Workaround for recent XScreenSaver bug #9968

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https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/34033

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qubist

Created at

2025-05-22 16:15:48

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Hi,

If you are wondering how to recover from a situation when you are locked in the lock screen, without rebooting and potentially loosing your work, a quick trick:

1. Press Alt+Ctrl+F2 and login as user
2. init 3
3. init 5
4. Login
5. Alt+Ctrl+F2 and logout from console session
6. Alt+F1 to go back to X

All your running VMs and open windows should be the same as before locking the screen.