Ubuntu lock screen on laptop close lid

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Callum
5 months, 1 week ago
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In Fedora 8 when I closed my laptop lid, my screen would lock. Under Ubuntu 8.04 this doesn’t happen. After a bit of digging, I found a solution. The gconf setting is “/apps/gnome-power-manager/lock/blank_screen”. When set to true, closing the lid will lock the screen. Luvvvly. :)

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  1. 1 Scott Kitterman
    5 months ago.

    Works just fine with Kubuntu.

  2. 2 Callum
    5 months ago.

    @Scott Kitterman: I’m not sure what you mean. The change works fine with Kubuntu, or the screen locks automatically under Kubuntu?

  3. 3 Jim
    3 months, 1 week ago.

    Thanks. Very helpful.

  4. 4 Krellan
    2 months, 3 weeks ago.

    Excellent. Thanks for finding this setting.

    I am running Fedora 9, and had the opposite problem: it defaults to locking the screen whenever it blanks the screen (such as when the laptop lid is closed). I do NOT want it to lock the screen then. Just blank it, then restore the screen when the laptop lid is opened again.

    Clearing the checkbox hasn’t worked yet, but it’s a good start.

  5. 5 Nate
    1 month, 3 weeks ago.

    Thanks, very helpful!

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