Re: screen lock - ? - not locking

2022-04-03 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 4/3/22 03:07, lejeczek via users wrote: I have "Automatic Screen Lock Delay" set to "5 minutes" but instead of locked screen I get some apps reshuffled between two monitors. My setup is laptop (AMD APU) with external monitor which monitor is set to "Primary". I

Re: screen lock - ? - not locking

2022-04-03 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2022-04-03 at 11:07 +0100, lejeczek via users wrote: > Hi guys. > > I have "Automatic Screen Lock Delay" set to "5 minutes" but > instead of locked screen I get some apps reshuffled between > two monitors. > My setup is laptop (AMD APU) with exter

screen lock - ? - not locking

2022-04-03 Thread lejeczek via users
Hi guys. I have "Automatic Screen Lock Delay" set to "5 minutes" but instead of locked screen I get some apps reshuffled between two monitors. My setup is laptop (AMD APU) with external monitor which monitor is set to "Primary". It's mostly Thunderbird which

Re: Screen lock no longer asking for password

2021-05-08 Thread Ed Greshko
On 09/05/2021 12:47, Adam Mercer wrote: On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 8:20 PM Ed Greshko wrote: In settings, go to Privacy-->Screen Lock. Choose a Blank Screen Delay. Turn on "Automatic Screen Lock" Set "Automatic Screen Lock Delay" to "Screen Turns Off See if that

Re: Screen lock no longer asking for password

2021-05-08 Thread Adam Mercer
On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 9:32 AM Adam Mercer wrote: > Could there be another process blanking the screen that is bypassing > the screen lock? After a lot of reading through logs and trying to manually trigger the screensaver using: $ dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.gnome.ScreenSave

Re: Screen lock no longer asking for password

2021-05-08 Thread Adam Mercer
On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 8:20 PM Ed Greshko wrote: > In settings, go to Privacy-->Screen Lock. > > Choose a Blank Screen Delay. > Turn on "Automatic Screen Lock" > Set "Automatic Screen Lock Delay" to "Screen Turns Off > > See if that works after t

Re: Screen lock no longer asking for password

2021-05-08 Thread Ed Greshko
ation changes either... just regular F33 updates. Try this. In settings, go to Privacy-->Screen Lock. Choose a Blank Screen Delay. Turn on "Automatic Screen Lock" Set "Automatic Screen Lock Delay" to "Screen Turns Off See if that works after the chosen time. -- Remind m

Re: Screen lock no longer asking for password

2021-05-08 Thread Adam Mercer
On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 4:43 PM Jonathan Billings wrote: > Have you recently switched from using GDM to some other login manager? I > believe that GDM manages the Lock Screen on GNOME sessions. Still using GDM, I can't recall making any configuration changes either... just regular F33 updates.

Re: Screen lock no longer asking for password

2021-05-08 Thread Jonathan Billings
> the settings the screen is set to blank after 5 minutes and lock > immediately but I am never prompted for a password. Any ideas what > could be going on here? > > Could there be another process blanking the screen that is bypassing > the screen lock? Have you recently switched

Screen lock no longer asking for password

2021-05-08 Thread Adam Mercer
I am never prompted for a password. Any ideas what could be going on here? Could there be another process blanking the screen that is bypassing the screen lock? Cheers Adam ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send a

Re: screen lock

2016-06-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 06/09/2016 01:02 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: Thank for the comments. Now, I remember why I turned off the screen lock at my office. Because when I logged in through remmina (from home), if the remote X terminal screen locks on, then I could not login any more into my session. I had to kill it

Re: screen lock

2016-06-09 Thread Patrick Dupre
Thank for the comments. Now, I remember why I turned off the screen lock at my office. Because when I logged in through remmina (from home), if the remote X terminal screen locks on, then I could not login any more into my session. I had to kill it from another session. It is why I though that

Re: screen lock

2016-06-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 06/09/2016 11:11 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 06/09/2016 10:57 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 06/09/2016 10:48 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: However, I would like that the lock be activated only when I login from my desk, and not when I login remotely by using remmina. It is possible to set up something

Re: screen lock

2016-06-09 Thread Rick Stevens
On 06/09/2016 10:57 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 06/09/2016 10:48 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: However, I would like that the lock be activated only when I login from my desk, and not when I login remotely by using remmina. It is possible to set up something ? I don't think so. Why would there be a

