Screen doesn't lock when a context menu active
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
If I open a context menu anywhere, the screen doesn't lock anymore.
Example:
* open gedit
* write down the root password, select it and right-click
* close laptop lid
* wait
* open lid
* the screen is not locked and everything is on display
Interestingly, as soon as I get rid of the context menu, the screen locks.
This is not just annoying, it's a privacy/security issue, as the screen might have sensitive information I don't want other people to read by just opening the laptop lid.
dejan@raven:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 15.10
Release: 15.10
Not sure which package to report this for, so I'm going for suggested unity.
dejan@raven:~$ apt-cache policy unity
unity:
Installed: 7.3.2+15.
Candidate: 7.3.2+15.
Version table:
*** 7.3.2+15.
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
| Dejan Jovanović (dddejan) wrote | #1 |
| Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote | #2 |
| information type: | Private Security → Public |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 49579, so it is being marked as such.
This is a fundamental bug in the design of X11 and cannot be easily fixed within X11.
You should manually lock your screen if a locked session is important to you.
Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.