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prevent Ubuntu desktop lock #50

Open wiggin15 opened 9 years ago

wiggin15 commented 9 years ago

If XBMC is not running, the desktop may lock and require user password (when it happened to me, I couldn't input the password too so I had to reboot the computer :/). Please disable desktop locking.

wiggin15 commented 9 years ago

Apparently, if left for 5 minutes without xbmc running, Ubuntu enters suspend mode and then requires password when unlocking. The settings to change this are in System Settings -> Brightness and Lock. I found these commands on the internet, maybe running them (in "disable_screensaver") will fix the problem, but I'm not sure:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver ubuntu-lock-on-suspend false
chmod 000 /usr/lib/pm-utils/bin/pm-action

the latter is a hack because because session.idle-delay is not working - I found the trick here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/452908/how-to-disable-suspend-in-14-04

GR360RY commented 9 years ago

Nice catch. I will add this to ansible.

wiggin15 commented 8 years ago

Scratch the previous comment...

The script "disable_screensaver" works, but never runs. The autostart file "disable_screensaver.desktop", copied to .config/autostart, doesn't run its command because of this line:

AutostartCondition=GSETTINGS

Apparently this condition isn't met. I don't know what this condition means, but after removing this line and re-logging in, the script /usr/bin/disable_screensaver runs and sets the proper configuration. Is it ok to remove this line?