Re: screen lock

2016-06-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 06/09/2016 10:48 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: However, I would like that the lock be activated only when I login from my desk, and not when I login remotely by using remmina. It is possible to set up something ? I don't think so. Why would there be a difference? When you're using remmina, you'

Re: screen lock

2016-06-09 Thread Patrick Dupre
ue, France === > On 06/09/2016 08:38 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > I setup the screen locking in setting -> Privacy (screen lock on) > > But it seems that it is not enough because it never turn on to > > lock. What e

Re: screen lock

2016-06-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 06/09/2016 08:38 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I setup the screen locking in setting -> Privacy (screen lock on) But it seems that it is not enough because it never turn on to lock. What else do I need to do ? Screen locking is relative to screen blanking. What is your screen blank time set

screen lock

2016-06-09 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello, I setup the screen locking in setting -> Privacy (screen lock on) But it seems that it is not enough because it never turn on to lock. What else do I need to do ? Thank. Regards. === Patrick DU

Re: How to disable the automatics screen lock on Fedora 22 KDE?

2015-08-02 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/02/15 16:48, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 1:24 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 08/02/15 14:03, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >>> I just installed Fedora 22 KDE spin as a VirtualBox guest. >>> >>> I tried to disable the automati

Re: How to disable the automatics screen lock on Fedora 22 KDE?

2015-08-02 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 1:24 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/02/15 14:03, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> I just installed Fedora 22 KDE spin as a VirtualBox guest. >> >> I tried to disable the automatics screen lock but it still turns on >> automatically. >> >>

Re: How to disable the automatics screen lock on Fedora 22 KDE?

2015-08-02 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/02/15 14:03, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > I just installed Fedora 22 KDE spin as a VirtualBox guest. > > I tried to disable the automatics screen lock but it still turns on > automatically. > > I want to invoke it manually only (if ever). > > How to disable th

How to disable the automatics screen lock on Fedora 22 KDE?

2015-08-01 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi All; I just installed Fedora 22 KDE spin as a VirtualBox guest. I tried to disable the automatics screen lock but it still turns on automatically. I want to invoke it manually only (if ever). How to disable the automatics screen lock? Thanks, Ken Wolcott -- users mailing list

Re: Fedora Xfce screen lock -

2015-03-06 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/06/2015 01:49 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: Sorry, I misread that, I saw what I was familiar with rather than what was written. I'll make a note of it but I usually choose mailing lists where available, my preference I guess. *Shrug!* I use both, being a regular on two Fedora forums as well

Re: Fedora Xfce screen lock -

2015-03-06 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 03/06/15 15:44, Joe Zeff wrote: Yes that's a good source. I subscribed to it in the past and found it helpful but XFCE usually works without a hitch and I needed to reduce some of the e-mail messages I was getting. Please take another look at the link. It's not a mailing list, it's a we

Re: Fedora Xfce screen lock -

2015-03-06 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/06/2015 12:39 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 03/06/15 15:33, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/06/2015 11:58 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: Certainly there must be a file I can change to fix this? Or perhaps I am not looking at the right settings menu. Any suggestion appreciated. You might also ask at the of

Re: Fedora Xfce screen lock -

2015-03-06 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 03/06/15 15:33, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/06/2015 11:58 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: Certainly there must be a file I can change to fix this? Or perhaps I am not looking at the right settings menu. Any suggestion appreciated. You might also ask at the official Xfce forum, http://forum.xfce.org an

Re: Fedora Xfce screen lock -

2015-03-06 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 03/06/15 15:25, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 03/06/2015 02:58 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I recently installed Fedora 21 on another computer using the "Fedora Xfce spin" and have been unable to find a menu item permitting me to stop it from requiring re-entry of my password after several [I haven't

Re: Fedora Xfce screen lock -

2015-03-06 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/06/2015 11:58 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: Certainly there must be a file I can change to fix this? Or perhaps I am not looking at the right settings menu. Any suggestion appreciated. You might also ask at the official Xfce forum, http://forum.xfce.org and see what they have to say. -- users

