Always need to enter password again

[Volker Wysk]

Am Samstag, den 12.10.2019, 09:27 -0400 schrieb 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.  

Yeah, looks like that.

> You might not 
> have any option but to switch to something other than Gnome3.  

That's not an option...

> You might also 
> try disabling the screen saver as well as the locking feature.  

There doesn't seem to be any screen saver installed.

Looks like I have to live with it.

Bye,
Volker