[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-22 Thread Juergen Schroeder
I tried it with a UID 1001: root: chmod o-r /etc/shadow MyUserName: su - jstest works: Jan 22 08:38:48 xpcubXYZ su[10286]: Successful su for jstest by MyUserName Jan 22 08:38:48 xpcubXYZ su[10286]: + /dev/pts/0 MyUserName:jstest Jan 22 08:38:48 xpcubXYZ su[10286]: pam_unix(su:session): session

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-19 Thread Juergen Schroeder
I have the same problem in karmic. Also in xscreensaver where I come from. I run fvwm not gnome. Behind the password field I see a GBr which I can change to ?? I think this is the keyboard level. Yes I try both. If I switch to ?? and kill the screensaver the xterm left the way the AltGr key

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-19 Thread Juergen Schroeder
Shit I got it. ro...@pcub255:/root ll /etc/shadow -rw-r- 1 root shadow 1,5K 2010-01-12 11:32 /etc/shadow ro...@pcub255:/root chmod a+r /etc/shadow I found it in a suse forum. It is really ugly to open the permissions. Before karmic it works. Jürgen -- [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-19 Thread Juergen Schroeder
I got the hint here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=204364#c22 Hello Caudio, maybe friday I had 2 hours to try to reinstall some gnome packages at my pc at work. Now I'm at home with the same revision. Here genome-screensaver unlocks fine (but here I have a german keybord, here is

Re: [Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-19 Thread Juergen Schroeder
On Di, Jan 19, 2010 at 02:26:50 - Chris Coulson wrote: Does anything get logged in /var/log/syslog when you try to unlock the screen? Yes, i have anonimized it a bit Jan 19 09:12:11 xpcubXYZ gnome-screensaver-dialog: pam_unix(gnome-screensaver:auth): unix_chkpwd abnormal exit: 11 Jan 19