When I configure my systemd to lock on lid switch, I do see this debug- level message:
Oct 12 16:19:45 six systemd-logind[1173]: Inhibitor GNOME Shell (GNOME needs to lock the screen) pid=2894 uid=1000 mode=delay started. I am not sure exactly how GNOME handles locking the screen, but maybe the bug that Daniel pointed out (bug 1857392) is preventing GNOME from processing an Inhibitor DBus signal and locking the screen in a timely manner. ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1990742 Title: screen not consistently locking when lid is closed Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have GNOME configured to lock the screen when the screen is blanked, and to blank the screen when the lid is closed: org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-battery-action 'blank' org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-delay uint32 0 org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled true This worked fine in Jammy: whenever my screen was unlocked and I closed my laptop lid, it locked immediately, i.e., if I immediately reopened my lid, the screen was locked. After having just upgraded to Kinetic, however, sometimes when I close the lid it locks as described above, and sometimes it just... doesn't, i.e., when I open the lid again the screen is unlocked and I can just keep working. I have been unable to determine what the factors are which control whether the screen locks when I close the lid. There is a moderate security implication here, as it's problematic for someone's screen not to lock when they think that it did. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10 Package: gnome-shell 43.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-15.15-generic 5.19.0 Uname: Linux 5.19.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.23.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Sep 24 17:57:37 2022 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-16 (1135 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 43.0-1ubuntu1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-09-24 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1990742/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp