#1 2018-03-02 19:03:09

jeffneedle

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Waking up after screen blanks.

Hi.  A quick question, please.  I have the power manager set to blank the screen after 60 minutes.  When I press a key to come back after screen blanking, I'm asked again for my username and password.  How do I set it up so that I don't need to do that?  Any help will be appreciated.  Thanks.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Waking up after screen blanks.

You need to disable light-locker, guide here:

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=2080

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jeffneedle

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Re: Waking up after screen blanks.

Hmmm, I followed the steps all the way through:

cp /etc/xdg/autostart/light-locker.desktop ~/.config/autostart/

When navigating to .config/autostart, the only entry is for pulseaudio.

Since this is a light locker setting, I'm surprised there isn't a simple GUI to control these settings.

Thanks so much for any more help you can give.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Waking up after screen blanks.

cp /etc/xdg/autostart/light-locker.desktop ~/.config/autostart/

Did you run that command as your normal user?

The light-locker package does supply /etc/xdg/autostart/light-locker.desktop and you can use the graphical file manager to copy it over if you prefer.

I'm surprised there isn't a simple GUI to control these settings

It's a traditional Unix-style program and so plain text-file configuration is preferred.

The fuller-featured desktops offer a GUI for disabling autostarted programs but all they do is copy the .desktop files to $HOME and add "Hidden=true" to the end of the file, just as you are doing.

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jeffneedle

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Re: Waking up after screen blanks.

I ran it as sudo.  Just out of habit, I guess.  I've just run it as a normal user, and it worked perfectly.  Thanks!

johnraff

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Re: Waking up after screen blanks.

(I always feel nervous running sudo and use it only when strictly necessary.)

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Re: Waking up after screen blanks.

^ +1

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