KDE 15 RC - lock screen doesn't "lock"

[t-ray]

I installed the 15 RC over the weekend on my new work laptop. Loving it so far. However, the screensaver / lock screen isn't functioning correctly. When I leave and come back, the lock screen is visible. However, simply moving the mouse (at all), or pressing any key on the keyboard, dismisses the lock screen and goes back to the desktop.

Is there some setting somewhere (I'm completely new to KDE) that I'm missing, or is this a defect?

[Scythe]

I just put the KDE RC on today. I am not get the behavior you are describing. Seems to work as designed - i.e., when the screen saver is active and I move the mouse or hit a key, the lock screen password entry comes up.

[Stel]

Alt+F2 and type screen locker. "Screen locker settings" will appear in the list as you are typing. Click on it. Check the box next to "require password after" .

[waardd]

I found my answer to this.....
I use mint from USB stick to boot my dell lattitude and didn't get it to lock.

This is what i did to make the buttun in 'menu' work and make a keyboard shortcut:

Open Software manager
Remove all cinnamon-screensaver
Remove all gnome-screensaver
Install all from xscreensaver
Edit the following file (as root): /usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/applet.js
(search for 'Lock' and edit the entrys as below (the lines with xscreensaver in them))

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    //Lock screen
        let button = new SystemButton(this, "gnome-lockscreen", launchers.length + 3);       
        button.actor.connect('enter-event', Lang.bind(this, function() {
                this.selectedAppTitle.set_text(_("Lock screen"));
                this.selectedAppDescription.set_text(_("Lock the screen"));            
            }));
        button.actor.connect('leave-event', Lang.bind(this, function() {
                this.selectedAppTitle.set_text("");
                this.selectedAppDescription.set_text("");
            }));       
        button.actor.connect('clicked', Lang.bind(this, function() {           
            this.menu.close();
           
            let screensaver_settings = new Gio.Settings({ schema: "org.cinnamon.screensaver" });                       
            let screensaver_dialog = Gio.file_new_for_path("/usr/bin/xscreensaver-command");   
            if (screensaver_dialog.query_exists(null)) {
                if (screensaver_settings.get_boolean("ask-for-away-message")) {                                   
                    Util.spawnCommandLine("xscreensaver-command -lock");
                }
                else {
                    Util.spawnCommandLine("xscreensaver-command -lock");
                }
            }
            else {               
                this._screenSaverProxy.LockRemote();
            }                       
        }));
       
        this.leftBox.add_actor(button.actor, { y_align: St.Align.END, y_fill: false });

Go to system settings and view in advanced mode. Go to keyboard and make a new keyboard shortcut (ctrl_alt_x) for the command xscreensaver-command -lock

Reboot the system or restart cinnamon to make it work.