UPDATE II: more details for the previous UPDATE. It seems that when I activate screen lock VIA THE KEYBOARD (Ctrl+Alt+L), I DO NOT get the "go to sleep and reboot" phenomenon to occur. When I use THE MOUSE to click on the "services" icon (upper-right of screen, next to the "Date/Time" display), scroll down to the "Lock Ctrl+Alt+L" line and click on it, the screen lock activates THEN within 10 seconds the display DIMS, then BLANKS, my display shows "Entering power save mode - no signal detected", then the "go to sleep and reboot" phenomenon occurs. NOTE: when I moved the mouse Just As The Screen Started To Dim, the display returned to normal brightness and the phenomenon did not occur.
AGAIN: I have DISABLED the "Screen Off after xx minutes" and "Require password when waking from suspend" function/option in "System Settings, Brightness & Lock". Right now, my "workaround" for using Screen Lock is to USE THE KEYBOARD, not the mouse, to enable the function. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1611162 Title: 16.04.1 LTS: using "screen lock" requires reboot to use computer Status in gnome-screensaver package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Updated from v. 14.04 to 16.04.1 via Software Update. When I activate Screen Lock and leave it alone, I have to reboot my system to make it active (i.e., the system "goes to sleep"). I didn't have this problem with v. 14.04. Otherwise, things seem to be OK... Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Memory: 4G Hard Drive: 250G Samsung SSD Additional info: if I have my machine sitting at a "normal" login (i.e., after reboot), I have no problems. It's only when I activate "screen lock" that I have to reboot my machine via hardware "reset" button or power cycle. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1611162/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
