Questions tagged [light-locker]
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Prevent lightdm from turning off screen when locking session
I am running Xubuntu 18.04. When I lock the session, the screen gets turned off instantly. I am using stock lightdm as display manager and lightlocker for locking the session.
From my viewpoint the following sequence of events happens.
I initiate…
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Two programs want a d-bus service - how can I run them both?
I had the following setup:
For my screensaver, I used xscreensaver (because it's beautiful)
To lock my screen, I used light-locker (because it's more secure then xscreensaver)
Recenctly, xscreensaver started binding to org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver…
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Firefox seems to need “catchup time” after unlocking screen (using light-locker/lightdm)
(Possibly related to After unlocking light-locker, screen remains blank proportional to how long it's been locked)
I’ve recently switched from xscreensaver to light-locker because of an annoying bug that hit me during the upgrade to xscreensaver…
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Lock on suspend with LightDM
I was reading the Arch Wiki on how to start a screen locker when suspend, but I can't get work light-locker for LightDM from my [email protected] looks like this:
[Unit]
Description=Screen Locker…
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How to configure a useable screen locker in Awesome+LightDM+NixOS?
I've been using Awesome+LightDM with the GTK greeter on Arch Linux for some years, and I'm in the process of moving to NixOS. One issue with this has been the screen locker. I've mapped Windows-l to light-locker-command --lock. When activating that…
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How are Firefox and other long lived sockets terminated when I lock my session?
When I lock my session on xfce, Firefox and apps that rely on socket connections get their connections terminated. I find such behavior bizarre. I haven't been able to figure out why it happens or how it happens or how to disable it. I've tested…
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After unlocking light-locker, screen remains blank proportional to how long it's been locked
Weird problem that I've been having I think since I installed Linux Mint 19. I run xfce and light-locker is my screen locker. Whenever I unlock my screen with my password, my screen remains black for a time before showing me the desktop. From what…
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Error on wakeup after installing light-locker
I'm using XFCE on Arch Linux and I have Gnome installed too.
I wanted to have the possibility of locking the session so I switched to lightdm from gdm and installed light-locker. Now every time I wake my laptop from sleep by opening the lid, I get…
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Can LightDM greeter blank the screen to save power on laptop?
LightDM would display the greeter (login box) after Lock Screen was activated. The display with the greeter would stay on and I suspect that would chew up battery (I'm using a laptop). Is there any option to get the greeter to go blank after a short…
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Lightdm locking session on suspend when it should not
For some reason whenever the computer suspends it locks the session and I have to log back in. I'm trying to configure my own lockscreen so this is undesired. Lightlocker is installed but disabled. The behaviour occurs both when closing the lid or…
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How to set random wallpaper image on light-locker?
I'm using light-locker as my lockscreen for my Arch Linux pc. Every time the lockscreen comes up there is this black white background image of a shoe store (seems to be the default). I really dislike it. Is there a possibility to set it to a random…
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light-locker expose my playing sound when switch tty by keyboard?
How to solved or bypass this problem?
light-locker can hide my screen but very short time expose my screen contents when first switch to my screen by keyboard.
sound contents is always expose nearl like "normal" play.
$light-locker…
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