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I just upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 12.10. Now my screen locking won't work.
Here are logs:
10:07 ~ $ gnome-shell --replace
JS LOG: IBus version is too old
JS LOG: GNOME Shell started at Mon Oct 22 2012 10:07:12 GMT-0700 (PDT)
JS ERROR: !!! Exception was: Gio.IOErrorEnum: Cannot invoke method; proxy is for a well-known name without an owner and proxy was constructed with the G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_DO_NOT_AUTO_START flag
JS ERROR: !!! message = '"Cannot invoke method; proxy is for a well-known name without an owner and proxy was constructed with the G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_DO_NOT_AUTO_START flag"'
JS ERROR: !!! fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/screenShield.js"'
JS ERROR: !!! lineNumber = '892'
JS ERROR: !!! stack = '"0 anonymous("result" = [object _private_Gio_SimpleAsyncResult], "proxy" = [object _private_Gio_DBusProxy])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/screenShield.js:892
"'
JS ERROR: !!! Exception was: Gio.IOErrorEnum: Cannot invoke method; proxy is for a well-known name without an owner and proxy was constructed with the G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_DO_NOT_AUTO_START flag
JS ERROR: !!! message = '"Cannot invoke method; proxy is for a well-known name without an owner and proxy was constructed with the G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_DO_NOT_AUTO_START flag"'
JS ERROR: !!! fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/screenShield.js"'
JS ERROR: !!! lineNumber = '892'
JS ERROR: !!! stack = '"0 anonymous("result" = [object _private_Gio_SimpleAsyncResult], "proxy" = [object _private_Gio_DBusProxy])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/screenShield.js:892
"'
The JS ERROR: !!! blocks are each from when I attempted to lock the screen.
gnome-screensaver-command -a <-- still locks the screen properly.
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