Re: Fedora Xfce screen lock -

2015-03-06 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 03/06/2015 02:58 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I recently installed Fedora 21 on another computer using the "Fedora > Xfce spin" and have been unable to find a menu item permitting me to > stop it from requiring re-entry of my password after several [I > haven't counted them] minutes idle. I was able

Fedora Xfce screen lock -

2015-03-06 Thread Bob Goodwin
I recently installed Fedora 21 on another computer using the "Fedora Xfce spin" and have been unable to find a menu item permitting me to stop it from requiring re-entry of my password after several [I haven't counted them] minutes idle. I was able to disable the screen saver but this problem

Re: Unwanted screen lock

2015-01-25 Thread Philip Keogh
On Sun, 25 Jan 2015, Sam Varshavchik wrote: The XFCE spin installs xscreensaver, and that's what I got. I have the locking option turn off both in xscreensaver and in power management, yet the laptop still wakes up with the display locked. Annoying. Right - so if you don't feel like manually d

Re: Unwanted screen lock

2015-01-25 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Philip Keogh writes: On Sun, 25 Jan 2015, Philip Keogh wrote: On Sun, 25 Jan 2015, Sam Varshavchik wrote: I installed the F21 XFCE spin. When the laptop wakes up after a suspend, the screen is locked, with a password prompt. I've disabled the option to lock the screen both in the XFCE Power M

Re: Unwanted screen lock

2015-01-25 Thread Philip Keogh
On Sun, 25 Jan 2015, Philip Keogh wrote: On Sun, 25 Jan 2015, Sam Varshavchik wrote: I installed the F21 XFCE spin. When the laptop wakes up after a suspend, the screen is locked, with a password prompt. I've disabled the option to lock the screen both in the XFCE Power Manager, and in screensa

Re: Unwanted screen lock

2015-01-25 Thread Philip Keogh
On Sun, 25 Jan 2015, Sam Varshavchik wrote: I installed the F21 XFCE spin. When the laptop wakes up after a suspend, the screen is locked, with a password prompt. I've disabled the option to lock the screen both in the XFCE Power Manager, and in screensaver settings, but the display is still loc

Re: Unwanted screen lock

2015-01-25 Thread poma
On 25.01.2015 19:01, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > I installed the F21 XFCE spin. When the laptop wakes up after a suspend, the > screen is locked, with a password prompt. > > I've disabled the option to lock the screen both in the XFCE Power Manager, > and in screensaver settings, but the display

Unwanted screen lock

2015-01-25 Thread Sam Varshavchik
I installed the F21 XFCE spin. When the laptop wakes up after a suspend, the screen is locked, with a password prompt. I've disabled the option to lock the screen both in the XFCE Power Manager, and in screensaver settings, but the display is still locked. Anyone has any idea why the screen

Re: GNOME Shell Screen Lock - Timeout

2014-01-12 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 01/12/2014 06:37 PM, Tim wrote: > It seems quite daft to lock the screen first, then a long time > afterwards blank it. Because a locked, but unblanked screen, isn't very > private. They use the term "blank" in GNOME Control Center but it actually means to power down the screen. And there's n

Re: GNOME Shell Screen Lock - Timeout

2014-01-12 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 12 January 2014, Jorge Fábregas sent: > 15 minutes after idle to blank screen (configured in the Power applet) > 30 seconds after idle to lock screen (configured in Privacy applet) > which is not working. > > The delay to abort locking you mention...I haven't seen any settin

Re: GNOME Shell Screen Lock - Timeout

2014-01-12 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 01/12/2014 04:53 PM, Tim wrote: > Is it, now: > > 15 minutes to blanking the screen, then > 30 seconds after blanking it, lock it? > > The extra delay giving you a moment to abort locking the screen, if it > winks out while you're just looking at something on screen. 15 minutes after idle to

Re: GNOME Shell Screen Lock - Timeout

2014-01-12 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 12 January 2014, Jorge Fábregas sent: > That's where the 5 minutes came from (Power Setting for Monitor). Ok, > I've changed that to 15 minutes. However, now I went to the Privacy > applet and changed, under Screen Lock: > > Lock screen after blank

Re: GNOME Shell Screen Lock - Timeout

2014-01-12 Thread Jorge Fábregas
minutes. However, now I went to the Privacy applet and changed, under Screen Lock: Lock screen after blank for "30 seconds" (before I had "Screen turns off") ..but it won't lock the screen after 30 seconds of inactivity. I even restarted the GNOME session. Does it work fo

