Always need to enter password again

[Robert Heller]

At Sat, 12 Oct 2019 07:36:21 +0200 Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:

> 
> 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.

OK, then I am guessing it is a "security feature" of Gnome3.  You might not 
have any option but to switch to something other than Gnome3.  You might also 
try disabling the screen saver as well as the locking feature.  

> 
> Bye
> Volker
> 
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