Closing lid does not lock screen

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and help to improve Ubuntu.

The acpi-support package is not involved with the screen locking policy; this would seem to be a screensaver issue. You don't mention whether you're using Ubuntu or another variant, so assuming gnome-screensaver.

However, I'm not able to reproduce this problem here; closing the lid on my laptop correctly locks the screen. In your case, does the screensaver activate without locking the screen, or does the screensaver not activate at all?

Please post the output of the following commands:
$ gconftool-2 -R /apps/gnome-power-manager/lock
$ gconftool-2 -R /apps/gnome-screensaver

Just retested this bug on everything dist-upgraded, and it is still valid. I am using Ubuntu (also see DistroRelease).

$ gconftool-2 -R /apps/gnome-power-manager/lock
 hibernate = true
 suspend = true
 gnome_keyring_hibernate = true
 blank_screen = false
 use_screensaver_settings = false
 gnome_keyring_suspend = false
$ gconftool-2 -R /apps/gnome-screensaver
 lock_enabled = true
 idle_activation_enabled = true
 cycle_delay = 10
 mode = blank-only
 theme = screensavers-ubuntu_theme
 user_switch_enabled = true
 idle_delay = 10
 logout_delay = 120
 power_management_delay = 30
 embedded_keyboard_enabled = false
 logout_enabled = false
 embedded_keyboard_command =
 lock_dialog_theme = default
 logout_command =
 themes = []
 lock_delay = 0
 away_message =

Thanks for the output. One difference to my system is this:

 blank_screen = false

On my system this is set to blank_screen = true. Does changing this setting have any effect on the behavior?

Also, I don't know if you missed my earlier question: when you close the lid, does the screensaver activate at all?

Before setting blank_screen to true, the screen was just blanked but did not activate the screenblanker I selected in the screensaver prefs.

If I set blank_screen to true the session locks. However, it still does not activate the screensaver I selected in the screensaver prefs (it just fades out instead).

Can you still reproduce this issue with Ubuntu Maverick (10.10)?

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