Issues

• Lockscreen failures with Mesa 26

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#518 · Filter by author davidgfnet opened on Sep 24, 2026

• AttributeError in passwordEntry.py restore_original_layout() on unlock ('NoneType' object has no attribute 'index') — leads to Cinnamon compositor glitches/black screen

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#517 · Filter by author rbrthrn opened on Sep 5, 2026
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• Cinnamon screensaver does not support pam_u2f/FIDO2 authentication although the PAM stack works correctly

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#516 · Filter by author dynapptor opened on Sep 4, 2026
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• Multi-monitor: lock screen UI rebuilds spawn competing PAM helpers, losing the fprintd claim (no fingerprint prompt)

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#515 · Filter by author STANIESK opened on Sep 3, 2026

• cinnamon-screensaver-pam-helper ships without its setuid bit — lock screen hangs/fails on every unlock

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#513 · Filter by author elgrandragon opened on Aug 26, 2026

• CPU hog + memory leak after suspend/resume — screensaver becomes unkillable

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#505 · Filter by author LeYaLabs opened on Jul 12, 2026

• The computer failed entirely to lock

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#501 · Filter by author LinuxOnTheDesktop opened on May 15, 2026
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• Allow screen locking in persistent live sessions

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#499 · Filter by author icastellanox opened on May 15, 2026
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• Seeing unlocked display when switching back tty

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#497 · Filter by author hans-fritz-pommes opened on Mar 21, 2026

• Screensaver / suspend Issue

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#496 · Filter by author deltapapa01 opened on Mar 21, 2026
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• pam_fingwit causes repeated sys.excepthook errors in cinnamon-screensaver (Goodix fingerprint sensor)

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#495 · Filter by author vegas1108 opened on Mar 10, 2026

• Lockscreen not rendered with fractional ui scaling

  BUG
  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#493 · Filter by author StephanSvoboda opened on Feb 28, 2026
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• Stop using caribou

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#488 · Filter by author jbicha opened on Nov 24, 2025
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• Modernizing Screensaver

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#486 · Filter by author baronleonardo opened on Nov 23, 2025
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• Cinnamon--unlock-desktop after blank screen

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#485 · Filter by author Parsonite opened on Oct 31, 2025
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• Password not validated on the resume from suspend screen

  BUG
  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#484 · Filter by author nav9 opened on Oct 21, 2025

• cinnamon-screensaver crashes and allows unlock without password when memory is full

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#480 · Filter by author jjth opened on Jul 9, 2025

• Security problem: no password required to unlock, followed by crash - on a Framework 13

  BUG
  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#479 · Filter by author LinuxOnTheDesktop opened on Jun 10, 2025
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• cinnamon-screensaver[959]: CsNotificationWatcher: Could not add match rule to bus - GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.MatchRuleInvalid: Invalid match rule

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#474 · Filter by author istenburg opened on Mar 24, 2025

• Keyboard shorcuts on lock screen (screensaver) doesn't work after update.

  BUG
  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#473 · Filter by author mak7str opened on Mar 15, 2025

• Lock screen not displaying correctly on dual monitor setup with scaling.

  BUG
  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#471 · Filter by author rmysliwczyk opened on Feb 21, 2025
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• Hard crash when closing laptop lid while external monitors are attached via USB-C

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#468 · Filter by author MartinHaeusler opened on Jan 23, 2025
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• External monitors can show hidden content before screen is unlocked

  BUG
  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#466 · Filter by author rostidev opened on Dec 24, 2024
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• Connecting a new display sometimes causes the screensaver to freeze (preventing unlocking the screen)

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#465 · Filter by author rmwiseman opened on Nov 28, 2024

• cinnamon-screensaver-command --deactivate unlocks the screen

  linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#442 · Filter by author Nihlus opened on Sep 8, 2023
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