Idea #7004: Nice "lock" screen

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Written by Lex the 14 Apr 08 at 16:58. Category: Look and Feel.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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It would represent Ubuntu much better if there would be some "nicer" lock screen.
Maybe just add background picture similar to login screen.

UPDATE:
Let us say that "lock" screen is not matching with rest of the system. I am not saying that there must be background picture. I just don't like current gray box. At least “lock” screen should match theme colour and contains Ubuntu logo. It would be useful to get more ideas how to make it nicer.

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Idea #8568: Improve "Lock" Screen (21 votes)

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edm1 wrote on the 14 Apr 08 at 19:29

Maybe have this as an option but i would still prefer to keep the black screen, save energy and everything.

You can set a custom picture if you wanted by setting your screensaver to F-spot then play around with the settings within F-Spot.

Mike Graham wrote on the 14 Apr 08 at 19:57

I'm not sure if I like the idea of having something like the login screen, but the Lock Screen feature feels a bit not right.

Voted yes.

yoasif wrote on the 15 Apr 08 at 03:30

replace it with xlockmore... i love xlockmore!

John Karahalis wrote on the 15 Apr 08 at 05:56

Do you mean like this?
http://www.johnnykonline.com/files/ubuntulock.png

I installed that lock by following this tutorial: http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/09/22/ubuntu-human-gnome-screensaver-lock-dial og-theme/

The tutorial asks you to download a file, but provides a 404 when you try. A copy of that file is available here: http://www.mavrev.com/tmp/gnome-screensaver-human-rounded.tar.gz

This should absolutely be included in future versions of Ubuntu.

John Karahalis wrote on the 15 Apr 08 at 06:00

edit: the URL of the tutorial shouldn't have any spaces in it. In particular, remove the space in the word "dialog" before trying to access the address.

Brainstorm bug :-/

smejky wrote on the 15 Apr 08 at 07:49

Give me a mockup and I will create it.

Ape wrote on the 16 Apr 08 at 16:51

You can put screen saver on the lock screen. And there is some screen savers that can show photos..

gerberad wrote on the 12 May 08 at 15:44

It's awesome when you complain about something, just to find that you're not the only one and there's already been decent conversation regarding the topic.

I don't need anything fancy, I'd just like it to match the the system theme (Login screen and/or the system theme). The tutorial that John Karahalis points us toward is precisely what I am looking for.

Personally I don't like the human theme and changing it is the first thing I do when I install Ubuntu. But the human-theme-lock-screen tutorial is exactly the right idea.

DenialP wrote on the 17 Jun 08 at 01:30

I think it would be nice if the lock screen would match my theme and maybe look a little more professional.

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