On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 05:35:28PM +0200, Olav Vitters wrote: > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:10:21AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > When the gnome desktop signs me out due to inactivity it shows a screen > > with my name on it and asks for a password. It wont accept my password, > > the same password I used to start gnome. > > Which distribution? Seems like the files in /etc/pam.d are not correct > (differences between *gdm* files and *gnome-screensaver* ones. > My system is Debian Squeeze and gnome-session 2.30.2-3 is installed. The gnome-screensaver file has fewer entries but they match entries in the gdm file: tom@dragon:/etc/pam.d$ less gdm #%PAM-1.0 auth requisite pam_nologin.so auth required pam_env.so readenv=1 auth required pam_env.so readenv=1 envfile=/etc/default/locale @include common-auth auth optional pam_gnome_keyring.so @include common-account session required pam_limits.so @include common-session session optional pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start @include common-password gdm (END) tom@dragon:/etc/pam.d$ less gnome-screensaver @include common-auth auth optional pam_gnome_keyring.so gnome-screensaver (END) > > I can get around this by clicking the change user button and then > > entering my user name and password. > > This would likely use another pam file, and then work. > > > Since I am the only user and I have only one password this doesn't make > > sense. > > Suggest to look into those files, and it really seems like either a > local problem, or a distribution > > > Now that I think about it, I don't really want the desktop to timeout at > > all. I am the only user and the only person with access to my computer. > > I'll check to see if there is a set the timeout interval to infinity. > > You can change that under power in system settings IIRC. I changed the setting of system/preferences/power management/Put display to sleep when inactive to never. System still logs me out when inactive. > > -- > Regards, > Olav > _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
