Hi, sorted it, just went to dconf-editor than searched for screen lock down. came on to this: org.gnome.desktop.lockdown The default value was to disable lock down which I changed it to false. Now lock screen works. Thanks for pointing me out to solve it. have a nice day sokol
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1905209 Title: gnome-screensaver is blocked by an application to lock screen Status in gnome-screensaver package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: can't lock screen, gnome screensaver is blocked by an application to lock screen ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: gnome-screensaver 3.6.1-11ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-29.31-generic 5.8.14 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Nov 23 09:18:48 2020 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: Yes GnomeSessionInhibitors: 1: AppId = firefox, Flags = 8, Reason = video-playing GsettingsGnomeSession: org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'ubuntu' org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 300 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-04 (476 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416) SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-11-20 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1905209/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp