happening to me in gnome screensaver. only way back to the machine is to go to terminal and kill the gnome-screensaver processes.
Linux eeebook 2.6.24-21-eeepc #1 SMP Thu Aug 7 22:18:05 MDT 2008 i686 GNU/Linux -rw-r----- 1 root shadow 911 2008-11-01 16:06 /etc/shadow -- Can't unlock session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26175 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs