How do I disable the screensaver/lock in kali linux?

Question

If I am doing nothing for about 10 minutes or so, then my OS is locked and I have to login again which is very annoying. How can I disable this security feature?

Answer 1

I had the same problem and solved it one hour ago. Here is how I did it:

In the drop-down Application-menu choose:

Usual applications / Preferences /Settings

This opens the window All Settings. Here, click on

Privacy (top row, 4th icon from the left),

which opens another window, where you click on the

top item in the table, to open even another window!

Now you finally can switch the screen saver off completely or choose another time span.

Answer 2

As the question is a bit old now, latest versions of Kali should have Settings located in the top right-hand corner of the screen when you click the down arrow. Then click the tools icon on the bottom left of that menu.

Alternatively, if in gnome GUI (default) you can use the following command in terminal to launch settings:

gnome-control-center

Once in settings, screen lock is located under Privacy on the left menu.

Answer 3

Another solution is to increase the sleep to it max

Settings > Power Manager > Security

unchecked Lockscreen when system is going to sleep

Answer 4

I was having the same problem. Just a bit easier, search for privacy and click on the privacy "link". Change the Screen Lock time or turn it off.

Answer 5

After changing files in this folder path works for xfce4 /usr/share/backgrounds/kali/