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?
2 Answers
You should be able to see what is the current setting by the command:
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen
The output should be:
true
If it isn't, you can set it by the command:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen true
A cosmetic downside on my system is however that the screen doesn't lock any more, but still turns black for a second or so. You'll have to see if it works well on your system.
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This does the trick. I assume that the answer is yes, but are these changes persistent?– kzhOct 3, 2014 at 18:18
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@kzh on my system it is, let me know if it isn't, I'll make a workaround Oct 3, 2014 at 18:20
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@JacobVlijm Thanks for the offer, but I think that it is persistent and if not, I am sure I can come up with something.– kzhOct 3, 2014 at 18:24
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This is only a half-way solution. The black screen is not helpful. What worked (in 16.04 LTS) was disabling the shortcut through the Compiz config: stackoverflow.com/a/26224554/200987 May 29, 2017 at 10:23
A fix on Ubuntu 16.04 that does not turn your screen black is disabling the key setting using the Compiz configuration manager. Turns out it is not Gnome, but Compiz, that captures the key combo. This is why disabling the shortcut does not work. This Stack Overflow question covers how to do it.
The package is called compizconfig-settings-manager
and I only managed to find it using the GUI app launcher. To reproduce the steps here:
- Install and run CompizConfig Settings Manager
- Click "Ubuntu Unity Plugin"
- Click the button next to "Key to lock the screen."
- Disable
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Works great without the black screen flash! next I just need to find out what it is setting so I can just configure it via vim or emacs or from the command line– SilfheedJul 24, 2018 at 19:10
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen
? I can disable it bygsettings set org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen true
, but the screen still turns black for a while...