screensaver re-locks itself after unlocking if the configured screen-off timer goes off while screen is locked

[Chow Loong Jin]

Steps to reproduce:
1. Set screen-off timeout to 1 minute
2. Configure screen to lock immediately when screen goes off.
3. Lock screen manually (Ctrl+Alt+L)
4. Wait for 1 minute
5. Notice that screen doesn't turn off
6. Unlock screen
7. Wait a couple of seconds (~10 or so)
8. Notice that screen re-locks itself.
9. Repeat steps 6-7 and notice that the screen doesn't re-lock itself this time.

There are two bugs described here:
1. Screen does not shut off if the screen is locked manually before the idle timer (see step 5).
2. Screen re-locks itself after unlocking if the idle timer goes off while the screen is locked (see step 7).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gnome-screensaver 3.6.1-0ubuntu11
Uname: Linux 3.13.4-hyper1 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Mar 14 18:19:26 2014
GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
GsettingsGnomeSession:
 org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'ubuntu'
 org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 300
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-03 (10 days ago)

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

I'm also adding unity to this bug as this only appeared after a gnome-screensaver upgrade that enabled the unity screenlock.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

It renders essential features or functionality of the package (or a dependent one) broken.

[Jason Odoom (jasonodoom)]

This seems to be fixed now with latest updates on Trusty.

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 07:33:58PM -0000, Jason Odoom wrote:
> This seems to be fixed now with latest updates on Trusty.

Nope, still broken for me.

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Kind regards,
Loong Jin

[Mathieu Alorent (kumy)]

Still broken here too.

[Jason Odoom (jasonodoom)]

Nevermind, only if you issue the lock-screen but if it is automatic... same problem.

[dobey (dobey)]

I'm pretty sure this is unity-greeter and has nothing to do with unity itself.

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 02:01:53PM -0000, Rodney Dawes wrote:
> I'm pretty sure this is unity-greeter and has nothing to do with unity
> itself.

Does unity-greeter actually handle the lock screen? I just locked my screen and
tried "ps -ef | grep unity-greeter" in a tty, but didn't see it running.

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Kind regards,
Loong Jin

[Antonio Marra (antmarra)]

This bug affects me too, on both my two machines (2012 MacPro and Asus N56VM)

[dobey (dobey)]

Sorry. Yes, it is just unity it seems.

[Margarita Manterola (marga-9)]

So, when will 7.2.1 be released?

[Elias Hasle (elias-hasle)]

I run Lubuntu Wily (upgraded from previous version), and I consistently have the problem that the screen re-locks once after being unlocked.

I have opened the "Light Locker Settings" from the user preferences menu. It refers to the xfce power manager for setting screensaver settings. At the same time it seems the Light Locker Settings duplicate the screen lock settings of said power manager. They were both configured for the same locking behaviour, so maybe they just do the job twice every time?

[Elias Hasle (elias-hasle)]

Update: Disabling automatic screen lock in the XFCE power manager settings seems to have solved the problem. But this could still be an issue for others, as long as the functionality/settings are duplicated.

[Elias Hasle (elias-hasle)]

Update 2: No, the problem doesn't seem to be solved anyway...

[René S. (radler961-ubuntu)]

This issue seems still not be solved despite the history of this post. Anyone with a solution?

[Simon Déziel (sdeziel)]

I have unity 7.4.0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1 (from Xenial) and I'm still affected by the double lock problem.

[mamnmamn (mamnmamn)]

I am seeing this on a number of Ubuntu 14.04 and 15.10 installs.
the unity version on the 14.04 install is;
7.2.6+14.04.20151021-0ubuntu1

[ScarySquirrel (coproc-sbcglobal)]

  // , This still affects my system, although I'm entirely up to date.

nb@nb-XPS-L521X:~/gocode/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint$ uname -a
Linux nb-XPS-L521X 4.4.0-59-generic #80-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 6 17:47:47 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
nb@nb-XPS-L521X:~/gocode/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint$ cat /etc/*release*
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="16.04.1 LTS (Xenial Xerus)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS"
VERSION_ID="16.04"
HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
VERSION_CODENAME=xenial
UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial
nb@nb-XPS-L521X:~/gocode/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint$