Cinnamon screensaver locking users out

There&rsquo;s a crazy bug in Cinnamon (more specifically, Cinnamon&rsquo;s screensaver) that had been pestering me since I switched to this DE . It&rsquo;s an issue that has been ongoing for many years without an official solution. When the computer is idle for some time and the screensaver kicks in, you can&rsquo;t regain access unless you switched to another TTY (via Ctrl + Alt + F<n> ) and…