Power Manager Lock Screen

JulieRose · 2016-05-07 15:52:23

In power management I turn off Security - lock screen after suspend but it locks screen anyway. I don't want automatic lockscreen xfce-power manager is up to date (New one installed as suggested on welcome script)

damo · 2016-05-07 15:56:53

Please search the forum for "light-locker", "screen lock" etc. There are many posts about this, as well as the solutions.

For example: https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=1545

JulieRose · 2016-05-07 16:20:36

1.If you just want to stop the timeout and still have the lock available when you want it, first try Menu -> Preferences -> Power Management -> Display and put all the sliders to the left, ie "never".-
2.It can be disabled by editing `/etc/xdg/autostart/light-locker.desktop` and adding "Hidden=true". (A better way may be to copy the `light-locker.desktop` file to your autostart, and edit that one)
I've just did it and still locks screen after not doing anything on laptop

damo · 2016-05-07 16:28:48

Did you restart or log out/in after making changes?

JulieRose · 2016-05-07 16:37:30

I'm choosing suspend to check it and it does not lock screen anymore but now when I clicking lock screen in right mouse click menu lock screen doesn't work is it ok ? It should be like this after those changes ?

damo · 2016-05-07 16:45:05

If you did (2) above, then you have disabled light-locker, so the call to 'bl-lock' in the menu won't work. Is that what you want?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-05-07 16:50:42

JulieRose wrote:

now when I clicking lock screen in right mouse click menu lock screen doesn't work

Try:

sed -i 's/bl-lock/slock/' ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml && openbox --reconfigure

The menu entry will then use slock instead.

To unlock the screen, simply type your password and press enter (press enter before entering the password to clear the entry field)

JulieRose · 2016-05-07 16:53:59

I've messed up something sed -i 's/bl-lock/slock/' ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml && openbox --reconfigure I've done it but now I see blue screen and I can't back to system only reboot. I want working lock screen but only by choosing it by clicking lock screen option in right mouse click menu.

My father sometimes uses my laptop and I don't want to give him my login and password and I'm also not interested in making guest account

I think that I have to reinstall system ;-(

Last edited by JulieRose (2016-05-07 16:55:24)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-05-07 16:59:00

JulieRose wrote:

now I see blue screen

Yes, that is the screenlocker -- it turns blue in response to key presses.

JulieRose wrote:

and I can't back to system only reboot

Press the <Return> ("enter") key then enter in your user's password, then press the <Return> ("enter") key again.

JulieRose wrote:

My father sometimes uses my laptop and I don't want to give him my login and password and I'm also not interested in making guest account

Not sure how to do that, sorry.

I think you should make a guest account for him.

JulieRose wrote:

I think that I have to reinstall system ;-(

No, don't worry, it's fine.

xaos52 · 2016-05-07 17:50:14

@OP,
edit /etc/xdg/autostart/light-locker.desktop:
make the exec line:

Exec=light-locker --lock-after-screensaver=0

Log out of the session and login again.
It should work now.

EDIT:
proviso: light-locker must be enabled for this to work.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-05-07 18:41:28

To undo the effects of my `sed` command, use:

sed -i 's/slock/bl-lock/' ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml && openbox --reconfigure

Horizon_Brave · 2016-05-08 01:45:37

heh....has slock been in bunsenlabs this whole time? I seriously was unaware of it's presence. I thought if someone didn't want / like light-locker, then xscreensaver was the fallback option. There's literally xscreensaver lines in the ~/.config/openbox/autostart script....commented out of course...

Horizon_Brave · 2016-05-08 02:19:56

Also if I understand JulieRose's request correctly, ( I may not be..) all you have to do is :

xset s off

xset -dmps

This turns off the screen blanking and the power saving feature. So the only way to get light-locker to trigger is to manually select "lock screen" from the right click menu or enter

light-locker -l

at the terminal.

Is that what you're asking for OP?

Last edited by Horizon_Brave (2016-05-08 02:20:12)

johnraff · 2016-05-08 02:24:50

slock comes with suckless-tools, which provides dmenu.

BTW I strongly advocate trying to work with the tools that are already installed, ala xaos52's post, before disabling/removing/hacking...

Last edited by johnraff (2016-05-08 02:27:34)

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