On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 10:49 +0000, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > I suggest that if someone sets themselves up to log in automatically, > the "Lock Screen" command is insensitive by default.
Makes sense to me. > Then, if it is possible to get a User Interface Freeze exception for > this, I suggest that in the "Users and Groups" settings, the bottom of > the "Password" section for your user account should have a checkbox, > "Allow locking the screen (requires password to unlock)". If you are > using automatic login, the checkbox should be unchecked by default, > otherwise it should be checked by default. If it is checked, the "Lock > Screen" item should be sensitive. I understand this from the user perspective, but from the technical one I'm not sure how this should be stored. It would be tricky to set a setting in another user's gconf repository. It would also doesn't seem like it would be a system level setting. Anyway, I think we should open another bug for this, as I don't believe it can be done for 9.10. -- lock screen doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
