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Ubuntu 10.04
Under Preferences > Power Management I have changed the settings to never put the computer to sleep and never to put the display to sleep.
My display still goes to sleep and I am prompted for my password when I leave the computer unattended.
I would like to be able to hit the "Lock Screen" app I added to the top panel to lock my screen, but otherwise I would like it to just stay on.
Thank you.
CT.
Posted 2010-06-23T18:36:55.837
Reputation: 2 549
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Check System>Preferences>Screensaver and see if "Activate screensaver when computer is idle" is checked.
Also, if you hit Alt + F2 and enter gconf-editor then navigate to /apps/gnome-power-manager/lock you can see if blank screen is checked.
rybl
Posted 2010-06-23T18:36:55.837
Reputation: 434
1Which one out of curiosity? – rybl – 2010-06-23T18:55:35.170
I believe the screensaver setting did the trick. I also did check in /apps/gnome-power-manager/lock and blank screen is not checked. – CT. – 2010-06-23T19:01:01.567
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Things have changed since this post was submitted. Go to System Settings in the top right corner of your screen, select Brightness and Lock and set "turn screen off when inactive" to never.
hope this helps all future users.
thelearningman
Posted 2010-06-23T18:36:55.837
Reputation: 91
Nope, doesn't work. The screen still turns off when you lock – peter – 2019-07-05T15:10:45.173
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You can use gsettings for enabling and disabling monitor from going to sleep:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 300
source : https://askubuntu.com/a/788456/88543
streak
Posted 2010-06-23T18:36:55.837
Reputation: 111
1Seems Ubuntu-specific. Should it not be moved to askubuntu.com? (Where I'm pretty sure it would be a dupe.) – David Krider – 2012-10-23T19:49:42.793