A quick settings question on Debian 2.x

dafyre

cat /etc/*release

Could give you details on what you are running.

art_of_shred

@scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

@art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

@wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

@art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

@scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

What desktop environment is this machine using?

I don't understand the question

Gnome, Unity, etc

How can I tell? I have no idea where to find that.

Normally it says when you go to log in. Can you log in now? What does it look like? Generally they are easy to eyeball.

That would be Gnome 3.

scottalanmiller

@art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

@scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

@art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

@wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

@art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

@scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

What desktop environment is this machine using?

I don't understand the question

Gnome, Unity, etc

How can I tell? I have no idea where to find that.

Normally it says when you go to log in. Can you log in now? What does it look like? Generally they are easy to eyeball.

That would be Gnome 3.

Sweet, that's modern and we can get that figured out then.

DustinB3403

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1466504

10.04 Solution

As you've probably already done, uncheck:
"lock screen when screen saver is activated"
in the System->Preferences->Screen Saver menu.
Type gconf-editor in a terminal. Under apps/gnome-power-manager/locks check:
"use_screensaver_settings".
If still asked for password, you can (also in gconf-editor) go to desktop/gnome/lockdown and check:
"disable_lock_screen"

11.10 Solution

First try the Lock/Unlock button in System Settings -> Personal -> Screen (suggested by brallan, below).
If this doesn't work, try the command
Code:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen 'true'

scottalanmiller

This is the file that needs to be edited:

/etc/gdm3/daemon.conf

scottalanmiller

In that file you should see this:

# AutomaticLoginEnabled = true
# AutomaticLogin = user

Just remove the hashtags from the beginning of those two lines to uncomment them.

art_of_shred

@scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

In that file you should see this:
# AutomaticLoginEnabled = true
# AutomaticLogin = user
Just remove the hashtags from the beginning of those two lines to uncomment them.

  AutomaticLoginEnable = true
  AutomaticLogin = user1

scottalanmiller

Yup, then change "user1" to be the username of the user you want to be automatically logged in.

wirestyle22

@scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

This is the file that needs to be edited:

/etc/gdm3/daemon.conf

Learned something. Thanks!

scottalanmiller

Did it work?

art_of_shred

@scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

Did it work?

Not confirmed yet, but I'll post when I know.

scottalanmiller

@art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

@scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

Did it work?

Not confirmed yet, but I'll post when I know.

Thanks

art_of_shred

@scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

@art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

@scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

Did it work?

Not confirmed yet, but I'll post when I know.

Thanks

From what I can tell, yes it worked. That's both the no sleep and no login password required.