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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? |
| Date | 2021-11-02 14:00 +0000 |
| Organization | A little, after lunch |
| Message-ID | <slrgam$b1f$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <slovsh$eco$1@dont-email.me> <slprkn$7q7$1@dont-email.me> <87v91b5vdb.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <slq9fd$vp6$1@dont-email.me> <87czni6521.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> |
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.
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.
--
"First, find out who are the people you can not criticise. They are your
oppressors."
- George Orwell
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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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