Ubuntu
indicator-applet package

Open indicator menu prevents automatic screen locking

Bug #833681 reported by Benjamin
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indicator-applet (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

An open indicator menu prevents the screensaver/screenlock from kicking in. Happened today to me. I paused Banshee in the Sound Menu and left my computer. When I came back the screen was not locked but instead as I left it with the Sound Menu open. After closing the menu, my screen was locked. So it seems the automatic screenlocking does indeed work, but only after all menus have been closed.
To me this looks at least concerning security, because a casual safety measure does not work as expected.

Ubuntu 11.04, Classic Gnome
indicator-applet 0.4.12-0ubuntu1

Benjamin (benjamin-schaefer)
visibility: private → public
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rosie lundberg (rosielundberg) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #49579, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in indicator-applet (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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