Gnome missing lock button and screen won't lock

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Gnome used to have a lock button and it would automatically lock requiring a password when I installed Tumbleweed in my system… Now all of the sudden the lock button is no longer in the menu and the system won’t lock. I have no idea how to fix this issue. Your assistance with this issue is greatly appreciated.

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Hi
So your updating your system with zypper dup?

If you create a test user and login as that user, does the lock button appear in the menu? FWIW, I still see it here and works as expected.

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Hello Malcom,

Thank you for your reply. Yes I have been updating my system with “zypper dup.” I created a test user and this new account does not have the lock button either. Any ideas on how to solve this problem?

Thank for your help.

Very respectfully,

Joseph

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On Fri 10 Nov 2017 01:26:01 AM CST, jsberrios wrote:

Hello Malcom,

Thank you for your reply. Yes I have been updating my system with
“zypper dup.” I created a test user and this new account does not have
the lock button either. Any ideas on how to solve this problem?

Thank for your help.

Very respectfully,

Joseph

Hi
Not a gnome shell extension…?

See this thread;
http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=525142

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Malcom,

I tried creating a new user account. This new user account did not have a lock button. I tried login in as root and the lock button was still missing. I went ahead and disabled all the gnome shell extesions in my account and after a reboot, the lock button is still missing. It should be noted that “Super”+L does not lock my computer either.

Is there anything else I can try?

Thanks for your help.

Joseph

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Hi
Are you using gdm as your login manager?

See 3.4 in https://doc.opensuse.org/release-notes/x86_64/openSUSE/Leap/42.3/index.html#general

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Hello,

I am using gdm as my login manager. I also tried to switch user without login out, the option is in the gnome menu, however it is not working either.

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Malcom,

I think I found the problem. My system is configured for gdm as it is set in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanger in which the key DISPLAYMANAGER is set to “gdm.” However, after running the following command: ps -ef | grep ‘/’, I get the following output:

jsberrios@avenger:~/Documents> ps -ef | grep ‘/’
root 1596 1481 2 02:56 tty7 00:01:49 /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /run/sddm/{e5743e6f-fe07-4311-9ddf-49745b2d8d49} -background none -noreset -displayfd 18 vt7
jsberri+ 2070 2013 0 02:57 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/gpg-agent --sh --daemon --keep-display /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
jsberri+ 2071 2013 0 02:57 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/gpg-agent --sh --daemon --keep-display /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

It seems that my system is running sddm. I am puzzled and have no idea how to solve this problem.

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I had the same problem, sddm installs itself as alternative of gdm, so even if you have gdm as display manager set, it still starts sddm. Just uninstall it.

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That solved my problem. The only problem is in that every update, I have to uninstall sddm. A minor inconvenience, but at least it is working.

Thank you so much for your help. :slight_smile:

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Hi
Just use zypper and al (add lock) to sddm, but you should be able to set via;


update-alternatives --config default-displaymanager

and select you login manager.