Recently a friend of mine was asking how to disable locking (prompting for a password) after resuming from closing the laptop lid. I checked out some of the immediate places first. Maybe it was in “Power Options” or “Screensaver”. No. Where else would it be?
Well after a little bit of digging & searching through the Ubuntu Forums I think I have found a solution. Below are steps to disable screen locking when you close your laptop lid.
- ALT-F2, “gconf-editor”
- /apps/gnome-power-manager/lock_use_screensaver
- disable “lock_on_blank_screen”, “lock_on_hibernate”, “lock_on_suspend” (any/all)
This seems to have solved the problem for me (after basic testing). I would like to hear if anyone else has alternate methods or if this doesn’t quite do the trick.
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