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Questions tagged [light-locker]

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Why does light-locker keep the screen black after unlock?

A Xubuntu 16.04 fully patched machine with a freshly created user wont let me unlock after using light-locker to lock my screen (regardless if lock was activated manually or via timeout). The screen remains black (but powered) on correct password…
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Light locker stops background activities (eg. music playback) when screen is locked

I upgraded my xubuntu installation to the new release, 14.04. This release includes a new light-locker, a great improvement if you ask me. The thing is that whenever I try to lock the session or when it locks automatically after some time, it stops…
misterjinx
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Disable screen locking with xubuntu 20.04 and lightdm

I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 and then installed xubuntu-core. When prompted, I chose lightdm as my login manager. I then disabled everything I could find related to screen locking, but I still have to enter my password after the screen goes off. Is…
Stonecraft
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Replace Light Locker with Gnome screensaver

There have been many issues reported concerning Light Locker. Sometimes the lock doesn't work, it locks by itself when not supposed to and many more. Bottom line is Light Locker's major issue is, it doesn't hold the applied or user settings after a…
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Lightlocker and Xscreensaver conflicting

I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 but found gnome too heavy for my old hardware. So I installed Xubuntu-desktop: sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop synaptic sudo apt-get remove gdm3 sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm sudo apt-get remove nautilus…
Thiago Garcia
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Replace gsd-screensaver-proxy with light-locker

I'm currently using a fork of Antergos web-greeter because I don't like the default. However I can't use the default screensaver because if I lock through that I can simply press Ctrl + Alt + F7 to circumvent the login and be back in my session (the…
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Xubuntu lock screen appearing twice

I'm running Xubuntu 15.10. When I leave my machine for an extended period of time, I return to find the screen locked by light-locker. I can then enter my password, and it is accepted, but then the lock screen is displayed a second time! Once I…
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xubuntu light-locker: where is the configuration stored?

My companies software stack for Linux includes some "security scripts" that check if the screensaver is configured according to our security policy. I am about to extend that script to handle light locker. Step 1 will be to retrieve the current…
GhostCat
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Ubuntu 14.04 lockscreen turns off music + plays the 'lock-sound'

My computer automatically locks its screen (as its supposed to do) after the 30 seconds that i've asked for in the lock screen settings menu. Since upgrading from the 13.10 to the 14.04 system, the lock screen makes the "padum" sound Ubuntu does…
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Light locker no longer blanks screen or puts monitor into energy saving mode

I'm on Xubuntu 14.04. When I originally upgraded, I had the problem of both light locker and xscreensaver running simultaneously. After that was fixed, light locker has been running smoothly. But, recently, I noticed my screen on after I was gone…
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Lubuntu Light Locker settings incorreectly starts power saving mode

In Lubuntu 14.04 64-bit on a desktop computer, my monitor goes to power saving mode almost immediately after the blank screen has appeared, regardless of the Light Locker settings. I do not want the display to be switched off that soon. With the…
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How can I lock my screen without turning off the monitor? (Xubuntu 14.04)

Xubuntu 14.04 When locking my screen, my monitor/screen turns off immediately. I don't want that to happen immediately, I'd like to have period of about 20-60 minutes or so between the two things. Is that possible? Whatever I set the first two…
henry
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How to have ubuntu without gnome-screensaver and light-locker

I do long operations which are steadily getting broken by any power or screen saving utility, so I want to have ubuntu without any power or screensaving programs. I tried: sudo apt autoremove --purge light-locker* Reading package lists...…
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Xorg high CPU usage when session is unlocked + USB port

I'm experiencing Xorg high CPU usage(90-100%) problem when I unlock session. It keeps going for 5 minutes. Process that causes problem: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg -core :0 -seat seat0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch Everything…
user811175
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Xubuntu 17.10: disable screen locking when connected to a specific WiFi network

I'm running Xubuntu 17.10 and I would like to remove screen locking when I'm connected to my home wifi. My current plan is something like: Use a /etc/interfaces/if.up/ script to check when I'm connected to my wifi (using iwconfig to get the…
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