| Summary: | Screen never locks automatically due to something somewhere enforcing "never lock" as the default setting | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] kscreenlocker | Reporter: | John Bennett <hornetster> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs> |
| Status: | REOPENED --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | bhush94, fabian, grahamperrin, hornetster, nate, yuking_net |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | openSUSE | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| See Also: |
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433675 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=357288 |
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| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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Screen lock settings #1
Battery & Brightness Battery & Brightness #1 attachment-18405-0.html kscreenlockerrc file /etc/xdg/kscreenlockerrc Screenshot of Setting>Screenlocking Settings>Screenlocking when working |
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Is something inhibiting screen locking? You can see in the Battery & Brightness applet. Have checked that applet, but can't find specifically where it would tell me re: inhibiting screen locking.
Nothing obvious....
("Do not use special settings" selected.)
Can you attach a screenshot of what the Battery & Brightness applet looks like for you? Created attachment 140402 [details]
Battery & Brightness
Have attached screenshot. That's the System Settings page. Can you attach a screenshot of the System Tray applet? Created attachment 140404 [details]
Battery & Brightness #1
and if I select the Tools icon, get the previous shot...?
OK, so nothing is listed as inhibiting screen locking, then. Thanks. I think it is the same bug as https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=357288, and i am suffering from it. I am using an amd-3900X/X570 desktop computer. Have there been any updates recently? Appears to be working 'mostly', at the moment, even the power...? Will do some checking. Possibly related to Bug 433675, or the same root cause? Seems to have gone back to 'not working' again... Have done a total reinstall of Tumbleweed (currently 20220106; KDE Plasma V5.23.4), with new user, and still intermittent at best. Mostly not working. Hardware is Dell Optiplex 9020, with 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM. Thanks. New install of Tumbleweed (20220106 + KDE Plasma V5.23.4) on Dell Optiplex 9020 1TB ssd boot drive/16gb RAM Hardware. Still VERY intermittent - mostly (95%) not working. Have tried different settings in both Screensaver and Power. Seriously? Is no-one else seeing this? Screensaver/power control not working at all, after login. If I leave on the login screen, works OK. Have installed MANY other distros, and never had an issue. And this is STILL happening.... Apparently no one else is seeing it. Can you manually lock the screen with Meta+L? (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #17) > Apparently no one else is seeing it. > > Can you manually lock the screen with Meta+L? Yep, works fine. Do you have an NVIDIA GPU, by any chance? Created attachment 152133 [details] attachment-18405-0.html No, standard Intel graphics. On Sat, 17 Sept 2022, 04:54 Nate Graham, <bugzilla_noreply@kde.org> wrote: > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440350 > > --- Comment #19 from Nate Graham <nate@kde.org> --- > Do you have an NVIDIA GPU, by any chance? > > -- > You are receiving this mail because: > You reported the bug. > You are on the CC list for the bug. Ok, thanks. Still stumped. :/ OK, will 'fess up here and say I am not completely convinced myself about the cause of this... and not sure how/if this could affect it at all, but: Over the last couple of days, after having completely disconnected my Thunderbird profile (removed config, and created new profile, copying old local mail folders to new profile, have changed from POP to IMAP), for a day or so, both screenlock + power save seemed to work, but after since not having changed anything, is now not working again... Thought I would mention this. Thunderbird 102.2.2 (64bit) Tumbleweed 20220916 Can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version? Like Plasma 5.25, or ideally 5.26? If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "CONFIRMED" when replying. Thank you! Now running Tumbleweed 20221029/KDE Plasma 5.26.2/Qt 5.15.6/Kernel 6.0.5-1-default/X11. Still having the issue. Can you attach your ~/.config/kscreenlockerrc file? Created attachment 153580 [details]
kscreenlockerrc file
Interesting, that's not what I would have expected. Do you have a `/etc/xdg/kscreenlockerrc` file? If so can you attach that too? Also can you attach a screenshot of your Screen Locking page in System Settings? Created attachment 153606 [details]
/etc/xdg/kscreenlockerrc
Created attachment 153607 [details]
Screenshot of Setting>Screenlocking
Thanks. does it start working if you add [Daemon] Timeout=1 to ~/.config/kscreenlockerrc, restart, and then wait a minute or so? Fixed!!? How easy was that. If only I had known what a 'standard' config file looked like... But, asks the question, why did it break in the first place. Beleive it happened when I did a "fresh" install of Tumbleweed..? Anyway, am wrapped now that it's working. Thanks a heap, Nate. Will mark as resolved. Heh, fixed for you, but clearly there is a bug somewhere that we need to find. With that line in your config file, can you attach another screenshot of what your Screen Locking settings page looks like? Created attachment 153658 [details]
Settings>Screenlocking when working
Pretty much the same...
