Karmic screensaver asks for password

Xandros Pilosa folivora.pilosa at gmail.com
Mon Nov 9 19:13:08 UTC 2009


Dne 09.11.2009 (pon) ob 13:11 -0500 je Laura Conrad zapisal(a):
> >>>>> "Laura" == Laura Conrad <lconrad at laymusic.org> writes:
> 
>     Laura> I suppose I can try to remove xscreensaver and install
>     Laura> gnome-screensaver.  
> 
> OK, I removed xscreensaver, and gnome-screensaver was running and had
> a box for whether you wanted to lock the screen when it was active and
> I said, "No."  My machine continued to ask me to enter a password when
> I came back to it.  So then I asked gnome-screensaver not to run when
> the machine was idle, and it isn't, but the machine is still asking me
> for a password after I close the lid, but not if I just leave it open.
> 
> The "Settings" => "Power Management" screen is set to "Blank Screen"
> when the lid is closed.  Where do I set what to make it stop asking me
> for my password? I assure you that if someone gets into my apartment
> and starts fiddling with my laptop I have worse problems than whether
> he or she knows my password.

Hello Laura,
just a guess:
maybe you can check/uncheck appropriate keys with gconf-editor under:
/apps/gnome-power-manager/lock 
"blank_screen" key should show false value (be unchecked), I think.

Regards





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