questions about xfce

[James Freer]

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
> On 04/01/2012 04:22 PM, Jay Ridgley wrote:
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>> 1. How do I remove the home, trash and file icons from my desktop I tried
>> to edit a file ~/.config/xfce4/desktop/icons.screen0.rc and changed all the
>> lines to comments (#  at the start of each line) but the file was rewritten
>> upon restart.
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> Open the Xfce settings manager, click on Desktop item, Icons Tab.  (You
> should also be able to right click on the deskop and choose "Desktop
> Settings")
>
> Remove the check mark for the icons you want to remove.
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>> 2. How to disable the screen saver lock? I configured it with the lock
>> screen button unchecked, but that did not work.
>

Thanks so much

I've been having a similar problem with any DVD i watch... screensaver
disabled and yet after 20-30 mins it would apparently activate.

> That should do the trick, as far as I know.  Might you be instead getting a
> screen lock from power saver mode? (suspend?) From the Settings manager, go
> to Power  Manager, and select "Extended" from the catagories column.
>  Uncheck Lock Screen

Tried the above and fine.

james