Thanks. And to confirm, if you click the "Defaults" button at the bottom of the page, such that your kscreenlockerrc file loses its "Timeout=1" line, does the problem come back? If so, this suggests that the default setting on your system is "never lock the screen" for some reason. Sorry, away for the next 2 weeks. Will check when back home Back after being away. Don't recall playing with anything before going away, but on return, screen locking again not working. On checking the ~/.config/kscreenlockerrc file, contains: ************ [$Version] update_info=kscreenlocker.upd:0.1-autolock [Daemon] LockGrace=10 ************* So, correcting things again, all is working, and, yes, clicking 'Defaults' does again break it... This suggests that the code has been patched to make "never lock" the default setting. Fabian, are you aware of any such patch on openSUSE? (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #37) > This suggests that the code has been patched to make "never lock" the > default setting. Fabian, are you aware of any such patch on openSUSE? No. In fact, openQA sees the lockscreen regularly and reliably (which is actually a bit annoying to deal with there...). Then I am quite confused. If this behavior happens with no override in ~/.config/kscreenlockerrc, that means that *somewhere* the default has gotten set to "never lock". We checked /etc/xdg/kscreenlockerrc and it's not there. Fabian says openSUSE isn't changing this default in the code. Where else could it be coming from? Beginning to wonder what is going on here... On occasions (don't believe ALL the time), turn the computer on, no screenlock, log out/in, screenlock works. Files have not been changed, all looks good... Beginning to think I will do a full/clean reinstall... Complete fresh install of Tumbleweed (openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Snapshot20221209-Media.iso), no screenlock enabled. Add the: [Daemon] Timeout=1 to the file, logout/in, working so far. (In reply to John Bennett from comment #41) > Complete fresh install of Tumbleweed > (openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Snapshot20221209-Media.iso), no screenlock > enabled. > > Add the: > [Daemon] > Timeout=1 > > to the file, logout/in, working so far. Also (noticed this previously, as well), often (nearly always), after starting the computer, screenlock doesn't work, but after logging out/in, it does..? Yep, and another fresh install later.... Works fine in Wayland. Doesn't work on initial install to X11, but works (generally) on a logout/login after... (In reply to John Bennett from comment #43) > Yep, and another fresh install later.... > Works fine in Wayland. > Doesn't work on initial install to X11, but works (generally) on a > logout/login after... That should be "Doesn't work on initial boot to X11, ....." Thanks. |
Created attachment 140366 [details] Screen lock settings #1 SUMMARY kscreenlocker Version 5.18.5 Have recently installed Opensuse Leap 15.3, and having problems trying to get the screen to lock/power off. If I don't log on, screen seems to power off ok, but after logging on, never seems to lock/power off automatically, even when no 'extra' programs are running (ie even just the standard system components.) Can Manually lock (Meta+L), but still doesn't go to power off. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Boot system and logon 2. Wait for screensaver to kick in 3. Never does OBSERVED RESULT Screensaver NEVER works. EXPECTED RESULT Screensaver works. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0 ?? Qt Version: 5.12.7 ?? ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Have tried various settings under: Settings>Workspace Behaviour>Screen Locking + Settings>Power Management