Fn key to blank screen also locks screen (i.e. logs out)

Bug #1827085 reported by tinymarsracing
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Bug Description

This was different in Ubuntu 18.04 (and Windows). There it just turns off the screen and when you move your mouse again, there is no need to login. I'm using this functionality a lot because I don't use automatic blank screen - I prefer controlling that manually. Not sure what package controls that, possibly a udev rule?

(PS: I was thinking about whether this is actually a bug or a feature change. But I reached the conclusion that it actually *is* a bug because turning off the screen and locking the OS are two independent actions - you can also lock the OS without locking the screen and the fn key clearly refers to the screen.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: udev 240-6ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
CustomUdevRuleFiles: 70-snap.core.rules
Date: Tue Apr 30 18:02:31 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-04-30 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:9700 Suyin Corp. Asus Integrated Webcam
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1532:005c Razer USA, Ltd
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. UX303LAB
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.0.0-13-generic root=UUID=4a45d8a1-72c8-47a7-b54b-290b455e1f94 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: systemd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/25/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: UX303LAB.210
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: UX303LAB
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrUX303LAB.210:bd08/25/2015:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnUX303LAB:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnUX303LAB:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.family: UX
dmi.product.name: UX303LAB
dmi.product.sku: ASUS-NotebookSKU
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

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tinymarsracing (tinymarsracing) wrote :
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Dan Streetman (ddstreet) wrote :

please reopen if this is still an issue

Changed in systemd (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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