On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:39:54 -0500, Weiner, Michael wrote: > I have an unusual request from a user that I support, who would like me > to deactivate (or disable) the password request that occurs after the > screen is locked in an X session. He runs KDE and when the session is > inactive, it locks the screen (as normal). And when he returns he finds > it annoying to be asked for his password in order to unlock the screen. > After a short period of explaining why this was a security FEATURE of > the system, he still insists on having me do this. I have googled for > some time and have come up empty handed and was wondering if ANYONE on > this list had ever done this and how. > > > Thanks in advance for any assistance First off, any damn webgibberish in email is *evil* (as well as a gross violation of netiquette, as you should know; on lists it's in general, it's worse; and on this one it's verboten. see http://expita.com/nomime.html http://www.betips.net/etc/evilmail.html http://www.birdhouse.org/etc/evilmail.html Just this once, however, if repeat *if* you mean what it sounds like, it's easy. The names differ slightly from release to release; in F9, F10, and other recent ones, you simply click Main Menu > System > Preferences > Look and Feel > Screensaver. (There are two. To be safe, do both.) In the bottom left corner, make sure Lock Screen After is *not* checked. This usually fixes it. -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Linux Power User I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
