I can confirm this bug. Note that there is a specific way to reproduce
this bug:
1) Install Jaunty
2) Boot into Jaunty
3) Without running any applications* press Ctl-Alt-L
What happens: Nothing
Expected behavior: Locks the screen
* It seems that by first opening a single gnome application like to
thank you for your bug report, I don't confirm the issue on jaunty, do
you use the desktop effects option?
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
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