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The lock screen lets a user lock the currently-running session behind a password screen. This screen may either be blank or show a screensaver until mouse or keyboard activity is detected.

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How to move the lock window on the lock-screen?

Is it possible to move the window where you input your password on the lock screen away from the center, e.g. at the lower edge?
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Ubuntu 19.04 Can't change LockScreen Background

I installed the new version on my new computer and I want to change the lockscreen background I have done this before in the 18.04 LTS version by modifying the /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/ubuntu.css ...
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Removing clock from the lock-screen

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04. I want to remove the digital clock from the lock screen because I just want to see a good wallpaper there, unobstructed. How do I go about this?
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When I watch a video online the screen turns off after a few minutes

in some sites when I watch a movie in a browser and I don't touch the computer the screen turns off. In other sites like Youtube I don't have that problem. I tried using caffeine but I don't like the ...
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How do I reduce delay before locking after pressing lock button?

On my freshly installed Ubuntu 17.04 lock screen appears about 5-10 seconds after I press Win+L or "lock" button in the upper right corner. During these 5-10 seconds nothing is happening. As ...
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Ubuntu 18.10: Screen lock options grayed out

Recently upgraded to Ubuntu 18.10, having two problems. Easiest to explain: when I open "settings", go to "privacy", select "screen lock", I get the popup window with the screen lock settings, but ...
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Password prompt on login only, not on lock screen

I'd like to only be prompted for my password on login, as I thought I had indicated on setup. But when I open my laptop lid, I'm prompted again. Is it possible to eliminate the Suspend (on battery) ...
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How do I change the length of time the lock screen appears for?

When my screen is locked and I then reawaken it, by moving the mouse or pressing the keyboard, the password entry screen appears. How can I change the amount of time that is taken before the password ...
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Alt+Left key locks the screen

I have seen a few similar problems on SE. None of them match exactly, and unfortunately none of their solutions worked either. The problem: Alt + Left key locks the screen. This is also the Chrome ...
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upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04, lock screen is stuck

Right now I'm upgrading a fairly clean install of 16.04 to 18.04 and it seems to be stuck. I mean, after some time into the upgrade it went on screen lock and I typed my username and password and it ...
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How do I disable automatic screen locking in Xubuntu?

After about 10 minutes, Xubuntu 14.04 goes to sleep all by itself. I've set up the shuffle on the music player and it only gets through 3 songs before I have to sign in again. There is no screensaver ...
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How do I turn off the onscreen keyboard on the lock screen? [duplicate]

The lock screen has an on screen keyboard that I am unable to disable. I don't remember exactly but I believe I turned it on using the "Screen Keyboard" setting in the Universal Access settings. I've ...
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How do I lock the screen after resuming from hibernation?

I've been able to successfully hibernate and resume my Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop PC using procedure that I've documented in this answer. However, I now have a problem that whenever the PC resumes, it does ...
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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 ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS randomly freezes (graphics/unity only) [duplicate]

When I'm just chilling on the desktop or doing whatever, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS will (every 10-20 minutes or so) just randomly freeze. The screen just stops, I can't see my mouse move, etc. However, I can ...
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Disable lock screen in 17.10?

In 17.10 I've looked in Settings->Privacy, Screen Lock is off. In Power Blank Screen is off. Yet after some minutes of inactivity the screen just doesn't turn off, a lock screen appears that needs ...
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How to display KDE lock screen time in 24-hour format

Running Kubuntu with the Plasma desktop, 16.04. I have my desktop configured to 24-hour time, which is what I vastly prefer. But when the lock screen comes on, it shows me the detested AM/PM ...
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How to lock my screen?

I can't enable lock screen mode in my laptop and also in my PC. I went to system setting > screen > lock Ctrl+Alt+L : Nothing happens! the shortcut is there but not works ! sudo apt-get --reinstall ...
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Why did my lock screen change?

My lock screen changed one day from the default: to this different one: I am running Ubuntu 14.10. The install was originally a 14.04 that I upgraded to 14.10. The lock screen did not change at ...
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Remove blur effect on lock-screen

I have a slideshow running on my desktop (which is stored in ~/.local/share/shotwell/wallpaper/wallpaper.xml) and which also is shown in the lock screen. Since 20.04, there is a blur effect on the ...
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How to get conky work even in lock screen?

As the question goes, is there a way to get conky work even when is the system is locked?
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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 ...
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How to suspend from command line such that screen is locked?

I'm using Xubuntu 12.04. In the Power Manager, I have checked Extended -> Lock screen when going for suspend/hibernate. If I choose to suspend from the main menu / Panel 1, the screen is locked. ...
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Super + L not working on ubuntu 20.04

After update from Ubuntu 18 stop working system lock. I'm using gdm3 and nothing helps. Super + L and gnome-screensaver-command -l not working. After the command screen just blinks one time and ...
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How do I prevent my display from turning off when screen is locked?

First of all, I checked "How to prevent my screens from turning off, when the screen is locked?" but that didn't help. The laptop is set to not suspend no matter if it's running via battery or AC. ...
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How can I lock AND blank the screen from the keyboard in 14.04?

In older versions of Ubuntu when you pressed Ctrl+Alt+L it would lock and blank the screen (start the screensaver). In 14.04 it just locks the screen. How can I get it to lock AND blank the screen?
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How do I disable "Lock screen" keyboard shortcut under Unity?

