My apologies, something is fishy with my MUA. The previous mail was a reply to another mailing list. Begin forwarded message: Hi Pete, in the meantime cinnamon-screensaver was upgraded. Did you already test the new version? Regards, Ralf PS: FWIW there are two keys related to "lock". [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ gsettings list-keys org.cinnamon.desktop.screensaver | grep lock | grep -v clock lock-enabled lock-delay [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ grep graded /var/log/pacman.log | tail -1 [2016-11-09 09:42] [ALPM] upgraded cinnamon-screensaver (3.0.1-2 -> 3.2.0-1) [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ dconf dump /org/cinnamon/desktop/screensaver/ [/] lock-enabled=true [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ gsettings list-keys org.cinnamon.desktop.screensaver screensaver-webkit-theme lock-enabled embedded-keyboard-enabled font-date idle-activation-enabled show-notifications use-custom-format default-message embedded-keyboard-command layout-group font-message show-info-panel ask-for-away-message time-format xscreensaver-hack lock-delay show-clock allow-keyboard-shortcuts allow-media-control date-format screensaver-name status-message-enabled font-time show-album-art user-switch-enabled