[Tfug] Weird Linux Mint 14 issue - Unable to unlock screen

[Bexley Hall]

Hi Christopher,

On 1/25/2013 1:22 PM, Christopher Robbins wrote:
> Here's a weird one...Built a new Linux Mint box.  Install worked with no
> issue (though had to wrap my head around adding an EFI partition to boot
> into the box).  When I leave the machine for a bit and come back, I cannot
> get past the screen lock.  No login window pops up - my only resolution is
> to restart X (and lose everything I had open :-/ ).
>
> Anybody have this issue before?

Is this a *laptop* or desktop?  I.e., are you sure no OTHER
power save features have activated "while you were away"?

Can you see if the keyboard is being recognized?  Does it
misbehave identically when the X session is remote?