After mate-screensaver blacks screen, input causes screen contents to be visible for a few seconds before showing unlock prompt
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I regularly observe this behaviour on one particular system:
* I lock the screen either manually or by idling for the configured time
* screen turns black and shortly after the screen enters power-save
* I try to unlock it by pressing a key or moving the mouse
* **screen turns on, but *without* the screen lock, showing the regular desktop**
* I can move the mouse and see the cursor move
* windows display a fresh image (not the one when the screen should have locked)
* after **a few seconds** something remembers that the screen was to be locked and **then** hides the regular desktop and shows the password prompt
* entering the correct password then correctly unlocks the screen
I have never seen this before and I run basically the same setup on most of my systems, past and present. And I have not seen this happen with the same system on a different physical screen.
This is currently more of a nuisance but I worry about it also being a security problem. Potentially this might allow people without the correct credentials to unlock the system permanently.
The system is set up as this:
* Linux kernel 6.7.12
* debian trixie/sid
* lightdm
* mate as session manager
* **mate-screensaver** (default)
* xmonad as window manager (replacing marco in mate)
* LG screen and a (somewhat older) AMD/ATI Radeon card
I suspect lightdm mate-screensaver to be the culprit but **I don't know how to troubleshoot this**. I also have only observed this with the specific LG screen, but what the system decides to display in this context should theoretically not depend on what screen is plugged in.
Asked by bitmask
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Jun 1, 2024, 06:41 PM
Last activity: Jun 11, 2024, 01:35 AM
Last activity: Jun 11, 2024, 01:35 AM