Bug 1229523 - Unable to Lock: lock was blocked by an application
Summary: Unable to Lock: lock was blocked by an application
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-session
Version: 22
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-06-09 02:47 UTC by Jason Haar
Modified: 2016-07-19 18:54 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
: 1369880 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2016-07-19 18:54:05 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Jason Haar 2015-06-09 02:47:15 UTC
Description of problem:

I only installed F22 last week, but have noticed a couple of times a day coming back to the computer to find it hasn't locked like it should, instead showing

Unable to Lock: lock was blocked by an application

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:

20-50% of the times screen locking should be called


Steps to Reproduce:
1. walk away
2. come back
3.

Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:

I'm running the standard Gnome install - haven't had the chance to fiddle with cinnamon/etc

syslog shows the following - which may help.
Jun  9 14:23:56 jhaar-nzc-ll gnome-session: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed
Jun  9 14:23:56 jhaar-nzc-ll gnome-session: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed
Jun  9 14:23:56 jhaar-nzc-ll gnome-session: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: error: Unable to lock: Lock was blocked by an application



I must agree with the writer of this webpage who had the same problem in F19. It would really help if the error said exactly what was blocking it!

http://osdir.com/ml/fedora-users/2013-10/msg00492.html

Finally, I marked it urgent because frankly it's a security hole. You can't just vaguely try to lock the screen  - it has to work. This laptop had Ubuntu-14.04 on it before and F20 before that - and neither had this issue.

Comment 1 Jason Haar 2016-01-11 00:53:22 UTC
Six months have passed and this security hole is still present in a fully up-to-date F22 system

I walk away from my desktop for hours and come back to find it never locked...

Just saying...

Comment 2 Fedora End Of Life 2016-07-19 18:54:05 UTC
Fedora 22 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2016-07-19. Fedora 22 is
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

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