Please disreguard the message I just sent. I did a fresh install of Debian and
the screen is locking again even with the patch applied from Martin to Mate
Session Manager. I did all sorts of installing and setting changing when trying
to troubleshoot the bug with the long pause and mate-session-manager when
loggin in. I must have goofed something up with all my troubleshooting because
the screen is locking again and everything is working fine. I apologize for the
noisy incorrect message a few minutes ago. I assumed that that patch or the new
version of mate session manager broke something. Feel free to close this.