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[Charles Kerr <charles.kerr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: indicator-session (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Branch linked: lp:~mdeslaur/indicator-session/lp1220201

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Title:
  locking screen should not switch to greeter

Status in “indicator-session” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Currently, when selecting "lock" from the session indicator, the user
  is switched to the greeter.

  This breaks a whole slew of functionnality:

  1- The switch is done before waiting for the screen to actually be
  locked properly, resulting in the user session not being locked
  properly presumably because gnome-screensaver couldn't get a keyboard
  and/or mouse grab in time. Switching to the user's vt displays the
  desktop for an instant before the screen actually locks.

  2- Switching to the greeter revokes the user's device access,
  resulting in music not playing anymore, alarm sounds not ringing, etc.
  I fully expect to be able to start my music player, and have the music
  playing while I lock my screen.

  3- The user's power preferences are no longer applied as expected when
  the greeter is being displayed.

  4- The user experience is inconsistent with other ways of locking the
  screen, such as waiting for the timeout to occur, or pressing on Ctrl-
  Alt-L.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: indicator-session 12.10.5+13.10.20130823-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-4.9-generic 3.11.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-4-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Sep  3 07:32:46 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-13 (293 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: indicator-session
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-08-19 (14 days ago)

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