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<blockquote data-quote="simmerskool" data-source="post: 1103540" data-attributes="member: 61091">question about an anomaly... wonder if indication of deeper config issue or just snafu...running MX-Linux xfce 4.18 running in VMware 17.6. I set xfcescreensaver to activate after +15 min and to lock. it works during the day aok, and usually works overnight / in the morning when I go to use it, sceensaver is on and asks for pw and I&#039;m in. BUT twice including this am, I enter pw and it says &quot;incorrect&quot; (I did enter it correctly!), I try again but keyboard seems dead, no input. Rather than reboot or crash system, the pw input window has option to switch user, I do that, screen resets and offers pw input window again but same user, me, and lets me input the pw and desktop and system seem normal. (just me &amp; root as far as I know).Question: how abnormal is this? This un-nerves me somewhat. Is this some &quot;typical&quot; linux snafu, or indication of deeper problem. I am re-learning linux and too inexperienced to have a good sense what this is. Wondering if some xscreensaver bug, a config error I made during installation, that I am otherwise not detecting, or worse some sort of overnight hack. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite120" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?&nbsp; &nbsp; o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite127" alt=":sick:" title="Sick&nbsp; &nbsp; :sick:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":sick:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="simmerskool, post: 1103540, member: 61091"] question about an anomaly... wonder if indication of deeper config issue or just snafu... running MX-Linux xfce 4.18 running in VMware 17.6. I set xfcescreensaver to activate after +15 min and to lock. it works during the day aok, and usually works overnight / in the morning when I go to use it, sceensaver is on and asks for pw and I'm in. BUT twice including this am, I enter pw and it says "incorrect" (I did enter it correctly!), I try again but keyboard seems dead, no input. Rather than reboot or crash system, the pw input window has option to switch user, I do that, screen resets and offers pw input window again but same user, me, and lets me input the pw and desktop and system [U][B]seem[/B][/U] normal. (just me & root as far as I know). Question: how abnormal is this? This un-nerves me somewhat. Is this some "typical" linux snafu, or indication of deeper problem. I am re-learning linux and too inexperienced to have a good sense what this is. Wondering if some xscreensaver bug, a config error I made during installation, that I am otherwise not detecting, or worse some sort of overnight hack. o_O:sick: [/QUOTE]

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