Remove login prompt when screen re-activated

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Wed Apr 26 17:12:57 CEST 2023


On Thu, 20 Apr 2023, Matt Connell wrote:

> This would have been my next suggestion: some screen saver is calling
> xflock4, which is locking your screen.

> I don't know how slackware packages xfce4, but I'm pretty confident
> that xfce4-screensaver ships by default.  Might want to investigate
> options for that.  I don't use it so I can't offer specific guidance.
> (I prefer xscreensaver instead.)

Matt,

I read the /usr/bin/xflock4 script and didn't see how to turn it off.

> Alternatively, in the Session and Startup settings, there's a checkbox
> for "Lock screen before sleep".  That could be it as well.

It's unchecked, yet the screen has returned to locking when left alone for a
bit.

Do Power Management settings have any control? Currently, all PM settings
are disabled.

Rich


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