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 do I stop the screen from being locked on suspend?
On GNOME the screen locks when I suspend, and I find that a bit annoying (no one else in the house uses ubuntu anyway haha). What can I do to stop this?
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How to turn off the automatic lock?
I want Ubuntu to ask for my password when I log in but not lock me every time I am away for 5 minutes.
How can I disable the automatic lock?
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How do I lock the desktop screen via command line?
How can I lock my desktop screen from the command line?
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Where can I change the automatic lock screen preference?
I'm using ubuntu in a VM, so, I leave it idle from time to time. When I go back obviously the screen is locked, but I would like to configure the idle time for something around 10 minutes. Where can I ...
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Can't unlock my user when returning from suspend or screensaver [closed]
I have a bilingual Ubuntu setup on my netbook.
Whenever the screen locks (due to screensaver or suspend), I find I am unable to log back in.
In 9.10 I had to kill GNOME using Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, but ...
