On Wednesday 23 April 2008, John P. Burkett wrote:
> Since doing "emerge -D -uav system" and "emerge -D -uav world" last
> Saturday, I have noticed that my x86 machine locks itself up whenever
> the keyboard and mouse are idle for about 10 minutes. Unlocking it is
> simply a matter of typing the user's password. However, the frequency
> with which I have to unlock the system is annoying. I would like to
> either deactivate the locking system or increase the period of
> inactivity allowed before the system locks. Unfortunately, I don't
> know whether the locking is done by gentoo, x11, fluxbox, or some
> other component of my system. My only clue is the appearance of the
> locked screen: In the center of the screen there is a rectangle,
> within which appear, from top to bottom, the user's name, the
> machine's name, a blank for the user's password, and finally three
> buttons labeled "switch user," "cancel," and "unlock." I would be
> very grateful for suggestions about how to discover what program is
> locking the system and how to change its behavior.

I get something like this every so often with e17. Very annoying. A good
start would be to find out what launched the password dialog. When it
next happens, switch to a virtual console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and log in as
root. Run 'ps axf' and identify the offending process. It's
likely 'gksudo' or such. The name of it's parent tells you where to
start looking next


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Alan McKinnon
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