xscreensaver 6.04 "Authentication failed" error with correct password

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  • Christine Lemmer-Webber
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Nathan Dehnel wrote on 19 Sep 2022 02:40
(name . Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix)(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
CAEEhgEt-erdsDLwAvzquzR33W5eK2uUE+Rhy2LSrpskVyYLrNw@mail.gmail.com
If I attempt to lock the screen, it locks with "xflock" instead of
xscreensaver. If I run "xscreensaver-demo", I get

"The XScreenSaver daemon doesn't seem to be running on display ":1.0".
Launch it now?"

If I click "yes", then xscreensaver starts running when the computer
is locked, but I get "Authentication failed", and I have to switch
TTYs and killall xscreensaver to get back into my desktop.
Config:
(screen-locker-service xscreensaver "xscreensaver")
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Christine Lemmer-Webber wrote on 9 Jan 2023 17:10
(name . Nathan Dehnel)(address . ncdehnel@gmail.com)
87zgarofgr.fsf@dustycloud.org
Duplicate of #57071, closing.

(And yes, it's unfortunate. I miss xscreensaver.)

Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel@gmail.com> writes:

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> If I attempt to lock the screen, it locks with "xflock" instead of
> xscreensaver. If I run "xscreensaver-demo", I get
>
> "The XScreenSaver daemon doesn't seem to be running on display ":1.0".
> Launch it now?"
>
> If I click "yes", then xscreensaver starts running when the computer
> is locked, but I get "Authentication failed", and I have to switch
> TTYs and killall xscreensaver to get back into my desktop.
> Config:
> (screen-locker-service xscreensaver "xscreensaver")
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