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t0ken

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Registered: 2012-06-29

Posts: 29

GNOME lock screen

I can't get GNOME to lock.  I.e., I press <super>+L, and nothing happens.  I don't know of another way to initiate the lock screen, and I double-checked the keyboard shortcut indeed exists.  Am I missing something?  I don't see anything in the wiki other than a way to set a specific image of the lock screen.  Thanks in advance for any advice.

Ropid

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Registered: 2015-03-09

Posts: 1,069

Re: GNOME lock screen

I think it needs GDM to work for some reason, can't work with for example SDDM etc. Do you use GDM?

phw

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Registered: 2013-05-27

Posts: 318

Re: GNOME lock screen

Does it work via the menu? In the settings menu on the upper right there should be a round lock icon at the bottom of the menu (between the settings icon and the power off icon).

Chazza

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Registered: 2013-06-02

Posts: 506

Re: GNOME lock screen

I think it needs GDM to work for some reason, can't work with for example SDDM etc. Do you use GDM?

Yes that's right. GNOME uses GDM for screen locking. If GDM is not running, then the button that phw mentions will not be present and screen locking will not work. If you don't want to use GDM, I'd recommend using the legacy gnome-screensaver which was used for screen locking up until GNOME 3.6. It still integrates nicely with the current GNOME desktop. You will need to autostart yourself as the autostart file was removed upstream to avoid it conflicting with the GDM lock.

Last edited by Chazza (2015-10-02 08:11:13)