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Kalle Elmér
Asked: 2012-08-21 08:01:53 +0800 CST

Make Ctrl+Alt+L show login screen

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I've been messing with some things and the lock screen is not working well at the moment. Since I like the standard login screen much better anyway, I would like to change the action for the Ctrl+Alt+L shortcut. At the moment, it does the same thing as "Lock Screen" in the top-right power/settings menu. I would like it to instead have the same effect as "Switch User Account" on the user menu.

How can I do this?

FYI, I'm using 12.04 with the classic Gnome session. Things might look somewhat different in Unity.

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  1. Best Answer

    This is possible. Here is the procedure.

    Open up settings and go to keyboard->shortcuts->system and unbind the Lock Screen shortcut. (Make sure it says disabled where the key combo normally is)

    Go to Custom shortcuts on the same tab and create a new shortcut named login screen. In the command field enter the following: 

    gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.DisplayManager --object-path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0 --method org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.Seat.SwitchToGreeter

    Set the keybinding to Ctrl+Alt+L and then you are all done. From now on when you press that key combo you will be placed on the login screen.

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