Ubuntu
gdm package

lock screen is missing music controls

Bug #1073385 reported by aaron-bru
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Bug Description

I upgraded to 12.10 and installed
ubuntu-gnome-desktop
ubuntu-gnome-default-settings
and switched over to gdm, expecting to have music controls on the lock screen (which is very nice, by the way)
I also added the gnome 3.6 ppa (http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3/ubuntu)

I have tried with either banshee or rhythmbox playing music, neither of them cause any controls to appear on the lock screen. This question has been asked at http://askubuntu.com/questions/204813/gnome-lock-screen-screensaver-is-missing-music-controls without any answers

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: gdm 3.6.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 30 20:18:30 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-01-10 (1024 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: gdm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-27 (3 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.dconf.db.gdm: 2012-10-27T16:37:14.789862

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aaron-bru (aaron-bru) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Shubhendu Shekhar (shubh-shekhar1991-deactivatedaccount)
description: updated
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Shubhendu Shekhar (shubh-shekhar1991-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Lock Screen Notifications also not working in my case.

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Tim Lunn (darkxst) wrote :

Enabling of lock screen notifications requires gnome-control-center 3.6, which is not shipped with quantal.

You should however be able to manually enable lock-screen notifications with gsettings with the following command (or use dconf-editor):

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver show-notifications true

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Shubhendu Shekhar (shubh-shekhar1991-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

@tim

problem solved.
thankx.

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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

I'm closing this bug since the GNOME developers have decided to disable lock screen notifications by default (to protect privacy) and we don't intend to override their decision.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/677640

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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aaron-bru (aaron-bru) wrote :

wow that's awesome, thanks!
but it seems it's not working for Banshee for me, is that supposed to be like that right now? I don't mind switching to rhythmbox if so.

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Tim Lunn (darkxst) wrote :

yeh, I believe its just rhythmbox for now. They are planning to add MPRIS support at some stage (probably in 3.8) though, so then it should work with most music apps.

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shaneonabike (shanebill) wrote :

Could I suggest that you add some configuration setting somewhere since I agree with teh privacy issue, but also think this is useful for folks who don't mind having some notifications? Just a thought to make it easier for some folks that may not remember to make the suggestion you posted. (Read: Make it more accessible to general public :)

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