Lock Screen in menu only works when screensaver is configured.

[Sindre Pedersen Bjordal]

The other day I came across this weirdness. I pressed the lock screen
button in the menu and nothing happened. Nothing, it didn't lock, it
didn't display any message, nothing. 

I got into #Fedora and asked around, I was answered quickly, I didn't
have my screen saver configured, that's why lock screen doesn't work.

I found this rather silly. Locking the screen isn't the same as a screen
saver. Screen savers pop up when you don't use your computer for a
while. Lock screen however, is used to prevent other users accessing the
computer while you're away. I don't use a screen  I've disabled it in
the screen saver settings, but I do want to lock screen from time to
time. 

Is there any way we could separate the lock screen and the screen saver,
so that when I press lock screen, it just works, regardless of my screen
saver settings? I don't care what the screen displays when my screen is
locked, I don't care at all. I just want it to lock. 

If it's not possible to separate them, at least give me some kind of
message saying I should configure my screen saver, the last thing we
want to happen is nothing at all. 


-- 
Sindre Pedersen Bjordal <foolish at fedoraforum.org>
www.fedoraforum.org
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