[xubuntu-users] LTS 20.04, Setting screen lock configuration.

[Gérald Jean]

Hello,


first the device is not a laptop but a desktop AND I am not trying to 
prevent it from locking but the other way around, I want it to lock when 
I am away for a a certain period of time.


Cheers,


Gérald

Le 8/13/20 à 3:39 AM, Bjoern Franke a écrit :
> Am 12.08.20 um 19:55 schrieb Charles M:
>> Gerald I've never used xset before so I'm not sure if
>>
>> sudo xset on
>> sudo xset +dpms
>>
>> would help, but I normally enable/disable user screen saver behaviour
>> in Xubuntu (on an individual basis) by clicking the whisker icon and
>> typing in screensaver, clicking the screensaver icon, then clicking on
>> the "Activate screensaver when the computer is idle" slider.
>>
>
> To prevent screenlocking it would be also an option to select the 
> presentation mode from the menu of the battery icon (if the device is 
> a laptop) or via
> xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p 
> /xfce4-power-manager/presentation-mode -s "true" - it can be disabled 
> by setting it to false again.
>
> Regards
> Bjoern
>