How To Disable Lock Screen In Gnome

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How To Disable Lock Screen In Gnome

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A common request on the forums is "How do I disable the screen lock following screensaver or resume from suspend?"

It's actually very simple and completely solves the problem. I've included a clickable thumbnail of a screenshot for each step, so here we go.

1. You need to open the gconfig editor by keying Alt-F2 and enter gconf-editor in the text box:
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2. Next double-click on desktop to open the tree further:

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3. Next double-click on gnome to open the tree further:
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4. Click once on lockdown and you'll see selections in the right-hand window. Tick the disable_ lock_screen box, close gconf2 and you are done. :D
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Re: How To Disable Lock Screen In Gnome

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Why not simply: Preferences > Screensaver > Uncheck 'Lock screen when screensaver is active' ?
Works for me.
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Re: How To Disable Lock Screen In Gnome

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I've heard of several cases where that doesn't "stick". I've had installations where it happened to me as well. This way you cut it off at the source.
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Post by TenBirds »

Thanks a lot!

That was extremely irritating.
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Re: How To Disable Lock Screen In Gnome

Post by rafi »

Thanks tdockery97, but that actually doesn't work for me. I'm on a fresh install of Linux Mint 14. Upon boot, Mint logs on automatically, but not when coming back from suspend or hibernate, no matter what the tick setting that you suggest.

I also tried to edit gnome-power-manager setting as suggested elsewhere in this forum (http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 51#p140671) but that key does not exist in my install. Also, preferences->screensaver does no longer exist.

Any ideas what could be the issue?

Thanks!

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Re: How To Disable Lock Screen In Gnome

Post by rafi »

OK, no somebody explain me why I didn't see that earlier, but Preferences->Brightness and Lock-> Lock set to "off" works... doh :oops:
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Post by matthewkuhl »

Thanks!
Any idea how to simply change the background? This is better than having the default wallpaper as the lock screen image, but if i could change the image to my current wallpaper i would not mind the lock screen so much.
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Post by rompelstilchen »

there is no gconf-edit in my mint 17 distro
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Post by Otheus »

As previous comment, Mint 17 does not have gconf-editor. There *is* a Preferences->"Screen Locker" widget, but this only disables locking screen after the computer goes to sleep or the "screen turns off" whatever that means. That doesn't sound like the right thing. I want to completely disable it as I'm running this within a VM on a desktop that already locks the screen.
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Re: How To Disable Lock Screen In Gnome

Post by -Mr Happy- »

Linux Mint 17.3 under System Settings > Screensaver > Settings options for Lock the computer when inactive work for me.
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Re: How To Disable Lock Screen In Gnome

Post by mrjimphelps »

Start Button / Settings / Light Locker settings
Set "Automatically lock the session" to "Never".
Click Apply.
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