Screen lock button missing when using LightDM
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu GNOME |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Trusty |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Yakkety |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Zesty |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Impact
======
A user who installs gnome-shell in Ubuntu 17.04 and earlier is asked to choose between gdm and lightdm. If the user chooses lightdm, the GNOME session will not have a lock button in the system status menu in the top right corner.
Workaround
==========
The keyboard shortcut Super+L still works to lock your screen.
Test Case
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1. a. From Ubuntu GNOME 17.04, install unity-greeter. Choose lightdm as your default.
b. Restart
c. Log in to GNOME
d. Click the far right of the top bar. Make sure that the lock button exists. Click it. Your screen should lock.
Or
1. a. From Ubuntu (Unity) 17.04, install ubuntu-
b. Restart
c. Log in to GNOME
d. Click the far right of the top bar. Make sure that the lock button exists. Click it. Your screen should lock.
2. Make sure that the screen lock also still works if you use GDM instead.
Regression Potential
=======
This patch update just allows LightDM to lock the screen if GDM is not running.
Other Info
==========
GNOME didn't accept our LightDM patches when we proposed them a few years ago, so this will just need to be fixed in Ubuntu for now.
Related branches
description: | updated |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
milestone: | none → zesty |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Yakkety): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
description: | updated |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Yakkety): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
tags: |
added: verification-done-xenial verification-done-yakkety verification-done-zesty removed: verification-done |
This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell - 3.24.2-0ubuntu3
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gnome-shell (3.24.2-0ubuntu3) artful; urgency=medium
* Extend ubuntu- lightdm- user-switching. patch to allow
locking screen using LightDM (LP: #1684205)
-- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Sun, 14 May 2017 21:42:39 -0400