Stuck in ScreenSaver Limbo

Every now and then, ever since 10.9.1 beta and now 10.9.2, the screen saver will be "stuck", and I won't be able to enter my password in the login window. It's like the login box cannot "grab" focus. Command-Tab, Alt-Tab, etc does not bring the login prompt to the front or allow me to type in it. Pressing any key gives me a beep, indicating that I'm typing in a window that doesn't take keystrokes.
I do run my 15" Retina macbook at 2560 x 1600, but the problem still exists when I'm using normal Retina resolutions.
Mar 4 14:14:22 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [13057738333969]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake
Mar 4 14:14:22 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.
Mar 4 14:14:36 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CoreAnimation: warning, deleted thread with uncommitted CATransaction; set CA_DE
BUG_TRANSACTIONS=1 in environment to log backtraces.
Mar 4 14:14:41 mac-retina.example.com Microsoft Lync[1755]: Listening for default changes
Mar 4 14:14:42 mac-retina.example.com ocspd[104]: ERROR: unable to get the receiver data from the DB!
Mar 4 14:14:51 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: _CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Mar 4 14:14:51 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: find_shared_window: WID -1
Mar 4 14:14:51 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Mar 4 14:14:51 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: find_shared_window: WID -1
Mar 4 14:14:51 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CGSSetWindowTags: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Mar 4 14:14:51 mac-retina.example.com launchservicesd[72]: Application App:"loginwindow" asn:0x0-1001 pid:60 refs=7 @ 0x7ff158e18bd0 tr
ied to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0xa50a5 pid=1761 "ScreenSaverEngine"")), so denying. :
LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100004/0x186a4 queue
Mar 4 14:14:51 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to loginwindow, psn 0x0-0x1
001, securitySessionID=0x186a4, err=-13066
another snippet
Mar 4 14:28:08 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: _CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Mar 4 14:28:08 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: find_shared_window: WID -1
Mar 4 14:28:08 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Mar 4 14:28:08 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: find_shared_window: WID -1
Mar 4 14:28:08 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CGSSetWindowTags: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Mar 4 14:28:08 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x7fa12b94fa80(2000), shield 0x7fa129
434190(2001)
Mar 4 14:28:08 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x7fa12b94fa80(2000), shield 0x7fa129434190(2001)
Mar 4 14:28:13 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CoreAnimation: warning, deleted thread with uncommitted CATransaction; set CA_DEBUG_TRANSACTIONS=1 in environment to log backtraces.
yet more logs:
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4280382
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Found 1 modes for display 0x04280382 [1, 0]
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display 0x04280382 changed state to offline
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: No display devices are on-line. Switching to virtual display mode
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003f
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f003f [1, 0]
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f0040
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f0040 [1, 0]
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f0041
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f0041 [1, 0]
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com Flux[546]: CGSGetDisplayTransferByTableInternal: Invalid display 0x04280382
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com Flux[546]: CGSCopyDisplayColorSpace: Invalid display 0x41dc9d02
Mar 4 15:10:58 --- last message repeated 11 times ---
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display 0x41dc9d01: GL mask 0x2; bounds (0, 0)[1280 x 1024], 2 modes available
        off-line, enabled, built-in, Vendor 756e6b6e, Model 76697274, S/N 0, Unit 1, Rotation 0
        UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display 0x41dc9d05: GL mask 0x20; bounds (0, 0)[1280 x 1024], 2 modes available
        off-line, enabled, built-in, Vendor 756e6b6e, Model 76697274, S/N 0, Unit 5, Rotation 0
        UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display 0x41dc9d04: GL mask 0x10; bounds (0, 0)[1280 x 1024], 2 modes available
        off-line, enabled, built-in, Vendor 756e6b6e, Model 76697274, S/N 0, Unit 4, Rotation 0
        UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display 0x41dc9d03: GL mask 0x8; bounds (0, 0)[1280 x 1024], 2 modes available
        off-line, enabled, built-in, Vendor 756e6b6e, Model 76697274, S/N 0, Unit 3, Rotation 0
        UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display 0x41dc9d02: GL mask 0x5; bounds (0, 0)[2560 x 1600], 27 modes available
        Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, Vendor 756e6b6e, Model 76697274, S/N 0, Unit 2, Rotation 0
        UUID 0xf7e52f93b4ac312e87ed39669f5c08b8, ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CGSGetDisplayAliasList: Invalid display 0x41dc9d02
