e: [K12OSN] screen locked how to rid

[Peter Scheie]

If you install gconf-editor (and you're using gnome), you can disable the screen saver 
entirely or just the password requirement.  In either case, you can set the option to 
'mandatory' which means the user can't change it.

Petre

William Fragakis wrote:
> This works before you set up a user account but, iirc, once a user has
> chosen to screen lock or you do this hack after setting up the user, you
> have to disable it for each user. Also, iirc, the location of this
> changed in later versions (stab in the dark here) because of the move to
> gnome screensaver. I forget if ver. 5 or 6 was the change. Mike's note
> definitely worked with ver. 4.2
> 
> Do users have access to their setting in System -> Preferences ->
> Screensaver? 
> 
> regards,
> William
> 
> On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 11:00 -0500, k12osn-request at redhat.com wrote:
>> Message: 12
>> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:13:29 -0400
>> From: Mike Lichtenwalner <mll at mtwp.net>
>> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] screen locked how to rid
>> To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
>>         <k12osn at redhat.com>
>> Message-ID: <45FAA609.4020901 at mtwp.net>
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>>
>> This might be what you need (originally posted by Eric):
>>
>> Turn off screen saver locking:
>> Edit: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver
>>
>> and change the "*lock:" and "*lockVTs:" entries from:
>> *lock: True
>> *lockVTs: False
>>
>> to:
>> *lock: False
>> *lockVTs: True
>>
>>
>> See ya!
>> Mike
>> _________________________________
>> Mike Lichtenwalner
>> Technology Specialist
>> Manheim Township School District
>> Lancaster, PA
>>
>>
>> Barry Cisna wrote:
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>>  I'm not sure how this happened. I know it was after I installed a
>> few
>>> rpm's a couple weeks ago. On one of our FC3 K12LTSP servers the
>> screen
>>> locked now pops on after just afew minutes( never timed it). I'm
>> sure
>>> someone here knows how to disable the screen locked thing system
>> wide.
>>> Possibly system config GUI?
>>> EVryone gripes cause it comes on,too quick..
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Barry Cisna
>>>  
> 
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