how to stop screen lock

Thu Nov 3 13:11:49 UTC 2022

Your correct I am using GDM.
Is there a magic GDM setting that does what I need ?

Thanks

jerry

On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 8:58 AM Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

> I presume that you are using the (default) GUI login (gdm?) and my guess
> is
> that gdm (or whatever it is called now) is doing this (reverting to the
> login
> screen on VT terminal changes).  *I* have disabled the GUI login (change
> the
> default target to the plain multi-user target).  I get the (black) console
> login screen and use startx to fire up the GUI (I have some contitional
> code
> in a couple of my machines' login script to do this automagically).
>
>
> At Thu, 3 Nov 2022 08:37:21 -0400 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for
> general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 2:59 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 2:51 PM Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> At Tue, 1 Nov 2022 14:29:15 -0400 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not
> > >> for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> > On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 9:54 AM Little Girl <littlergirl at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > Hey there,
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Jerry Geis wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > >However - if am doing something slightly different. the
> > >> > > >Control-alt-f3 - goes out of that "mode" and when I switch back
> > >> > > >I get a login screen.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >How do I "ignore" that change of input - or change of screen....
> In
> > >> > > >my use that is "ok".
> > >> > > >Is there something in X that also needs set ?
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Are either of these of any use?
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/466662/how-to-disable-password-prompt-for-switching-users-in-graphical-session
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1005457/disable-ctrl-alt-ls-behavior-of-locking-the-screen
> > >> > >
> > >> > > --
> > >> > > Little Girl
> > >> > >
> > >> > > There is no spoon.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > --
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> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks - did find anything there I had not tried.
> > >> >
> > >> > I did my control-alt-f3 - and went back - I then looked at the
> > >> xorg.0.log
> > >> > file
> > >> > systemd-logind suspend
> > >> > systemd-logind -resume
> > >> >
> > >> > are the couple messages I see. What do  I do about that ?
> > >>
> > >> I just read the man pages for systemd-logind, and my guess is that if
> you
> > >> edit
> > >> /etc/systemd/logind.conf and change the line
> > >>
> > >> #HandleSuspendKey=suspend
> > >> to
> > >> HandleSuspendKey=ignore
> > >>
> > >> You *might* get what you want.
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> > Jerry
> > >> >
> > >>
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> > >
> > > Robert -  I was so hopeful - Changed that file - thought I would reboot
> > > just to make sure config is read. Same issue.
> > > Same event logged also.
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
> >
> > Was not in yeasterday - back today.
> > I tried this
> >  systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target
> > hybrid-sleep.target
> >
> >
> > Still no go - the Xorg.0.log still is showing pause.
> >
> > grep pause /home/silentm/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
> > [    47.812] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/dri/card0 226:0 fd 12
> > paused 0
> > [    48.512] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event2 13:66 fd
> 22
> > paused 0
> > [    48.579] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event4 13:68 fd
> 25
> > paused 0
> > [    48.595] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event0 13:64 fd
> 26
> > paused 0
> > [    48.616] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event1 13:65 fd
> 27
> > paused 0
> > [    48.634] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event5 13:69 fd
> 28
> > paused 0
> > [    48.649] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event6 13:70 fd
> 29
> > paused 0
> > [    48.663] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event7 13:71 fd
> 30
> > paused 0
> > [    48.673] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event3 13:67 fd
> 31
> > paused 0
> > [    95.637] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 226:0
> > [    95.637] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:65
> > [    95.637] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:71
> > [    95.637] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:70
> > [    95.637] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:64
> > [    95.637] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:66
> > [    95.637] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:68
> > [    95.637] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:67
> > [    95.637] (II) systemd-logind: got pause for 13:69
> >
> > How do I get X not to pause - I dont want the X screen to logout when I
> do
> > control-ALt-F3 and then control-F1 to go back???
> > I tried the setting all these in logind.conf
> >
> > [Login]
> > #NAutoVTs=6
> > #ReserveVT=6
> > #KillUserProcesses=no
> > #KillOnlyUsers=
> > #KillExcludeUsers=root
> > #InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
> > HandlePowerKey=ignore
> > HandleSuspendKey=ignore
> > HandleHibernateKey=ignore
> > HandleLidSwitch=ignore
> > HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore
> > HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore
> >
> > rebooted and still nothing.
> > Jerry
> >
>
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