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Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?



On Sat 03 Oct 2020 at 04:27:08 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote:
> The computer is controlling high powered machinery. Having the screen 
> locker kick in, disabling our access to the application until we have 
> wasted a minute typing on a poor keyboard trying to log back in can be 
> quite dangerous when the machine has a runaway. Anything we do with xset 
> is overridden before the 10 minute timeout is done.

Sounds like time for a visit from OSHA, HSE, or whoever.

> Some of us like xfce4, please advise how to permanently disable lightdm 
> and its light-locker. _Forever_. We do know how to turn off the monitor 
> at the end of the day.

Use a window manager, so you can select the software present
and constrain the display's behaviour.

Cheers,
David.


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