i was able to extract an error from this issue i think it has to do with the power management and karmic
steps: 1. i went to system>>preferences>>screensaver 2. Clicked on power management tab and then things started to get wierd. 3. the dialogs on all my open windows dissappeared 4. 45 sec later the whold desktops diaglos dissapeared. 5. i ctl-f1 into the console and the message scrolling was [1125.027386] << #s change Ext4-fs error (device sda3): htree_dblock_to_tree: bad entry in directory # 123022: inode out of bounds - offset=0,inode=26673152,rec_len4096,mode_len=45 Neways hope this helps -- gnome-screensaver freezes and does not bring up the password prompt if mouse/keyboard activity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213099 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs