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[Bug 1311316] Re: After locking screen there is no input field to type password for unlock

 

I've been suffering this bug for months now. Today I noticed some issues
with window animations before it happened, and it came to my mind that
it might be compiz-related. I killed compiz and the login screen was
gone, without losing the unity session. It's the first time that I
manage to go back to my session without losing the data.

This is a Sony Vaio running Ubuntu 14.04.1 with dual monitor.

After that, when the screen lock appeared again, the password field was
there.

This seems to me a better workaround than unity --replace, if it proves
to work consistently. Worth trying it.

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Title:
  After locking screen there is no input field to type password for
  unlock

Status in Unity:
  Confirmed
Status in Unity 7.2 series:
  Confirmed
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Sometimes (but not always) after locking the screen there is the
  situation not having any input field where I can type the password to
  unlock the session again. The shaded gray area simply does not have
  the input field. I can't do anything, I have to switch to text console
  and stop/start lightdm service to cure the problem loosing all of my
  session :(

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Apr 22 22:17:57 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-03 (780 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-10-18 (186 days ago)

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