GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 643036
Waking from hibernate unexpectedly prompts for password
Last modified: 2020-11-06 20:15:06 UTC
Originally reported at https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/553646 This system is configured, under "Login Screen Settings", to log in automatically as me (the sole user on this computer). If the system is booted cleanly no password is required. So I'm imagining this bugreport from the perspective of someone who never needs to enter a password and may not know what to type. One day they hibernate or suspend their computer, and on returning to it they resume the password. Expected behaviour here: (after a pause) their desktop appears Actual behaviour here: they see a prompt to unlock their session
If you wait for the screensaver, do you also get asked to unlock the screen? g-p-m just uses the gnome-screensaver settings by default.
Sorry, cannot comment upstream so I will do that here. The answer is no. I am not asked for a password when resuming from the screensaver, but I am asked for my password when resuming from suspend.
Forgot to mention - that was a comment response from downstream.
I have a similar problem: I unchecked "lock screen" in the screen preferences. Now, if I suspend my computer my closing the lid or pressing the power button, I'm not asked to log in when the computer wakes up. However, if I suspend by using the "suspend" command in gnome shell's top-right menu, I have to give my password when the computer wakes up.
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