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gnome-shell package

  1. Bug #1824855
  2. Comment #38

Comment 38 for bug 1824855

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In , d.bz-redhat (d.bz-redhat-redhat-bugs) wrote :

Note : this behaviour usually starts to occur after a couple of days uptime (this is on a Dell XPS7390 2-in-1 with unrecognized fingerprint reader), for every action which requires authentication (su, sudo, virt-manager, screensaver unlocking).

journalctl error message (for the "su" example from comment#20) :

Aug 22 10:50:12 mymachine su[2571952]: pam_fprintd(su:auth): GetDevices failed: Connection timed out