Tested this on Ubuntu 13.04, 13.10 beta2, Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon. Elementary OS Luna. All the same.
Irrespective of whether a machine is running gnome-screensaver or cinnamon-screensaver, the timed screen lock does not operate in the way one would expect. 1. If you don't set the screen to turn off, then the timed locking function will NEVER work. 2. If you do set the screen to turn off, and set the lock delay to a specific time, that time starts AFTER the screen turns off. So for example if you set screen off after 1 minute of inactivity and lock on after 1 minute, the lock will happen after a total of TWO minutes of inactivity. This is presumably an issue with gnome-screensaver (and I guess cinnamon-screensaver uses much of the same code). This interface needs to be redesigned so that one can have a timed automatic lock independent of whether or not the screen is set to turn off. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to activity-log-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1063682 Title: Screensaver settings GUI is confusing Status in Ayatana Design: New Status in “activity-log-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The settings GUI for screensaver settings is confusing. Right now, I see: - Turn off the screen after: - Lock the screen after: Lock the screen has an option for "Screen turns off", and time internals. It never states that it'll start the countdown for the lock AFTER the screen's been turned off and if appropriate the time interval has past. The lock part's string should be changed to: "Lock the screen after screen turns off and idle for": "Immediate", "30 seconds", etc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/1063682/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
