Comment 44 for bug 255228

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 7 May 2011, at 22:32, KeithG <email address hidden> wrote:

> From a clean install of 64 bit Natty, it works as expected. I set the
> gconf settings so that it does not lock the screen. To make thsi
> really
> work, I had to set the gconfedit setting Desktop -> Gnome -> Lockdown
> disable_lock_screen and now it will not ask for a password if I
> suspend
> it from that user profile. Yea!
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255228
>
> Title:
>  Disabling the suspend and hibernate locks via gconf-editor doesn't do
>  anything (from Intrepid to lucid included)
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Invalid
> Status in The Session Menu:
>  Triaged
> Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu:
>  Invalid
> Status in “indicator-session” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  These steps once worked in Ubuntu:
>
>  - open terminal
>  - type: sudo gconf-editor
>  - navigate to /apps/gnome-power-manager/locks
>  - disable lock_on_hibernate
>  - disable lock_on_suspend
>
>  Even with these two locks disabled, I still get asked for my password
>  when I resume from suspend.
>
>  It's so annoying to enter your password each time you resume from
>  suspend and hibernate... (especially if you had to enter a password
> to
>  setup the system-wide disk encryption a few seconds before).
>
>  work around: hibernate/suspend by others means. e.g. "ctrl+alt+del"
>  menu or pm-suspend (pm-hibernate) on cli