Bug#813410: lock screen is not working when logged into gnome from sddm

[Tim]

On 02/02/16 04:15, Pirate Praveen wrote:
> package: sddm, gdm3, gnome-session
> severity: important
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> Now it seems gnome session can lock screen only if logged in from gdm3
> (isn't there a standard for display managers? is gnome breaking the
> standard of sddm not implementing a new standard? can't changes be
> better coordinated among DEs, can't we use freedesktop.org?). It makes
> the whole system insecure as laptops when left unattended could be
> misused by anyone without auto lock.
gnome-shell and gdm3 are quite tightly coupled, however in the case you don't want to use gdm, you should be able to use gnome-screensaver or
xscreensaver for screen locking
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> Same issue for switch user.
There is no standard for user switching, gdm, lightdm and probably sddm all have their own interfaces for user switching.
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