Light locker should be disabled for guest sessions by default

Bug #1337834 reported by Laércio de Sousa
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lightdm (Ubuntu)
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xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Some time ago, I've found some discussion about disabling Light Locker for Live CD sessions, because a locked live session becomes unlockable.

I'm observing the same behaviour with a desktop guest session: when AFK, the guest session locks and becomes unlockable. The only workaround I've found until now is customizing the guest session following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CustomizeGuestSession , disabling Light Locker.

I wonder if Light Locker could be disabled by default for desktop guest sessions. I'm not sure if it should be implemented in light-locker itself or in xubuntu-default-settings.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Auto-lock is now disabled by default in Xubuntu 14.10 (normal/live/guest session):

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/utopic/xubuntu-default-settings/utopic/revision/150

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Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote :

As @thad-fisch indicated, this is fixed with Xubuntu 14.10.
You can disable light-locker on login for new users (and the guest user) by removing the auto-start file.

/etc/xdg/autostart/light-locker.desktop

Changed in xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Laércio de Sousa (lbssousa) wrote :

Fixed in lightdm upstream revision 2160 (package release 1.15.1-0ubuntu2)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

affects: lightdm → lightdm (Ubuntu)
Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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