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Re: Lock Screen not working in SL 3.0.3?
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Michael Mansour <[log in to unmask]>
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Michael Mansour <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:00:30 +1000
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Hi Keith,

> I am running SL 3.0.3 (Personal Workstation) with the gnome desktop 
> on my HP Omnibook 6000.  When I select "Lock Screen" under the gnome
> start menu, nothing (productive) happens.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> -Keith.

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe this is due to the root login, which doesn't 
allow locking within gnome.

I remember asking this same question in the fedora lists when FC1 was out, and 
was redirected to other "xlock" software instead of the one within gnome to 
achieve this for root.

Michael.

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