Mate-Screensaver does not engage after some amount of uptime
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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mate-screensaver (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Ubuntu Mate 18.04 64-bit, single monitor setup. When I first login to my account and lock screen with Ctrl+Alt+l, it locks normally and unlocks normally. After my computer is on for 12+ hours, at some point Ctrl+Alt+l no longer works.
If I run the command in the foreground in a terminal, I see this:
$ mate-screensaver --debug
[gs_debug_init] gs-debug.c:109 (19:19:05): Debugging enabled
[main] mate-screensave
[init_session_id] gs-listener-
[gs_fade_init] gs-fade.c:908 (19:19:05): Fade type: 3
[set_status] gs-watcher-
[gs_watcher_
[listener_
[on_bg_changed] gs-manager.c:1038 (19:19:05): background changed
...several minutes later, I see the following but the screen is still not locked.
[listener_
[listener_
Should this be reported upstream to the mate-screensaver on Github? Or is there some way to determine if it's an Ubuntu-specific error?
Sorry, I've figured out that once I start mate-screensaver manually at the terminal hitting Ctrl+Alt+l does lock the screen. So that's a manual workaround.
Maybe when the keyboard shortcut fails, the mate-screensaver process in the background has exited? I will try to reproduce the problem and report back if mate-screensaver is still running when it occurs.
Devs, please feel free to close this ticket if you wish. And thanks for making an awesome project. I've been running The Distribution That Shall Not Be Named for years now.