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



On Saturday 03 October 2020 11:21:04 Dan Ritter wrote:

> 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-
And to you, Dan, you knew exactly what I wanted.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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