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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The problem with this suggestion is, what if you wanted to lock the
session *and* blank the screen? Would you have to choose "Lock" first,
and then "Blank Screen Now" from the lock screen? That would be too much
bother. Or would just choosing "Blank Screen Now" lock the session as
well? Being next to a "Lock" item would make it seem like it didn't,
even if it did. All that, plus the cognitive burden of an extra item in
the menu.

The solution is much simpler: "Lock" should always blank the screen
*and* lock the session. This is no burden: when the time comes to
unlock, any keypress or touch of a pointing device will wake the screen.
And this is why, when locking is disabled, the menu item is still there
but says "Start Screensaver" instead.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SessionMenu#Contents>

** Changed in: indicator-session
       Status: Incomplete => Invalid

** Changed in: indicator-session (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Invalid

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590243

Title:
  Add "blank screen now" option

Status in Ayatana Design:
  New
Status in The Session Menu:
  Invalid
Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “indicator-session” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

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

  It would be great to have a "blank screen now" option to save power,
  wither in gnome-power-manager applet or indicator applet session

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: gnome-power-manager 2.30.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.34-5.14-generic 2.6.34
  Uname: Linux 2.6.34-5-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Jun  6 00:18:16 2010
  GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
  GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
  GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6400
  PccardctlIdent:
   Socket 0:
     no product info available
  PccardctlStatus:
   Socket 0:
     no card
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-5-generic root=UUID=c65f05e4-8a87-4923-89ff-929c3811ba3c ro quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=it_IT.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
  dmi.bios.date: 12/21/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A20
  dmi.board.name: 0RX493
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA20:bd12/21/2009:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6400:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0RX493:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Latitude E6400
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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