If you read that Redhat bug - and specifically my comment on it - you will see that the title is misleading. It was probably wrongly closed when it was also being moved against gnome-screensaver (and should have been retitled).
Further, it probably IS the same bug as this - the underlying issue is with gnome-screensaver grabbing input devices. This manifests in several different situations. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49579 Title: screen doesn't lock when panel menu is open -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
