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xfce4-screensaver-dialog general protection fault after laptop suspend

OS: Ubuntu 23.04 xfce4-screensaver version: 4.16.0-1 Kernel: 6.2.0-20-generic

xfce4-screensaver seems to be crashing after resuming from suspend. First there is a login mask, which works fine, but afterwards instead of seeing the desktop the monitor is black. After moving the mouse, there is a second login mask, but it disappears immidiatly. dmesg reveals that it is the xfce4-screensaver-dialog, which crashes imidiatly:

[Do Mai  4 09:05:27 2023] traps: xfce4-screensav[42306] general protection fault ip:5598a9875ef1 sp:7ffc1c8ab100 error:0 in xfce4-screensaver-dialog[5598a986b000+e000]
[Do Mai  4 09:06:34 2023] traps: xfce4-screensav[42672] general protection fault ip:557d861c0ef1 sp:7fff95bfa650 error:0 in xfce4-screensaver-dialog[557d861b6000+e000]
[Do Mai  4 09:06:35 2023] traps: xfce4-screensav[42705] general protection fault ip:55bc35591ef1 sp:7ffc4c214070 error:0 in xfce4-screensaver-dialog[55bc35587000+e000]

I got also a previous crashdump from whoopsie earlier today: _usr_libexec_xfce4-screensaver-dialog.1000.crash

Workaround for the moment is to log into the laptop manually via ssh and killing the xfce4-screensaver process.

Edited by Shuro