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Gnome lock screen refuse my correct password. I need to reboot every time, when I get into lock screen.

I upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04. I have Russian and English layouts (maybe it's the root of problem...)

I read about 10 similar questions. I have made all commands via terminal like a

sudo chown root:shadow /etc/gshadow
sudo chown root:shadow /etc/gshadow-
sudo chown root:shadow /etc/shadow
sudo chown root:shadow /etc/shadow

But it didn't help. I am not programmer I just want to work on my computer but I can't.

Pablo Bianchi
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2 Answers2

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I have the same issue and tried a lot of solutions offered around the internet. So far, the only work around that worked when this happens:

  1. Alt+Ctrl+F1 - switch to a different console and login as your user
  2. sudo killall gnome-screensaver - to kill the screensaver
  3. Alt+Ctrl+F7 - switch back to your X screen, there will no longer be a screensaver
  4. gnome-screensaver-command -l to lock your screen again and now unlock with your password (it should work now)

Note that if I don't do #4, the screen continue to go blank after a few minutes of being logged in, which is why I figured I needed to do #4.

Edit from 2020: Yet another alternative, inspired by EChip's answer: setup a cron script that will switch language back to English when the screen lock dialog is detected:

# Allows to avoid situation when on screen lock language other than
# English is selected.
#
# Set up under user's cron like this:
# * * * * * env DISPLAY=:0 /bin/bash /storage/scripts/unlock_helper.sh > /home/your_user_name/log.txt 2>&1
#
# Prerequisite:
# Add the following line to you .profile:
#    set | grep DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS > ~/.DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS

source /home/your_user_name/.DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS

if (/usr/bin/gnome-screensaver-command -q | /bin/grep "is active");
then
    /usr/bin/gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell \
        --object-path /org/gnome/Shell \
        --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval \
        "imports.ui.status.keyboard.getInputSourceManager().inputSources[0].activate()"
fi
0x4B1D
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  • I'm not positive but this sounds like the hotkey combinations for Ubuntu 16.04 not 18.04. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Dec 26 '18 at 22:29
  • This combination wilk work for both versions. – 0x4B1D Dec 27 '18 at 03:14
  • In: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes it says: *"The login screen now uses virtual terminal 1 instead of virtual terminal 7. "* – WinEunuuchs2Unix Dec 27 '18 at 03:23
  • @WinEunuuchs2Unix I won't claim that the release notes are wrong but I just confirmed I have 18.04.1 LTS and X still runs on 7. Mine is a relatively new install without customizations as far as I recall – 0x4B1D Dec 28 '18 at 05:54
  • While sudo killall gnome-screensaver release the lock, gnome-screensaver-command -l did not relock the screen in ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. Now I have no lock screen. – havakok Jan 20 '20 at 13:05
  • When I execute the command "sudo killall gnome-screensaver", it tell me that: "no gnome-screensaver process". Why this happens? Do you have other suggestions? – green69 Jul 08 '20 at 16:00
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My alternative is to remove screensavers(gnome-screensaver, xscreensaver) at all.

I can not do remember every time when I lock pc to switch layout to US.
The punishment here is incorrect password error in lock screen of screensavers.

Steps to lock screen with Super+L without screensaver but with login screen:
1. sudo apt-get remove xscreensaver
2. Remove xscreensaver from startup applications, if you add it before
3. Go to Settings>Devices>Keyboard and disable standart command (Super+L)
4. Create new custom shortcut (Super+L) for command 

dm-tool switch-to-greeter

I am almost happy now

UPD: To turn off display, we can use command: 

xset dpms force off

So now to pack "switch-to-greeter" and "display off" into one shell script and link it to the "Super+L" is not a big question

EChip
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