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

Dan grinnz at gmail.com
Thu May 11 16:04:28 UTC 2006


Philip Prindeville 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?
>
> -Philip
>
>   
Does the user that is logged in have a password? The screen would 
normally be unlocked using that password.
-Dan




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