Always need to enter password again

Volker Wysk post at volker-wysk.de
Sat Oct 12 05:36:21 UTC 2019


Am Freitag, den 11.10.2019, 22:34 -0400 schrieb Robert Heller:
> At Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:38:58 +0200 "Ubuntu user technical
> support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > When I go to a virtual console (alt-ctrl-F2 etc.), and go back to
> > Gnome
> > again, I always need to re-enter the password. Can this be turned
> > off
> > somehow? I've looked in gnome-control-center and gnome-tweaks, but
> > found nothing.
> 
> Have you turned off screen locking?

You mean, locking after a fixed period of time? Yes, I have turned it
off. The new password query happens all the time when I switched to a
virtual console, no matter how long.

Bye
Volker





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