[arch-general] fluxbox/xscreensaver xterm unresponsive upon screensaver cancel?

[Leonid Isaev]

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 12:30:15AM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
> All,
> 
>   I'm not sure where to start searching on this problem. I have a server with
> fluxbox and xscreensaver enabled. If I'm running xterm when the screensaver
> activates, if I return after a couple of hours, the xterm is unresponsive.
> (instead of a normal solid black-box cursor, it is a white block cursor with a
> thin black outline) At this point, the xterm in non-responsive and I must kill
> the window with the [X] window control (top-right) and restart a new session.
> 
>   I note that if another application is left running, like firefox, then the
> xterm doesn't seem to hang or disconnect (or whatever it is doing).
> 
>   I don't know whether to chase this as an xterm issue, an xscreensaver issue or
> a DPMS issue. Has anyone encountered this before? If so, any solutions, or did
> you narrow it down to one of (xterm, xscreensaver, DPMS)? Thanks for any
> suggestions.

FWIW, a quick test in a VM doesn't show this behavior. What happens if you run
xscreensaver-command -lock from an xterm?

L.

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