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CGSServiceForDisplayNumber: Invalid display 0x41dc9d02
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CGSGetDisplayAliasList: Invalid display 0x41dc9d02
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CGSServiceForDisplayNumber: Invalid display 0x41dc9d02
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CGSGetDisplayAliasList: Invalid display 0x41dc9d02
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CGSServiceForDisplayNumber: Invalid display 0x41dc9d02
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CGSGetDisplayAliasList: Invalid display 0x41dc9d02
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: CGSServiceForDisplayNumber: Invalid display 0x41dc9d02
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: DPRemoteDesktopPicture: error getting desktop picture for display 0x41dc9d02, error = no desktop picture for display 0x41dc9d02 and spid=3
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: Using the default desktop picture
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com Flux[546]: CGSGetSizeOfDisplayTransfer: Invalid display 0x04280382
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com Flux[546]: Set a breakpoint at CGSLogError to catch errors as they are logged.
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com Flux[546]: CGSCopyDisplayUUID: Invalid display 0x04280382
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com Flux[546]: CGSGetSizeOfDisplayTransfer: Invalid display 0x04280382
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: CGError post_notification(const CGSNotificationType, void *const, const size_t, const bool, const CGSRealTimeDelta, const int, const CGSConnectionID *const, const pid_t): Timed out 0.250 second wait for reply from "loginwindow" for synchronous notification type 109 (<unknown>) (CID 0x9303, PID 60)
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display added
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display removed
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display 0x41dc9d02: GL mask 0x5; bounds (0, 0)[2560 x 1600], 27 modes available
        Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, Vendor 756e6b6e, Model 76697274, S/N 0, Unit 2, Rotation 0
        UUID 0xf7e52f93b4ac312e87ed39669f5c08b8, ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display 0x41dc9d01: GL mask 0x2; bounds (3584, 0)[1 x 1], 2 modes available
        off-line, enabled, built-in, Vendor 756e6b6e, Model 76697274, S/N 0, Unit 1, Rotation 0
        UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display 0x41dc9d05: GL mask 0x20; bounds (3585, 0)[1 x 1], 2 modes available
        off-line, enabled, built-in, Vendor 756e6b6e, Model 76697274, S/N 0, Unit 5, Rotation 0
        UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display 0x41dc9d04: GL mask 0x10; bounds (3586, 0)[1 x 1], 2 modes available
        off-line, enabled, built-in, Vendor 756e6b6e, Model 76697274, S/N 0, Unit 4, Rotation 0
        UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: Display 0x41dc9d03: GL mask 0x8; bounds (3587, 0)[1 x 1], 2 modes available
        off-line, enabled, built-in, Vendor 756e6b6e, Model 76697274, S/N 0, Unit 3, Rotation 0
        UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: VFBGetDeviceTransfer
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com Flux[546]: CGSGetDisplayTransferByTableInternal
Mar 4 15:10:58 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: VFBGetDeviceTransfer
and this:
Mar 4 15:51:42 mac-retina.example.com loginwindow[60]: ERROR | -[LWBuiltInScreenLockAuthLion askForPasswordBuiltIn:] | Attempted to add an observer when already observing
Mar 4 15:51:42 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [18898908667522]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake
Mar 4 15:51:42 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Reordering authw 0x7fa1295a4d20(2004) (lock state: 3)
Mar 4 15:51:42 mac-retina.example.com WindowServer[93]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: err 0x0

I'm seeing this behavior too.
MBP Retina from Mid 2012
3/8/14 3:36:38.846 PM loginwindow[69]: DPRemoteDesktopPicture: error getting desktop picture for display 0x4280382, error = no desktop picture for display 0x4280382 and spid=3

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I use an external hard drive to store my aperture library of photos,
Hard disks are quite cheap to purchase these days.
This would prevent you having to reinstall Aperture 2 and delete your images.

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TC 500 MB, seems to be backing up my 2 other computers on network (mac mini, iMac G5) without problems (first back-up ethernet, then subsequent ones through airport). Same true for MacBook pro, but now MacBook pro gets stuck in "Preparation" mode and never backs-up. It will stay there for 24 hours, never advancing to actual back-up. I tried multiple times, tried with ethernet and that doesn't make a difference. rebooted, repaired permissions etc (usual nonsense), to no avail. Also, When I did have it in Preparation, I could initially for several minutes, hear lots of hard drive writing activity in the Time Capsule, but then it stopped and nothing happens. The only way I could get it to back-up with Time Machine was to delete the original back-up from the TC and start over. Backing up now,
Anyone else stuck in Preparation limbo? Any other solutions?
thanks
roger

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