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[Michael Terry <michael.terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is not needed for 10.10 or 11.04, as those have redefined the
timeout/sleep_display_ac key to be a timeout *after* the screensaver
determines the system is idle.  So you can't hit this bug anymore, as
the screen will never blank when the system isn't idle.

This is also not needed for 11.10, as GNOME 3 has completely changed the
keys used.  The lock/blank settings seem to work from my testing.  Thus,
I'll mark this Fix Released.

For the 10.04 SRU, the justification is that this is a bit of a security
concern: users could set their system up to lock after blanking and
expect that when the screen goes blank, they can safely walk away.

To test:

1) System > Preferences > Power Management
-Put display to sleep when inactive for [1 min]
2) System > Preferences > Screensaver
-Regard the computer as idle after [5 min]
3) gconftool-2 -t bool -s /apps/gnome-power-manager/lock/blank_screen true
4) Wait for screen to blank after 1m
5) Wiggle mouse, note that screen was not locked like step #3 would have you believe

** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/620693

Title:
  Screen not locked when turned off

Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “gnome-power-manager” source package in Lucid:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

  All settings I refer to here are gconf settings relative to /apps
  /gnome-power-manager unless fully qualified.

  If the value for timeout/sleep_display_ac (in seconds) is less than
  that of /desktop/gnome/session/idle_delay (in minutes) then the screen
  is blanked before the screensaver is activated.

  gnome-power-manager offers gconf options, described in its manual, for
  causing the screen to be locked when the screen is blanked.  This can
  in theory be set by enabling lock/blank_screen or enabling
  lock/use_screensaver_settings if /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock_enabled
  is set.

  The problem is that neither of these settings appear to work.  As a
  result, if the screen is blanked before the screensaver starts, or if
  the screensaver is disabled entirely, the screen does not get locked
  when blanked.  These settings do not appear to behave as described in
  the manual.

  The manual also describes that power management timers begin only
  after session idle, but that doesn't appear to be the case anymore.
  power management timers now appear to start immediately, independent
  of session idle_delay.  This documentation should be updated.

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