as the screensaver even thinks about being enabled it stops responding.. frustrating..

**tomgreene** · 12-Oct-2011, 11:52

Originally Posted by tomgreene

Mine doesn't even start to fade. As soon as the screensaver even thinks about being enabled it stops responding.. frustrating..

I found this.. just looks like the dbus-1-glib is too out of date with openSuSE 11.4.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659497

**malcolmlewis** · 12-Oct-2011, 13:02

Originally Posted by tomgreene

tomgreene;2393076 Wrote:
> Mine doesn't even start to fade. As soon as the screensaver even
> thinks about being enabled it stops responding.. frustrating..

I found this.. just looks like the dbus-1-glib is too out of date with
openSuSE 11.4.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659497

Hi
Just did a test build of dbus-1-glib version 0.98 and still no luck, so
there is still something there....

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**tomgreene** · 13-Oct-2011, 06:17

Originally Posted by malcolmlewis

Hi
Just did a test build of dbus-1-glib version 0.98 and still no luck, so
there is still something there....

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Dang. I'm thinking I might switch to Arch for the time being. I have no issues with my Gnome 3.2 install on that.. May have to wait for openSUSE 12 to come out.

**malcolmlewis** · 13-Oct-2011, 06:40

Originally Posted by tomgreene

malcolmlewis;2393195 Wrote:
> Hi
> Just did a test build of dbus-1-glib version 0.98 and still no luck,
> so
> there is still something there....
>

Dang. I'm thinking I might switch to Arch for the time being. I have no
issues with my Gnome 3.2 install on that.. May have to wait for openSUSE
12 to come out.

Hi
12.1 beta is there now and work is being done on GS 3.2 stable for 11.4
just a busy time for everyone....

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