Closing laptop lid locks even with "lock: False"

[Alistair Cunningham]

If I close the lid of my laptop, then open it again, I find it asking for a password even though "lock: False" is set in ~/.xscreensaver (attached). The password window says "XScreenSaver 5.15".

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10

$ apt-cache policy xscreensaver
xscreensaver:
  Installed: 5.15-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 5.15-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 5.15-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I appreciate that this bug might not actually be in xscreensaver. Perhaps something like ACPI is telling it to lock. If so, please re-assign this bug report to the correct package.

[Mamoru TASAKA (mtasaka)]

If you can still reproduce this bug, would you try lauching xscreensaver with

$ xscreensaver -verbose -log output_log_name

and attach the contents of output_log_name ?

[Alistair Cunningham (acunningham)]

Certainly; please see attached. What I did was:

1. Ran "killall xscreensaver" to kill the running xscreensaver.
2. Ran "xscreensaver -verbose -log output_log_name". The splash screen came up.
3. Waited a few seconds.
4. Closed the laptop lid.
5. Waited a few seconds.
6. Opened the lid. The password entry box was displayed.
7. Entered my password. I was logged back in.
8. Waited a few seconds.
9. Hit ctrl-c on xscreensaver.

[Alistair Cunningham (acunningham)]

I guess this is the key line in the log file:

xscreensaver: 21:17:14: LOCK ClientMessage received; activating and locking.

Presumably something, such as ACPI, is asking xscreensaver to lock rather than activate?

[Mamoru TASAKA (mtasaka)]

> I guess this is the key line in the log file:
> xscreensaver: 21:17:14: LOCK ClientMessage received; activating and locking.

> Presumably something, such as ACPI, is asking xscreensaver to lock rather than activate?

Probably, from looking at the log.

[Alistair Cunningham (acunningham)]

Commenting out "LOCK_SCREEN=true" in /etc/default/acpi-support seems to fix this.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

I thought Ubuntu had got rid of acpi-support. Is this an upgraded installation?

[Alistair Cunningham (acunningham)]

Yes it is. Perhaps I should uninstall this package?

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Yes, try that. Unless something else holds it back (package dependencies), you should be fine without. I don't have acpi-support on my 12.04 Lubuntu.

[Alistair Cunningham (acunningham)]

Thanks, it's gone.