Knoppix 4.0, screen locking not working...AT ALL
Hello All,
I'm rather frustrated with this. I want to lock the screen after booting the live CD of Knoppix v4.0. However all suggestions I've seen do *not* work for me.
First, without setting any passwords, KDE session lock is *not* disabled...I _can_ select it. However, the mouse just goes away and when I move the move...I'm back as normal. So I set both the root and knoppix user passwords and try again...same thing.
Second, I see about launching xscreensaver...not even there...at least not in the $PATH.
Next, I tried the suggestion of booting into text-only mode (knoppix 2, specifically) setting the passwords and launching 'kdm'. I get the login screen, attempt 'knoppix' and it "cycles" back to the login screen. The password is accepted because if not, I get an invalid login attempt. This does attempt a login, fails to launch KDE, and goes bounces me back to the login screen.
*sigh* Ideas? I'm looking for the best security I can. I'd like to have the screen locked and *not* have anyone able to walk up and "ctl-alt-f1" to switch to a root console also if possible.
--David
Setting passwords is not the issue...
I can set passwords just fine. When I do a 'su -' after boot, I get the root prompt. Next I change the password for root, exit back to the knoppix user and when I attempt 'su -' again, I have to enter the password I changed. So changing passwords is not the problem...that works fine. The problem is KDE is not recognizing or not paying attention to the passwords.
Once the passwords are changed, locking the screen with KDE's menu option (Lock Session) does not actually lock it. Simply moving the mouse puts me right back to where I was. I'm not prompted for a password nor does it blank the screen (the screen saver session). I don't know if its relevant, but when I go to the KDE control panel, I'm give two screen saver options, blank and random...nothing more. This would indicate 'xscreensaver' is *not* installed...this could also be what is causing the lack of screen locking...don't know.
--david