Screen doesn't always lock correctly after inactivity
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When my laptop shuts off the screen due to inactivity, when I come back, the screen isn't locked. I can start back to work and interact with my apps, then the screen locks after I've started back to work.
Expected behavior: The screen locks after the inactivity timeout has expired (5 minutes in my case).
Actual behavior: When I "wake up" the screen, it's not locked, but then locks a few seconds after I've started to work.
I use my laptop for system administration, including access to a production environmnent, and can't have it left unlocked.
The behavior doesn't seem to be consistent, but I'll keep testing to see if there are specific scenarios under which this occurs.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gnome-screensaver 3.6.1-0ubuntu13
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Aug 8 10:55:22 2014
GnomeSessionIdl
GnomeSessionInh
GsettingsGnomeS
org.gnome.
org.gnome.
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-28 (10 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
information type: | Public → Public Security |
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.
This is a fundamental bug in the design of X11 and cannot be easily fixed within X11.
You should manually lock your screen if a locked session is important to you.
Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.