I've 'repurposed' this direct HTML e-mail because it belongs on the list, Michael, and you may get more/better answers from the community. I haven't had to visit this issue in a long time so the details aren't fresh in my mind. Your original e-mail, sans HTML (which is a no-no here!):
Carl,
I installed Open SUSE 10.0 this week with the Gnome desktop (and no other).
I seem to be having a similar problem when locking the display to the one described below. gnome-screensaver-dialog runs. Mouse movement is registered on the display. However, key presses and mouse clicks are not registered.
I ssh to the computer from another computer to kill gnome-screensaver and am able to continue working.
All patches from SUSEWatch are installed.
Is there a workaround for this problem - other than installing the KDE desktop?
Thanks, Michael
<snipped excerpt of old thread> Hi Michael, Thanks for writing, but please don't send HTML encoded e-mail to me or to the list. Also, please send these kinds of inquiries to the list instead of to me, personally. I seem to remember a specific problem at that time with gnome-screensaver, but it was fixed fairly rapidly. And I think my conflict was actually the X *and* Gnome screen-savers contending to control the same resources to perform the same or similar functions. They were both enabled and configured to a default setting at installation, which is of course redundant. (This was 10.0 RC1 or RC2, wasn't it?) I can't remember which I disabled in Gnome CC, but disabling one and configuring the other solved my problem. Others on the list may have clearer recollections and better, more current suggestions. regards, - Carl