[7437] in SIPB bug reports
Re: xscreensaver bugs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Sat Dec 11 14:17:14 1999
To: chad brown <yandros@MIT.EDU>
Cc: sipb-office@MIT.EDU, bug-sipb@MIT.EDU, yandros@MIT.EDU, jhbrown@ai.MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 11 Dec 1999 14:16:52 -0500
In-Reply-To: chad brown's message of Sat, 11 Dec 1999 10:15:23 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <sjmpuwdwamz.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
I noticed something like this when I was in the office the other week.
The bug I noticed is that it doesn't popup the window to ask for your
password and it appears to just hang.. But if you actually type in
your password it will release the screen properly.
-derek
chad brown <yandros@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
>
> Hullo.
>
> We've seen a report on bug-sipb that xscreensaver ``craps out after 30
> seconds or so'', apparently more-or-less confirmed on xcb. Since I'm
> not getting around to the office much, and since xscreensaver is
> arguably one of the most commonly used programs in sipb, I'd
> appreciate it if people could test it out on various platforms, both
> with and without customizations. NOTE: it's been indicated that the
> bug causes xscreensaver to hang, which may make it difficult to regain
> access to your session, so be sure that you're able to safely reboot
> if it does prove to have problems.
>
> Please report any bugs to bug-sipb. (duh)
>
> chad
>
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