Screen locking is actually a function of gnome-screensaver, not Unity. Check your process list to make sure it's running. It should autostart if it's installed. It runs at login via the /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-screensaver.desktop file.
At least, that's a possibility why it's not locking... On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 3:44 PM, S. Dale Morrey <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok I'll admit it, I think I like the Unity desktop better than most of the > others I've played with lately. I mean I love LXDE because it's > lightweight and fast, but something about Unity seems to work better for > me, perhaps because I'm left handed so having the tiles down the left hand > side just feels a bit more natural. > > One complaint though. I can't just walk away from my system. Since > installing Unity I've not been able to get the screen lock function to > work. If I hit ctrl+alt+delete and select lock, nothing happens. In fact > I have to shut the lid on my laptop to get lock to work. That makes no > sense. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to troubleshoot issues > with Unity? I'm guessing there is a log somewhere and that my answer is > contained in it, but doing a "locate *unity*" returns nothing that looks > like a log file to me. > > Thanks! > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
