xscreensaver problems with new system-auth

[Bill Tangren]

Josh Miller wrote:
> How about backing out all changes except one, and then implementing them 
> one by one until it fails again?  That is probably the easiest way to 
> tell which change kills it.
> 
> - Josh
> 
> Bill Tangren wrote:
>> I have noticed that xscreensaver no longer accepts my password when I 
>> try to log in (to GNOME). The log error message I get is:
>>
>> Aug  3 16:06:17 mach2 xscreensaver[3731]: FAILED LOGIN 1 ON DISPLAY 
>> ":0.0", FOR "bjt"
>>
>> # This is what I have in system-auth:


The problem seems to be with the pam_tally lines


>> auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so onerr=fail 
>> no_magic_root
>> account     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so deny=3 

I don't understand why this is a problem. Links such as this one:

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_44_4047.shtm

indicate that it should work just fine, but I have yet to find a link that 
indicates why this doesn't work with xscreensaver.

Has anyone else ever run into problems like this?

Bill