> From: "Simon" <si...@simotek.net>
> To: enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:43:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [e-users] Odd thing with desktop lock function using, opensuse
> factory repo.
>
> On 01/30/2013 05:06 PM,
> enlightenment-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> > On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:56:27 -0500 JtWdyP<jtw...@ttlc.net> said:
> >
> >> >
> >> >I had a shortcut set to the "lock" function in the keyboard
> >> >shortcut
> >> >settings with my desktop's opensuse, where E17 is provided by the
> >> >factory
> >> >repo that is supposed to use stable releases of E17...
> >> >
> >> >I locked the screen with the shortcut and it seemed to be working
> >> >correctly. The little input box in the middle of the screen
> >> >registered
> >> >each keystroke of my user password with a bullet symbol. But when
> >> >I hit
> >> >enter it insisted that my password was invalid. I used
> >> ><ctrl>+<alt>+<F3> to
> >> >try the same passwd at tty3's passwd prompt. It worked there,
> >> >proving it
> >> >wasn't a keyboard issue {or a case of brain flatulence for that
> >> >matter}
> >> >I wound up having to crash out of X... Which bothers me mostly
> >> >because
> >> >recovering the half dozen files I was editing in various xterms
> >> >with vim
> >> >was aggravating...
> >> >
> >> >I don't know why this happened but my solution was to install
> >> >xlockmore and
> >> >then use the settings>screen>screen lock setting to use xlock,
> >> >which has no
> >> >problem recognizing my passwd...
> >> >
> >> >Any idea why E's own screenlock function didn't recognize it???
> > suse's pam setup doesn't allow non-root processes to authenticate
> > passwords?
> > maybe?
> >
> > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am"
> > -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)
> > ras...@rasterman.com
> This was broken in mine a while back but i think it has been fixed
> for
> some which e17 package version are you using? I have
> 0.17.0-21.2-x86_64.
> Second are you using any non default authentication or settings. I'm
> running on a VM that had a vanilla opensuse KDE install and
> enlightenment on top. Finally which efl packages do you have? (Maybe
> a
> dev can tell if thats relevant) I have a few extra packages other
> then
> just e17 and its default dependencies maybe we are still missing
> something? Also make sure theres no mention of lock in
> /etc/enlightenment/sysactions.conf if your setup has been around for
> a
> while and it should be owned by root and in the root group and have
> -rw-r--r-- permissions. Older installs may have had issues with the
> permissions and ownership of this file.
> Cheers,
> Simon
Check for the existence of /etc/pam.d/enlightenment
This was fixed quite a while back @factory repo.
Also if applicable, check the keyboard layout in the screen lock configuration
panel.
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