987638 – unable to lock screen in gnome

Bug 987638 - unable to lock screen in gnome

Summary: unable to lock screen in gnome

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 995062

Alias:	None

Product:	openSUSE Distribution
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	GNOME (show other bugs)
Version:	Leap 42.2
Hardware:	x86-64 openSUSE 42.1

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Normal (vote)
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Reported:	2016-07-05 10:11 UTC by Forgotten User Mfp5y7JP5V
Modified:	2016-09-02 12:22 UTC (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Flags:	dimstar: needinfo? (forgotten_Mfp5y7JP5V)

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Description Forgotten User Mfp5y7JP5V 2016-07-05 10:11:26 UTC

I'm unable to lock my screen. I tried changing the shortcut (does not work, while all other shortcuts work). I also activated "automatic screen lock" after 30 seconds; but my screen never gets locked. I've got no idea where to look for error messages... I'd happily provide debug info if necessary.

Comment 1 Dominique Leuenberger 2016-09-01 14:23:19 UTC

Are you using GDM as display manager?

Comment 2 Forgotten User Mfp5y7JP5V 2016-09-02 05:53:25 UTC

no, for the moment I am using sddm; but I didn't  really choose that actively. I installed opensuse leap with kde; but got problems with flickering; and installed gnome afterwards. I guess that installation chose sddm by default. I have many possible displaymanagers available; which ones would you recommend I try? What influence would that have on my work?

Possible Values:  kdm, xdm, gdm, wdm, entrance, console, lightdm, sddm or any value

Comment 3 Richard Brown 2016-09-02 08:26:47 UTC

(In reply to Chris Maes from comment #2)
> no, for the moment I am using sddm; but I didn't  really choose that
> actively. I installed opensuse leap with kde; but got problems with
> flickering; and installed gnome afterwards. I guess that installation chose
> sddm by default. I have many possible displaymanagers available; which ones
> would you recommend I try? What influence would that have on my work?
> 
> Possible Values:  kdm, xdm, gdm, wdm, entrance, console, lightdm, sddm or
> any value

gnome screen locking only works if you login using gdm.

Comment 4 Bjørn Lie 2016-09-02 08:49:15 UTC

(In reply to Chris Maes from comment #2)
> no, for the moment I am using sddm; but I didn't  really choose that
> actively. I installed opensuse leap with kde; but got problems with
> flickering; and installed gnome afterwards. I guess that installation chose
> sddm by default. I have many possible displaymanagers available; which ones
> would you recommend I try? What influence would that have on my work?
> 
> Possible Values:  kdm, xdm, gdm, wdm, entrance, console, lightdm, sddm or
> any value

Make sure that gdm IS installed though!

Comment 5 Felix Zhang 2016-09-02 09:49:14 UTC

The conclusion should also apply to bug 995062. I'm not sure if we can really fix this.

Comment 6 Felix Zhang 2016-09-02 09:51:53 UTC

Changed description of bug 995062 to be more general, and mark this as duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 995062 ***

Comment 7 Forgotten User Mfp5y7JP5V 2016-09-02 12:22:18 UTC

Thanks, I confirm that this solved my problem.