e: [K12OSN] screen locked how to rid

Rob Owens rowens at ptd.net
Fri Mar 16 20:58:48 UTC 2007


For a user's specific screensaver settings, the file is
/home/user/.xscreensaver (unless you're using gnome screensaver, in
which case I don't know where the file is).

-Rob

On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 03:31:00PM -0400, William Fragakis wrote:
> This works before you set up a user account but, iirc, once a user has
> chosen to screen lock or you do this hack after setting up the user, you
> have to disable it for each user. Also, iirc, the location of this
> changed in later versions (stab in the dark here) because of the move to
> gnome screensaver. I forget if ver. 5 or 6 was the change. Mike's note
> definitely worked with ver. 4.2
> 
> Do users have access to their setting in System -> Preferences ->
> Screensaver? 
> 
> regards,
> William
> 
> On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 11:00 -0500, k12osn-request at redhat.com wrote:
> > Message: 12
> > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:13:29 -0400
> > From: Mike Lichtenwalner <mll at mtwp.net>
> > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] screen locked how to rid
> > To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
> >         <k12osn at redhat.com>
> > Message-ID: <45FAA609.4020901 at mtwp.net>
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> > 
> > This might be what you need (originally posted by Eric):
> > 
> > Turn off screen saver locking:
> > Edit: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver
> > 
> > and change the "*lock:" and "*lockVTs:" entries from:
> > *lock: True
> > *lockVTs: False
> > 
> > to:
> > *lock: False
> > *lockVTs: True
> > 
> > 
> > See ya!
> > Mike
> > _________________________________
> > Mike Lichtenwalner
> > Technology Specialist
> > Manheim Township School District
> > Lancaster, PA
> > 
> > 
> > Barry Cisna wrote:
> > > Hello All,
> > > 
> > >  I'm not sure how this happened. I know it was after I installed a
> > few
> > > rpm's a couple weeks ago. On one of our FC3 K12LTSP servers the
> > screen
> > > locked now pops on after just afew minutes( never timed it). I'm
> > sure
> > > someone here knows how to disable the screen locked thing system
> > wide.
> > > Possibly system config GUI?
> > > EVryone gripes cause it comes on,too quick..
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Barry Cisna
> > >  
> 
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