screen saver and screen lock will not work on FC5

Erik Hemdal ehemdal at townisp.com
Sat Jun 3 21:59:25 UTC 2006


> From: Hans M?ller <ndof at gmx.li>

> Hello, I have an fresh install of FC5
> But all screen saver and the screen lock function fail's.
> nothing happens when use lock screen or wait for the screen safer:(
> 

Hello Hans,

This will happen if you are logged in as root.  When the screensaver
runs as user root, it acts as though no one is logged on and that the
screen therefore should not be locked.  When it runs as a regular user,
it knows to lock the screen and later ask for the user's password to
unlock.  

Erik




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