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I am using Ubuntu 12.04 with many DE. Lubuntu is one of them. I don't have any option to lock screen in Lubuntu while I do in Unity and other DE.

Is there any program / application that I can install in order to lock screen in Lubuntu?

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  • Have you installed lubuntu-desktop or only lxde? – Anwar Sep 12 '12 at 06:23
  • actually both but I've that application in my list of apps because I've got more environments installed as gnome shell , unity and kde recently . – Raja G Sep 12 '12 at 07:13

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I just use the keybindings I've always used on ubuntu. Press: Ctrl + Alt + L

Should work

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  • Cool man +1 , i have tried and Its worked . But are sure about this , that it will work in Lubuntu too ? – Raja G Nov 07 '12 at 12:43
  • this is a keybinding. he asked for "program/application". It gives him a good start on finding the answer he is seeking, but doesnt tell him where to look though (openbox configuration file). – Joshua K Dec 28 '12 at 21:54
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There is an article at the here at the LXDE forums. It gives instructions on creating a .desktop file to lock the screen, and adding it to the top panel.

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  • hey i have tried that & did as it said but i am not getting screen lock option while with application launcher option . – Raja G Aug 24 '12 at 19:12
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The lxlock program provides screen locking functionality in LXDE.

It is part of lxsession. The lxsession Install lxsession package provides it.

Try running lxlock from the Run dialog (Alt+F2 or LXDE Menu > Run) or the LXTerminal (Alt+F2).

If lxlock locks the screen, you can work around the problem by running it that way or by creating a launcher for it on the menu, panel, or desktop.

If lxlock runs but does not lock the screen, that's probably a bug.

If lxlock is not present on your system, run this to install (or, if it's installed but damaged, to reinstall) the lxsession package:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get --reinstall install lxsession

After installing that, lxlock should work, but if it runs and fails, try logging off and back on to see if that helps.

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Try installing lubuntu-default-settings package. Open a terminal and run this command:

sudo apt-get install lubuntu-default-settings

This should fix the problem.

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There are several ways of doing it. The easiest being:

LXDE Menu - Other - Lock Screen (XScreensaver).

HTH.

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open .config file and right click on lxde-rc.xml open with any editor and find desktop paste the below script on keyboard below 

<keybind key="W-L">
    <action name="Execute">
        <command>xscreensaver-command -lock</command>
    </action>
</keybind>

save the file exit reboot the system it will be work properly.

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