gnome-keyring unlock prompt prevents screensaver from running until after unlock is closed out

Bug #772747 reported by Jeff Lane 
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gnome-keyring (Ubuntu)
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Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-keyring

noticed this on a test system with a fresh Natty install. System boots and is set to auto-login. once logged in, the gnome-keyring popup opens asking for my password to unlock the keyring. I walk away and come back later. I enter the password to unlock the keyring. a second or so after that, the screensaver or blanker finally fires, and I have to enter my PW AGAIN to get back into the system.

As long as that keyring prompt is visible, the system does not lock the screen after it's idle timeout period.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-keyring 2.92.92.is.2.32.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 28 17:52:21 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-keyring
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
Package: gnome-keyring 2.92.92.is.2.32.1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Tags: natty running-unity
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote :
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Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote : Dependencies.txt

apport information

tags: added: apport-collected
description: updated
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

Changed in gnome-keyring (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Invalid
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

it's a known issue, anything taking keyboard grab will block the screensaver, opening a menu does the same for example

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

see for example bug #49579

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Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote :

Sebastien,

That's fine... but the bug you marked me a duplicate of has been open since 2006 and Dapper. if Gnome refuses to fix it, then we should, it's a moderate physical security risk, a super big annoyance, and it's now 5 years old. This should have been resolved by "someone" years ago.

Don't take that as personal criticism, it's just that things like this really get to me...

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