Re: GNOME Shell Screen Lock - Timeout

2014-01-12 Thread Steven Stern
On 01/12/2014 12:20 PM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: > Hi, > > Fedora 20 here with GNOME Shell, fully updated. If I go to > gnome-control-center/privacy and change the time after which the screen > locks it does nothing. No matter what I enter there it still ocks after > 5 minutes of inactivity. > > I

GNOME Shell Screen Lock - Timeout

2014-01-12 Thread Jorge Fábregas
Hi, Fedora 20 here with GNOME Shell, fully updated. If I go to gnome-control-center/privacy and change the time after which the screen locks it does nothing. No matter what I enter there it still ocks after 5 minutes of inactivity. I can query the actual value with: # gsettings get org.gnome.d

Screen lock stopped working

2013-12-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have been doing a lot of customizing (tweaking) of Gnome on f20. Now screen lock does not work. I can still lock with the action button on the topbar pull down. I don't see this in tweaking. Where might I have mis-set it? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.o

screen-lock doesn't appear to work properly F18, F19 KDE

2013-11-22 Thread DB
back. Tried a fresh install of F18, same result; fresh install of F19 same result (all with KDE) Tried a fresh install of XFCE F19 Live, everything works fine. Does anyone have any idea what might be stopping screen-lock from working? Or how to go about finding out what is really happening???

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-20 Thread Andre Robatino
Andre Robatino fedoraproject.org> writes: > I was locked out and was able to get back in by going to a VT and killing > the cinnamon-screensaver process. > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019405 The updates-testing packages from https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013

Re: [GW-C] Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-17 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I forgot to mention another symptom. Sometimes a warning box would pop up near the bottom of my screen, and then go away. I think it popped up when a screen-save was about to fire, so I didn't see it very often. It said: Unable to Lock: lock was blocked by an application Stupidly, the m

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-17 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
| From: Joachim Backes | On 10/15/2013 11:03 AM, Andre Robatino wrote: | > Andre Robatino fedoraproject.org> writes: | > | >> Has anyone else noticed that in F19 GNOME, even with Screen Lock turned off, | >> lately the screen will lock anyway? Is there an existing bug, a

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-15 Thread Olav Vitters
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 05:51:53PM +, Andre Robatino wrote: > The bug was just closed as NOTABUG with the comment "Get the gnome devs to > blacklist it." Since you obviously understand this stuff much better than > me, does that sound like a reasonable response? To explain this in a bit more d

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-15 Thread Andre Robatino
Andre Robatino fedoraproject.org> writes: > Olav Vitters vitters.nl> writes: > > > Cinnamon bug. It seems cinnamon-screensaver was forked from > > gnome-screensaver, but they didn't adjust the autostart file. So > > currently it is configured to start under GNOME and Unity. Breaking > > things

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-15 Thread Andre Robatino
Olav Vitters vitters.nl> writes: > Cinnamon bug. It seems cinnamon-screensaver was forked from > gnome-screensaver, but they didn't adjust the autostart file. So > currently it is configured to start under GNOME and Unity. Breaking > things under GNOME. > > Please file a bug. Note: the bug is in

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-15 Thread Olav Vitters
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 03:09:32PM +0200, Olav Vitters wrote: > Please file a bug. Note: the bug is in Cinnamon, because I see the same > in Mageia. Checking more, it seems that almost all of the Cinnamon 2.0 packages have similar bugs. Causing Cinnamon bits to start under GNOME. Plus Cinnamon spe

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-15 Thread Olav Vitters
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:25:13AM +, Andre Robatino wrote: > Thanks for this, I'll try it next time it happens, and file a bug if it > works. (BTW, I don't always have the problem - the last time I was locked > out, I was able to enter password.) I currently have > cinnamon-screensaver-2.0.0-1

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-15 Thread Andre Robatino
zaptac ponschab.de> writes: > Same here. > > If you're locked out: Change to a virtual terminal (ctrl f2), login > there and run "killall cinnamon-screensaver". Thanks for this, I'll try it next time it happens, and file a bug if it works. (BTW, I don't always have the problem - the last time

