Gnome lock screen shield message: Unable to lock. Lock was blocked by an application"
Issue
- The lock screen shield does not activate and displays: "Unable to lock. Lock was blocked by an application."
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- GNOME Display Manager(gdm)
- X11 display server
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