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

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 23:28 -0600, 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
> 
Are you doing this as root where the screen can not be locked.
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Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>