Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen?

From	Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen?
Date	2021-11-02 20:45 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<871r3y5aoe.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> (permalink)
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On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 14:00:54 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
> On 02/11/2021 13:49, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>> On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 19:57:47 -0700, T wrote:
>>>
>>> On 11/1/21 16:06, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 16:01:41 -0700, T wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> For those of us that are not so adventurous, is there
>>>>> a way to tell Mate not to do this?
>>>> Some googling tells me
>>>> gsettings set org.mate.screensaver lock-enabled false
>>>> typed in a terminal.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I found the stinking screensaver had been set to lock
>>> yet again.  I am wondering if updates are doing this.
>>> I must have set the stinker to false 30 times now!
>>>
>>> $ /usr/bin/gsettings get org.mate.screensaver lock-enabled
>>> false
>>>
>>> Thank you for the command line method.  Me think
>>> "start up" would be a good place to run it!
>> You don't need to use it in any "start up". Once executed, it is
>> active
>> for all future session.
>> Just execute the line
>> gsettings set org.mate.screensaver lock-enabled false
>> in a terminal. That's all there is.
>> 
> Ah, but T has already enabled something obscure that changes that line
> every time it boots.

Fine, if it works for him.

> So instead of finding out why he is the only man in the whole world
> whose screensaver resets to lock-enabled, he is looking for a way to 
> reverse the *results* of his ignorant fiddling, rather than undo what
> he fiddled with.

That might still be a default on his system (like in "it's not his
(de)fault". ;-)

Pun intended.
-- 
Andreas

Thread

How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-10-31 16:26 -0700
  Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-01 04:48 +0000
  Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-11-01 15:08 +0000
    Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? John McCue <jmccue@fuzzball.mhome.org> - 2021-11-01 15:20 +0000
      Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andrea Croci <andrea.croci@gmx.de> - 2021-11-01 20:34 +0100
        Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2021-11-01 23:24 +0100
    Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-01 16:01 -0700
      Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-01 19:06 -0400
        Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-01 19:57 -0700
          Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-02 09:49 -0400
            Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-02 14:00 +0000
              Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-02 20:45 -0400
            Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-02 18:31 -0700
              Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2021-11-05 19:18 +0000
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-05 17:37 -0700
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-06 04:02 -0400
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2021-11-06 10:07 +0000
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-11-06 08:01 -0700
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-06 13:38 -0400
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2021-11-07 10:33 +0000
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-07 12:18 +0000
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-07 16:04 -0500
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-08 11:29 +0000
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2021-11-12 16:01 +0000
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-12 13:45 -0500
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2021-11-13 11:15 +0000
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-07 12:17 +0000
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-07 18:23 +0000
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-08 11:22 +0000
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-06 14:51 +0000
          Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-02 20:02 -0700
      Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-02 08:39 +0000
  Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? 1p166 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-02 01:06 -0400
    Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-01 22:36 -0700
      Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? 1p166 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-02 23:54 -0400
        Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-02 21:37 -0700
          Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? 1p166 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-05 00:01 -0400
            Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-05 03:35 -0700
              Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? 1p166 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-06 00:22 -0400

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