Re: Screen won't lock in Mate (Also, LXDE)
Posted: 01 Oct 2014, 19:33
Having the same issue in Porteus v30.1 LXDE using xscreensaver-5.29-i486-1_slack14.1.xzm downloaded with USM.
I changed guest user password, but no change.
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guest@porteus:~$ ls -l $(which xscreensaver)
-rwxr-s--x 1 root shadow 229100 Aug 1 15:48 /usr/bin/xscreensaver
guest@porteus:~$ xscreensaver &
[1] 8075
guest@porteus:~$ xscreensaver: 15:24:30: couldn't get password of "guest"
xscreensaver: 15:24:30: couldn't get password of "root"
xscreensaver: 15:24:30: locking is disabled (error getting password).
xscreensaver: 15:24:30: does xscreensaver need to be setuid? consult the manual.