Issues w/ Gnome "lock screen" applet in FC5?

wwp subscript at free.fr
Thu May 11 07:28:04 UTC 2006


Hello Philip,


On Wed, 10 May 2006 23:28:00 -0600 Philip Prindeville <philipp_subx at redfish-solutions.com> wrote:

> Is there an issue with the "Lock screen" applet thingie that
> plugs into the upper panel?  I tried enabling it, and while
> clicking on it brings up the screen saver, it doesn't seem to
> lock the screen at all (not in a password-protected way).
> 
> I've checked "lock screen when screen saver is active".
> 
> Click "lock screen" on the applet's menu only brings up
> the screen saver.
> 
> What am I missing?

Does `xscreensaver-command -lock` work (or gnome-screensaver-command)?


Regards,

-- 
wwp
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