Confirmed here too, with 2.17.7-0ubuntu1. I got an strace of gnome- screensaver-dialog for you
close(16) = 0 ioctl(3, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 gettimeofday({1171411287, 862237}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=0}], 8, 0) = 0 ioctl(3, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 gettimeofday({1171411287, 862353}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=0}], 8, 0) = 0 socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 16 fcntl64(16, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 connect(16, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/tmp/.gdm_socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) send(16, "CLOSE\n", 6, MSG_NOSIGNAL) = -1 ENOTCONN (Transport endpoint is not connected) write(2, "\n(gnome-screensaver-dialog:16595"..., 107) = 107 This repeats continuously until I kill it. I'd just done an upgrade through software-updates, I don't know if that is related. It did upgrade gnome-screensaver. 2007-02-14 10:27:44 status unpacked gnome-screensaver 2.17.7-0ubuntu1 2007-02-14 10:27:44 status unpacked gnome-screensaver 2.17.7-0ubuntu1 2007-02-14 10:27:44 status unpacked gnome-screensaver 2.17.7-0ubuntu1 2007-02-14 10:27:44 status half-configured gnome-screensaver 2.17.7-0ubuntu1 2007-02-14 10:27:47 status installed gnome-screensaver 2.17.7-0ubuntu1 It's true there is no /tmp/.gdm_socket, is there meant to be? (Is tmp really a good location for that anyhow?) -- screen does not unlock after locking https://launchpad.net/bugs/76632 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs