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1. Xscreensaver disable lock how to#
2. Xscreensaver disable lock software#
3. Xscreensaver disable lock password#
4. Xscreensaver disable lock plus#

Xscreensaver disable lock how to#

I'm wondering how to disable the screen lock altogether.

Xscreensaver disable lock password#

I understand the security discussion, but, since we're empty nesters, if someone who knows my wife's password (other than myself) gets access to our home computer, I've got bigger problems than system security (vbg)! Maybe you can use alternative for user-switching such as Xnest. After a while, that person logout and find he/she is on your user's session without any effort. During your absence - the session maybe locked due to session timeout, somebody who knows your wife's password ( not necessarily your wife herself ) uses the computer, logged by using your wife's user account. Think about, once you're logged on your wife's user then somehow you have to leave the computer for a while. You're prompted for your user's password after using switch-user feature is a good security practice. 4: Make GNOME's 'Lock' icon use XScreenSaver. Or, see the ' LAUNCHING XSCREENSAVER FROM SYSTEMD ' section below.

Xscreensaver disable lock plus#

Well, I have no idea actually but please re-consider it. Launch ' Tweaks ', select ' Startup Applications ', click the plus sign, and select ' XScreenSaver ' (not ' XScreenSaver Settings ') from the (very long) menu. Some of the screen lockers don't disable inputs.Mslinux wrote:So you're on your user, then _switch_ to your wife's account, logout your wife's account then you're asked for your user's password. Not available at Alpine Linux or postmarketOS.

Xscreensaver disable lock software#

Package description: Open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing. Package description: A simple screen locker for X. Package description: An automatic X screen-locker/screen-saver. Package description: Screen locker for Wayland. XScreenSaver seems not be able to embed a virtual keyboard.

It's a wrapper using either xfce4-screensaver, xscreensaver, gnome-screensaver, xlock or slock ( source). The command xflock4 is not a locker itself. The lock state can also be checked by xfce4-screensaver-command -query.Īn example draft script to use dbus-monitor to disable inputs and LEDs when locked can be found here: Screen_locker:Disable_inputs#Xfce4. An alternative would be matchbox-keyboard with option for embedded mode: matchbox-keyboard -xid.Ĭhanges on the locking state can be monitored via dbus by: dbus-monitor -session "type='signal',interface=''" However, the unlock signal is issued after entering the password at the unlocking screen – it monitors the state of lock, not the state of the screen. It is useful to run this from a menu you may wish to run it as. It could also be changed to another virtual keyboard, however, it needs to be one that offers embedded mode (windowed mode doesn't work in xfce4-screensaver). Tell xscreensaver to turn on immediately (that is, blank the screen, as if the user had been idle for long enough.) The screensaver will deactivate as soon as there is any user activity, as usual. This uses the "Phone" layout, it could be changed to another onboard layout. The virtual keyboard for the unlocking screen is configured in the preferences by command onboard -e -l Phone. It can be configured in the screensaver preferences ( documentation page). Package name is kscreenlocker.ĭefault implementation on Xfce4.

The only real issue is that because the GUI does not let you edit autostart entries, I have to delete the xautolock entry and add it again if I change my mind about how long it should start the screensaver after. Plasma mobile comes with KDE screen locker. xautolock -time 5 -locker 'gnome-screensaver-command -lock'.