Upgraded laptop to Focal doesn't blank and lock screen

[Bob]

** Reply to message from Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com> on Thu, 21
May 2020 15:14:13 -0500

> After the upgrade from 19.10 "Eoan" to 20.04 "Focal," my screen blanker and
> locker won't kick in.
> 
> I gather Gnome longer uses gnome-screensaver, that it's now built in to
> Gnome.
> 
> I've tinkered with a few things, including reinstalling a couple of
> packages and removing lots of outdated package configurations (using
> Synaptic) but with no luck.
> 
> Before I go to the next step -- a complete fresh reinstall -- I wanted to
> check here to see if anyone can suggest another place to look.
> 
> P.S.: I just searched again and found one other person who is having the
> same issue:
> 
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1242110/after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-20-04-lockscreen-not-working

I have a similar problem.  My laptop blanks the screen and locks up without any
problems.  My desktop blanks the screen but does not always lock the system.

-- 
Robert Blair


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