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#1 2015-06-01 09:42:01

bartverm
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Registered: 2015-05-20
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Gnome screen lock does not prompt for password

Whenever I lock my screen under gnome, I am never prompted for password when unlocking.

Does anyone know how to solve this issue?

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#2 2015-06-01 10:32:19

Chazza
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Registered: 2013-06-02
Posts: 506

Re: Gnome screen lock does not prompt for password

So when the screen is locked, what happens when you hit enter? What do you see?

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#3 2015-06-01 11:42:22

bartverm
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Registered: 2015-05-20
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Re: Gnome screen lock does not prompt for password

When I move the mouse i see the lock screen with the time and date displaying.

After hitting enter it shows the animation of a gray rectangle zooming out to the center of the screen and then my desktop appears.

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#4 2015-06-01 12:02:17

extreme9
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Registered: 2015-05-17
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Re: Gnome screen lock does not prompt for password

Do you use gdm to start the gnome session?

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#5 2015-06-01 12:35:49

bartverm
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Registered: 2015-05-20
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Re: Gnome screen lock does not prompt for password

Yes I use gdm.

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#6 2015-06-01 12:54:45

Chazza
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Re: Gnome screen lock does not prompt for password

Do you have fprintd installed? I ask because I found the following openSUSE bug report: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs … 01518.html

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#7 2015-06-01 13:13:51

bartverm
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Registered: 2015-05-20
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Re: Gnome screen lock does not prompt for password

No, I don't have it installed.

Maybe it has something to do with the krb5 authentication I am using?

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