Gnome upgrade - screen lock no longer works

[Hans Nieser]

Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On Friday, December 02, 2005 18:55:42 +0100 Hans Nieser 
> <hans at nieser.net> wrote:
> 
>> Paul Schmehl wrote:
>>
>>> I just upgraded Gnome to 2.12 (FreeBSD 5.4) using the gnome_upgrade
>>> script. Now screen locking is no longer working, and I'm not seeing
>>> anything in the logs to explain it.  Anyone have any ideas how to
>>> troubleshoot this? Logging out and back in constantly is a PITA.
>>
>>
>> I vaguely remember getting something like that and it had something to do
>> with D-BUS, have you enabled D-BUS? (Instructions are in the FAQ)
> 
> 
> I don't see anything in the FAQ about D-BUS.
> 
> One other thing.  I now have two  Screensaver selections under 
> Desktop/Preferences.  One has the old icon (screen with the red fire in 
> front of it), and when I open that one, it says "The XScreenSaver daemon 
> doesn't seem to be running on display ":0.0".  Launch it now?
> 
> If I click on OK, it starts up and the screensaver works, but screenlock 
> still does not.

The FAQ entry I was referring to is located at 
http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q25