xlock fails when called with DPMS disabled
Bug #944300 reported by
James Rice
This bug affects 5 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xlockmore (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This also occur with xlock called remotely (through a thin client) because DPMS is not available. This has been fixed in Debian (Sid) all the details are available here:
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I believe that the inability to lock the screen under certain circumstances make this a security issue, but I could be wrong.
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Changed to public, because it's not really "exploitable". This also causes xlock to fail when it is run in a Virtual Machine.