[ubuntu-uk] Relog-in page....

[Rob Beard]

On 23/04/10 23:07, John Matthews wrote:
> I have been doing some updates, and everytime now in Lucid, after it
> seems a really short period of time, it goes into a log in page. Sort of
> locks. I really like that idea, until it comes to doing things like
> updates. You have to log in all the time to find out what is happening.
>
> How can I increasse the time before it goes to that log in page?
>
> John.
>

Sounds like it could be the screen saver, try going to the System menu, 
select Preferences and Screen Saver.

You should be able to change the amount of time it waits until the 
screen saver kicks in, or alternatively untick Lock screen when
screensaver is active (which will still turn on the screen saver but not 
lock the machine).  Of course unchecking the lock screen option will 
stop it prompting for a password, so maybe you might just want to 
increase the time until it locks.

I've also found that holding down Control, Alt and the L key, it locks 
the desktop, maybe that might be a handy thing for when you leave your 
machine unattended.  (I didn't know about that one).

Rob