Guest's user session becomes blocked after 30 minutes of the computer being unused
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unity (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Critical
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
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HOW TO REPRODUCE
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1. Log in as guest.
2. Switch off the mouse.
3. Leave the computer unused for 31 minutes.
4. Switch on the mouse, and move it.
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EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR
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- To see the Guest's session desktop, as it will happend when moving the mouse in less time.
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REAL BEHAVIOUR
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- You're asked for a password that is unknown, to unlock the Guest's session.
- If you have not access to an administrator account, at this time you will unable to power off.
- If you try to power off using the buttons in the log-in screen, the power off screen hangs and you're let to be unable to log in any session again.
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WORK-AROUND
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If you haven't tried to power the system off yet, you can:
1. Log in into an user session which is an administrator.
2. Into the Terminal, enter "sudo reboot".
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RELEVANT DETAILS
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- The Guest's session doesn't lock when the screen becomes blank, but rather when more than 30 minutes have passed.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
Date: Sun May 26 13:33:54 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-21 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Critical |
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) |
| Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote | #3 |
| description: | updated |
| summary: |
- Guest's user session has an unknown password + Guest's user session becomes unlockable after 30 minutes of the computer + being unused |
| summary: |
- Guest's user session becomes unlockable after 30 minutes of the computer + Guest's user session becomes blocked after 30 minutes of the computer being unused |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) → nobody |
| description: | updated |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| assignee: | nobody → Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) |
| assignee: | Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) → nobody |
Just a moment since I'm improving this bug report, because the behaviour seems not to be that simple: the bug is not reproducible when the screen is set to go blank before 10 minutes.