On 3 December 2012 19:48, scoundrel50a <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/12/12 13:13, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 3 December 2012 10:29, scoundrel50a <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I am running 12.04 and after an update I suddenly found that when I close >>> the laptop the screen doesnt lock, and when I says close I mean shut the >>> lid >>> down.....when I lift the lid again, the laptop just restarts with no need >>> for you to add your username and password....not very secure. How can I >>> get >>> it to need a password when the lid is lifted >> >> Is it acutally suspending (sleeping) ok? Usually the power led flashes >> when suspended. Assuming it is suspending then go to System Settings >>> >>> Brightness and Lock where there is a checkbox "Require my password >> >> when waking from suspend". >> >> If it is not actually suspending then have a look in System Settings > >> Power and make sure you have Suspend as the option for when you close >> the lid. >> >> Colin >> > Hi Thank you for your reply, in Settings>Power under 'When lid is closed' is > says Suspend, but it doesnt, when I lift the lid up there is no log in > screen it just goes straight to the desktop
Does it suspend if you do it from the menu in the cog in the top right hand corner? Colin -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
