SDDM screen locking is VERY hit or miss

[c. marlow]

Fedora 36 KDE

I noticed that SDDM is very hit or miss when locking the screen.
Sometimes I can move my mouse and I am asked to enter a password. And
then there are times I can move my mouse and my desktop and task bar
appears without entering a password.

I have my settings set as LOCK SCREEN after 27 min

allow unlocking without password 1 sec

Power management set to turn off screen after 28 min

But I just noticed that power management was defaulted back to 10
min... It's like the settings aren't sticking.. But thats for another
thread.

Any ideas on why screen locking is very hit or miss?

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Chris

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[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 09:32 -0500, c. marlow wrote:
> Fedora 36 KDE
>
> I noticed that SDDM is very hit or miss when locking the screen.
> Sometimes I can move my mouse and I am asked to enter a password. And
> then there are times I can move my mouse and my desktop and task bar
> appears without entering a password.
>
> I have my settings set as LOCK SCREEN after 27 min
>
> allow unlocking without password 1 sec
>
> Power management set to turn off screen after 28 min
>
> But I just noticed that power management was defaulted back to 10
> min... It's like the settings aren't sticking.. But thats for another
> thread.
>
> Any ideas on why screen locking is very hit or miss?

You might consider asking on the Fedora KDE list.

poc

[Tim]

On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 09:32 -0500, c. marlow wrote:
> I noticed that SDDM is very hit or miss when locking the screen.
> Sometimes I can move my mouse and I am asked to enter a password. And
> then there are times I can move my mouse and my desktop and task bar
> appears without entering a password.

Do you only have one screensaver installed?  I mean the thing that
manages screen locking, not lots of toys that are displayed when the
screensaver is active.

[c. marlow]

On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 16:03 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > Any ideas on why screen locking is very hit or miss?
>
> You might consider asking on the Fedora KDE list.
>
> poc

I was hoping to NOT have to do that.... *SIGHS*

I thought that "users" was for ALL Feodra users no matter what DE you
use.

How do I join the KDE list?  I cant find the website that I initially
used to join this list.

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Chris

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[c. marlow]

On Sat, 2022-07-23 at 03:25 +0930, Tim via users wrote:
> Do you only have one screensaver installed?  I mean the thing that
> manages screen locking, not lots of toys that are displayed when the
> screensaver is active.

I don't even think that I have screensavers installed. When you open
the control panel and type in Screensaver the only option that comes up
is screen locking.

[c. marlow]

On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 16:03 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> ]
> You might consider asking on the Fedora KDE list.
>
> poc

I went to
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/kde.lists.fedoraproject.org/
and signed up, But I am not getting a confirmation email back with a
link to click to say yes I am wanting to join the KDE list

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Chris

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[Samuel Sieb]

On 7/22/22 10:55, c. marlow wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 16:03 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > Any ideas on why screen locking is very hit or miss?
> >
> > You might consider asking on the Fedora KDE list.
> >
> > poc
>
> I was hoping to NOT have to do that.... *SIGHS*
>
> I thought that "users" was for ALL Feodra users no matter what DE you
> use.

It is, but if you have a specific issue with KDE, then that mailing list 
might be more effective for getting an answer.

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 12:55 -0500, c. marlow wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 16:03 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > Any ideas on why screen locking is very hit or miss?
> >
> > You might consider asking on the Fedora KDE list.
> >
> > poc
>
> I was hoping to NOT have to do that.... *SIGHS*
>
> I thought that "users" was for ALL Feodra users no matter what DE you
> use.

It is, but when a topic relates to a specific component with its own
list, it's often better to ask there. KDE has such a list since the
default DE in Fedora is Gnome.
> How do I join the KDE list?  I cant find the website that I initially
> used to join this list.

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/kde.lists.fedoraproject.org/

In fact the latest post there at time of writing seems to be similar to
the issue you're having.

poc