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jesc516

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From: LI,NY

Registered: 2015-01-26

Posts: 72

gnome screen lock stopped working

has anyone run into this? gnome screen lock stopped working after updates. if i go to settings > privacy i can see that screen lock is turned on. however the settings are grayed out.

i see this in journal (not sure if it is related):

Jan 10 00:12:49 gnome-shell[825]: Screen lock is locked down, not locking
Jan 10 00:13:14 gsd-media-keys[993]: Couldn't lock screen: Timeout was reached

i read i needed gnome-screensaver, so i installed, but i still cant lock my screen. i used to be able to lock my screen without needing gnome-screensaver, but regardless that did not fix it.

any thoughts?

jesc516

Member

From: LI,NY

Registered: 2015-01-26

Posts: 72

Re: gnome screen lock stopped working

wow, nevermind. as soon i created this, i ran into dconf-editor. disable screenlock was ON which did exactly that, disable it. turned OFF and works.