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ubuntu-release-upgrader package

Lock screen disabling needs updating

Bug #1959458 reported by Brian Murray
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Nick Rosbrook
Impish
Won't Fix
Medium
Nick Rosbrook
Jammy
Fix Released
High
Nick Rosbrook

Bug Description

The release upgrade process is supposed to disable your lock screen so that if something goes wrong you still have access to the system. However, this seems to be broken for upgrades to at least Jammy.

DistUpgradeQuirks.py has code to kill gnome-screensaver and poke xdg-screensaver, however neither of those processes are running on my Impish system. There is a /usr/libexec/gsd-screensaver-proxy process but killing that didn't stop the screen from locking.

Tags: fr-2021

Related branches

~enr0n/ubuntu-release-upgrader:lp.1959458
Brian Murray: Needs Fixing
Diff: 234 lines (+44/-87)
5 files modified
DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py (+41/-47)
DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py (+0/-7)
DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py (+0/-33)
debian/changelog (+2/-0)
debian/control (+1/-0)
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: rls-jj-incoming
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

The desktop team said we should be using the following to inhibit the lock screen.

https://people.freedesktop.org/~hadess/idle-inhibition-spec/re01.html

Matthieu Clemenceau (mclemenceau)
tags: added: fr-2021
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: removed: rls-jj-incoming
Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Jammy):
assignee: nobody → Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-release-upgrader - 1:22.04.5

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ubuntu-release-upgrader (1:22.04.5) jammy; urgency=medium

  [ Brian Murray ]
  * debian/control: rename the main branch
  * Increase the fallback KERNEL_INITRD_SIZE so that there is room for
    commonly used modules in the initramfs subsequently some upgrades may be
    disallowed due to a lack of free space in /boot.
  * Run pre-build.sh: updating mirrors, demotions, and translations.

  [ Nick Rosbrook ]
  * Update download rates in estimated download message (LP: #1947581)
  * Use org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver to inhibit screen lock (LP: #1959458).
    This approach also works in Kubuntu.

 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Mon, 14 Feb 2022 11:01:58 -0800

Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Impish):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Impish):
assignee: nobody → Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)
status: Triaged → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Nick Rosbrook (enr0n) wrote :

I have tested upgrades from focal to impish, and I confirmed that the lock screen is disabled during upgrade as expected.

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Impish):
status: In Progress → Won't Fix
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