desktop-packages team mailing list archive

[Sebastien Bacher <seb128@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> I might be a bit naive here, but couldn't you simply always lock the
screen on suspend in Unity is being run, and always respect the "lock
screen" option if a gnome-shell session is being run?

Could you describe your user scenario? Do you use autologin or enter a
password on boot? In which case do you want to see the screen locked and
which cases not?

We could make the behavior session specific but that's not what we aim
for, we aim at a good and comprehensive behaviour. If you want to not be
bothered with passwords you usually use autologin and will not get any
locking for example. If you do care about security and set your box to
enter a password on login you probably want a password on resume as well
(it's not very different from boot).

It's easier to explain to users that their box will use automatic
locking in a consistent way, or not do any locking without user asking
for it.

Do you think there are sceharios where locking should happen in some
actions and not others? Would that still seem "logical" to users?

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop
Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869765

Title:
  Screen locked on lid close, suspend, user switch

Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  If I suspend my laptop by closing the lid, I get a password prompt
  when I open it again. This doesn't occur when I suspend using the
  gnome-shell "suspend" menu entry.

  For information, this happens when running a gnome-shell session. I
  have disabled "lock screen" in the "screen" settings. This used to
  work perfectly until very recently (probably after one of my daily
  oneiric upgrades).

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/869765/+subscriptions