Re: Xscreensaver locks me out.

[Bradford Hovinen <hovinen helixcode com>]

On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, B . L . Jilek wrote:

> I just upgraded to Helix Gnome and everything works great
> except for xscreensaver.  It locks me out and will not 
> accept my password.  I have to kill it from another
> terminal.
> 
> I'm using it on a SuSE 6.3 system.  Anyone know how to 
> fix this.  I tried xlock and that works fine.
> 
> Thanks.

If you have root on the system you are using, try using the root
password to unlock. I ran into a similar problem a while back and that
worked for me.

-- 
-Bradford Hovinen

"If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise."

        - William Blake, "Proverbs of Hell," 1793