sorry for the delay. Doing exactly as you suggest (killing only workrave) gets me to a usable workspace... gnome-screensaver seems not be faulty here. i've tried 2 times to be sure, killing *only* workrave solved the "hang" problem.
-- workrave hangs after unlocking with input blocked https://launchpad.net/bugs/20070 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
