Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?
Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 03 October 2020 08:12:56 Dan Ritter wrote:
> >
> > I would try
> >
> > apt remove lightdm light-locker
> and task-xfce, the meta installer file was also selected
> > and either installing xdm or just using startx to get X11 and
> > XFCE up when you want it.
>
> Which is for me, 100% of the time, so xdm installed.
>
> > -dsr
>
> did that and installed xdm, reboot is next. But apt claimed there were
> several hundred packages (353 count) that could be autoremoved. Is that
> normal after an iso install and update to 10.6? I did the autoremove,
> linuxcnc still runs, so I think we are in business. 34 minutes after the
> reboot:
Lots of autoremovable packages are normal. I generally keep them
unless I have a space crunch.
> Screen Saver:
> prefer blanking: no allow exposures: yes
> timeout: 0 cycle: 0
> DPMS (Energy Star):
> Standby: 450 Suspend: 600 Off: 900
> DPMS is Disabled
>
> I believe thats what we wanted.
Exactly so.
> The above now shows blanking off, expose on, and DPMS off after the
> reboot and no one has yet logged in locally, looks good.
>
> Thanks a bunch, Dan
Not a problem. Thanks for stating your issue clearly.
-dsr-
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