This is still an issue. Because of bug #1295267 I can't set the screen to turn off automatically. So I turned off screen blanking and left lock on. I was a little bit surprised that screen lock didn't engage after an idle period.
Also, I am trying to understand why screen blank + lock would work, but only a screen lock wouldn't. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247683 Title: Gnome-screensaver does not lock if "turn screen off" is disabled Status in gnome-screensaver package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The "Screensaver & Lock settings dialog" for the gnome screensaver is misleading and is a security risk. It allows you to specify whether or not the screen will be turned off after a certain time, and it allows you to specify whether or not the session will lock (and require a password) after a certain time. The dialog presents these as indpeendent options, but in reality, the lock will NEVER operate unless you also enable "Turn screen off ...". The "Lock" option should be grayed out/disabled if "Turn screen off" is not enabled. Much better would be to change the code so that the two functions are independent of each other. Surely it should be possible to lock the session after a set time even if you don't have the screen set to turn off. As it stands, users can be fooled into thinking that their session will lock after a set time when in reality that will not happen unless they have also enabled "Turn screen off". In addition, at present the Lock options for 30 secs, 1 minute, etc actually represent the time delay AFTER the screen is turned off. So for example if you set "Turn screen off" to 5 minutes and "Lock" to 2 minutes, the session will lock after 5+2 = 7 minutes. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1247683/+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
