After upgrading to Catalina, whenever the screen saver kicks in, the system is locked and there is no login dialog to enter a password. The only option I found to get my system back is to do a forced power cycle, which of course is far from ideal. Or configuring the system to not ask for a password.
I tried a couple of things (resetting NVRAM, enabling unlock with apple watch, adding a smart card, changing my password...) but no luck so far.
Before upgrading to Catalina, I had an issue where the fingerprint login didn't completely "unlock" the system and I had to always enter my password as well. But at least I was able to unlock the screen saver. Now
Any ideas what may be wrong or how to further debug this? Thanks.
- The normal login after reboot works fine.
- This only affects one of the users I set up on this system (2019 MBP). The screen saver works fine for a second test user I set up.
- After the screen saver comes on, I still see the cursor and can move it, and I do see notifications. But no password dialog to unlock the screen saver.
- Everything works fine if I don't require a password for the screen saver, but for a laptop that isn't a great solution.
I tried a couple of things (resetting NVRAM, enabling unlock with apple watch, adding a smart card, changing my password...) but no luck so far.
Before upgrading to Catalina, I had an issue where the fingerprint login didn't completely "unlock" the system and I had to always enter my password as well. But at least I was able to unlock the screen saver. Now
Any ideas what may be wrong or how to further debug this? Thanks.