Re: Screen locking in squeeze.
On 3 August 2012 05:05, Sharon Kimble <skimble04@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2 August 2012 19:12, Sharon Kimble <skimble04@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I seem to have lost the ability to lock my screen. I cant do it from
>> the keyboard with CTRL+ALT+l [lower case L] and neither from the
>> system menu.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest how I can get it back please?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sharon.
>
> I've just rebooted in an effort to get the screen lock back, but its
> still not working. I've even installed the screen lock applet for the
> taskbar, but that doesn't work either. And I suspect that the
> screensaver will not kick in either, so what has happened to kill it
> off?
>
> Could it be any of these please that were very recently installed from
> an upgrade;-
> lockfile-progs 0.1.15 => 0.1.15+squeeze1
> xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.0-6 => 2:2.13.0-7
> xsltproc 1.1.26-6 => 1.1.26-6+squeeze1
>
> i'm just clutching at straws, brain storming and trying to fix it.
>
> Thanks
> Sharon.
Have you checked your Gnome settings, sometimes they get reset to
default values.
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