#1 2015-11-23 03:43:01

kelean

New Member

Registered: 2015-11-21

Posts: 3

Unable to disable screen lock. [Solved]

Hi everyone, I have just installed Bl om my old Dell laptop.  Everything went very well during the install.  I am impressed with the performance.  I had Linux Mint 17 with Cinnamon desktop.

My problem is the screen locker is still working even after I disabled it from the power management app.  So every time I leave the computer and it goes to sleep, when I wake it up it asks for login name and password.  Every 3rd or 4th time waking up the machine it informs me the login info is wrong.  I have to reboot gain access to the desktop.

I have been looking on the forum but did not find anything that would help me.  Thanks Kelean.

Last edited by kelean (2015-11-23 18:44:35)

ohnonot

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Registered: 2015-09-29

Posts: 5,592

Re: Unable to disable screen lock. [Solved]

it is on the forums, twice actually. look at my posting history, keyword light-locker.

you have to edit /etc/xdg/autostart/light-locker.desktop (iirc) and set "Hidden=True" (iirc).

kelean

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Registered: 2015-11-21

Posts: 3

Re: Unable to disable screen lock. [Solved]

Thank you ohnonot for your help.  I did actually read those posts but I misunderstood.  I thought it was something different. 

I added  "Hidden=True" to the /etc/xdg/autostart/light-locker.desktop file.  Rebooted and now the screen does not lock on timeout or if I close the lid.

Thanks again Kelean.