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Xscreensaver has crashed twice in my life and opened the desktop. That's still a good statistic but it may have crashed because of the animation.
by erhan24 6y ago
Xscreensaver has crashed twice in my life and opened the desktop. That's still a good statistic but it may have crashed because of the animation.
- throwanem 6y agoSavers can crash without the screen unlocking. Are you sure it was xscreensaver you were running, and not one of the innumerable incompetent knockoffs?
- Liskni_si 6y agoI've also seen some xscreensaver crashes a while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21224179 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21224179
- sontek 6y agoSounds like you were probably using gnome-screensaver or some of the many other poorly written alternatives like cinnamon that do this. I don't believe there is any way for xscreensaver to unlock the desktop even if it does crash
- cbsks 6y agoIncorrect. It’s a limitation of X11 that if the screensaver daemon crashes, including xscreensaver, the desktop will be unlocked. See the JWZ links that are posted in this thread.