I don't want Super + L (that is the windows key pressed with the L key) to lock my screen. I have disabled this in settings, but it still happens. How do I make this not happen?
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How can I put the display to sleep on screen lock?

When I invoke the "Lock Screen" action, is there a way to have the monitor go to sleep instantly? I'm aware of the power management setting to turn off the display after a set amount of time, but I ...
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Desktop is visible after suspend

After upgrade to Ubuntu 18.10 I have noticed a strange behavior. When I close the lid on my notebook, it goes in to suspend, as expected. But, when I am returning from suspend the desktop is visible, ...
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Gnome Lock Screen Terminology

There are two lock screens, sort of. One where you can login and one which is just a cover for it. What are the names of these two screens?
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After locking the screen in Ubuntu 14.04, password is not accepted, How can it be fixed?

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 fully updated on my laptop. Since the last update every time I lock the screen (when leaving my room for example) - when I get back and input my password, it is not accepted ...
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Immediately lock screen when I close laptop lid under Gnome 3 (14.04)

How can I configure my Ubuntu 14.04, logging in using Gnome 3, to lock the screen when I close my laptop lid? All Settings ► Power only offers Do nothing or Suspend as options when I close the lid. ...
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What is wrong with this method of using an alternate lock screen background?

I have recently been trying to separate all three wallpaper states that are all the same as default. They are: Unity Greeter Lock screen Desktop All of them have a wallpaper, and as default the ...
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How to shorten unlock time in 22.04

I'v just installed a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 on a Dell latitude 5480. Except for upgrading the packages, I haven't done anything - not even changing the driver (default is xorg). When the screen is locked, ...
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Gnome: Prevent turning off screen when locked [duplicate]

I am using Ubuntu 17.10 with gnome shell, and want my monitors to stay alive when screen gets locked. Background: It's a Notebook connected to external monitors which need ages to wake after every ...
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Double lock screen Ubuntu 14.04

So I've got a brandynew System 76 laptop running Ubuntu 14.04, and if I close the lid, putting it to sleep, and reopen it, I am presented with the very nice new Unity lock screen. However, when I ...
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How do I call `dbus` code that monitors when screen is locked/unlocked?

I have a code snippet from (unix.stackexchange.com - Run script on screen lock / unlock) which I plan to modify because PulseAudio "undocumented feature" switches sound from TV to laptop when screen ...
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How to change the Unity lockscreen wallpaper?

I know there's Ubuntu Tweak, but if I remember correctly, it was discontinued a while back. Didn't wanna try using it on my laptop just in case that screws it up.
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How to disable lock screen based on which WIFI network I'm connected to?

If I'm connected to my home wifi network, I do not want to have a lock screen when I resume from suspend or after X minutes of inactivity. If I'm not connected to any wifi network or the name of the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 change Login Screen theme (not wallpaper)

I can't seem to find any way to change the default orange on black theme on Ubuntu 18.04. I am using Adapta theme on my desktop, but it does not get applied to the login screen. Please notice that I ...
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Change Ubuntu's purple login screen to GNOME 3.36's

My login screen on boot is Ubuntu's purple login screen. On suspend, the login screen is GNOME's new one, with the blurred desktop bg. How can I get rid of Ubuntu's and only have GNOME's? Settings ...
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Gnome 3.14: Is possible to disable the lock screen?

I want to disable the lock screen on Gnome 3.14 after the computer is woken up from suspension. I've tried different proposed solutions, like this one, but they does now work.
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Nexus 4 with Ubuntu touch locked for 24140377 minutes!

My phone has locked itself, the lock screen says: Device Locked You have been locked out due to too many failed passcode attempts. Please wait 24140376 minutes and then try again... I believe the ...
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How do I configure xscreensaver to use the GNOME lockscreen on Ubuntu 14.04?

I'd like xscreensaver to lock my session using the standard GNOME lockscreen, instead of using the horrible 1990's xscreensaver lockscreen prompt (sorry guys but it needs a facelift). I know this is ...
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How to enable autologin but still require password

I am running Ubuntu GNOME 14.04, using gdm display manager and gnome-shell environment and I need to achieve the following behaviour: after boot, a selected user is automatically logged in, but a ...
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password on resume

I would like to not have to enter my password on resume after closing the lid on my laptop. I used to be able to do this but can't find the option anywhere anymore. all the notes I have found say go ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Lockscreen background refuses to change

Title says it all really. I've tried using the gnome tweak tool, and I've also tried changing the lockscreen background from within the system settings. No matter what I do it seems to always default ...
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Fingerprint GUI breaks lock screen after suspend

ASUS M50Vc with AuthenTec AES1600 fingerprint reader, Ubuntu 14.04. Everything works normally EXCEPT when I need to unlock the screen after suspend. There is no prompt to swipe the finger, swiping ...
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Will there be a new lock screen for 12.04?

I have read in many blogs that old lock screen is replaced by new lock screen in Ubuntu 12.04 But when I installed 12.04 Beta 2 (and updated my system) , its still showing old lock screen. Any idea ...
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GNOME lock screen (screensaver) is missing music controls

I have a custom Ubuntu 12.10 configuration (started out as a minimal installation of Ubuntu 12.04 with a number of other packages such as Gnome Shell selectively installed via apt-get and then ...
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