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-15 Thread zaptac
Am 15.10.2013 12:17, schrieb Joachim Backes: On 10/15/2013 11:21 AM, Andre Robatino wrote: Joachim Backes rhrk.uni-kl.de> writes: I had this problem after having updated the cinnamon pkgs, though I see no releationship. I currently have 5 DEs installed (GNOME/KDE/MATE/Cinnamon/Basic), but w

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-15 Thread Joachim Backes
On 10/15/2013 11:21 AM, Andre Robatino wrote: > Joachim Backes rhrk.uni-kl.de> writes: > >> I had this problem after having updated the cinnamon pkgs, though I see >> no releationship. > > I currently have 5 DEs installed (GNOME/KDE/MATE/Cinnamon/Basic), but was > using GNOME at the time. > >

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-15 Thread Andre Robatino
Joachim Backes rhrk.uni-kl.de> writes: > I had this problem after having updated the cinnamon pkgs, though I see > no releationship. I currently have 5 DEs installed (GNOME/KDE/MATE/Cinnamon/Basic), but was using GNOME at the time. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsu

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-15 Thread Joachim Backes
On 10/15/2013 11:03 AM, Andre Robatino wrote: > Andre Robatino fedoraproject.org> writes: > >> Has anyone else noticed that in F19 GNOME, even with Screen Lock turned off, >> lately the screen will lock anyway? Is there an existing bug, and if not, >> which compone

Re: turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-15 Thread Andre Robatino
Andre Robatino fedoraproject.org> writes: > Has anyone else noticed that in F19 GNOME, even with Screen Lock turned off, > lately the screen will lock anyway? Is there an existing bug, and if not, > which component should it be filed under? The problem is worse than I thought. My

turning off Screen Lock in F19 GNOME doesn't work

2013-10-15 Thread Andre Robatino
Has anyone else noticed that in F19 GNOME, even with Screen Lock turned off, lately the screen will lock anyway? Is there an existing bug, and if not, which component should it be filed under? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options

Re: screen lock

2010-11-28 Thread JD
On 11/28/2010 06:22 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 11/28/2010 03:54 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: >> There are two screen savers one uses the screensaver checkbox, the other >> the xscreensaver-autostart checkbox. I am not sure what the difference >> is between the two, or which is more likely to be install

Re: screen lock

2010-11-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/28/2010 03:54 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > There are two screen savers one uses the screensaver checkbox, the other > the xscreensaver-autostart checkbox. I am not sure what the difference > is between the two, or which is more likely to be installed by default. Only gnome-screensaver is ins

Re: screen lock

2010-11-28 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 09:58:58 +, Patrick Dupre wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2010, sguazt wrote: > > Thank, you are right. I need to laod gnome-screensaver. > It is not a service. So, when/where should I start it ? The system->Preferences->startup applications menu. There are two screen saver

Re: screen lock

2010-11-23 Thread Mamoru Tasaka
Patrick Dupre wrote, at 11/23/2010 06:31 AM +9:00: > Hello, > > in fedora 13, the gnome lock screen (System tab) does not work ! > After an upgrade from 11 to 12 to 13. > I noticed that the option "lock screen does not exist if I log in root > (X11). > Is there a line command to do it ? > > Thank.

Re: screen lock

2010-11-23 Thread sguazt
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2010, sguazt wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: >>> [cut] > > Thank, you are right. I need to laod gnome-screensaver. > It is not a service. So, when/where should I start it ? > Somewhere in

Re: screen lock

2010-11-23 Thread Patrick Dupre
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010, sguazt wrote: On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello, in fedora 13, the gnome lock screen (System tab) does not work ! After an upgrade from 11 to 12 to 13. I noticed that the option "lock screen does not exist if I log in root (X11). Is there a line

Re: screen lock

2010-11-22 Thread sguazt
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Hello, > > in fedora 13, the gnome lock screen (System tab) does not work ! > After an upgrade from 11 to 12 to 13. > I noticed that the option "lock screen does not exist if I log in root > (X11). > Is there a line command to do it ? Hi!

screen lock

2010-11-22 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello, in fedora 13, the gnome lock screen (System tab) does not work ! After an upgrade from 11 to 12 to 13. I noticed that the option "lock screen does not exist if I log in root (X11). Is there a line command to do it ? Thank. -- --- ==