KDE 4.9 screen lock reveals desktop

Hi,
I've been experiencing a curious problem since I have upgraded to KDE 4.9. At seemingly random times, the locking the desktop shows a static image of my desktop.
I am using the blank screensaver and I didn't notice this with any previous KDE release. I am also using Intel 3000 graphics. Is anyone else having this problem?

Is there a way I can gather any more information on this issue. I feel bad submitting a bug report with just "this feature doesn't work!"
but I guess here goes.
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=305270
Last edited by ayr0 (2012-08-16 15:47:21)

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Prozentuale maximale Leistung
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it should be grayed out. Or, we can run command gpresult/h gpreport.html
with admin privileges to collect group policy result report to check this.
Besides, do we use other third party software to protect our computer? We can try to clean boot the server to see if the situation persists.
Regarding how to perform a clean boot, the following article can be referred to for more information.
How to perform a clean boot in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/929135
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Plasma 5 screen lock

There seems to be no way to disable screen locking in the new Plasma 5 interface. The System Settings section for screen locking only allows a max value of 99 min and there is no section for disabling screen locking altogether.
Does anyone know of a method to completely disable screen locking?

It's not possible to enter "Never" there, it's a counter field. I wonder what KDE devs were thinking when they introduced screen locking that it's not possible to disable.
It changes to 0 automatically when you input 0, so that should solve this.
Last edited by perk11 (2015-05-02 14:11:15)

Screen lock activating immediately instead of waiting for inactivity

I have activated Screen Lock so that it requires a password when waking from sleep after 1 hour of inactivity. The problem is that it requires the password immediately no matter how long the computer has been inactive. Screen lock seems to not be waiting the proper time before activating. There must be some sort of bug because anytime the screen lock activates sooner than the selected 1 hour, all i have to do is hit the cancel (X) button at the bottom of the lock screen and my display will go back to sleep and then moving the cursor will wake the computer without requiring password...So Weird!

Screen Lock is not related to inactivity. It is realted to Sleep or Screen Saver starting. So if the Mac is put to sleep, or the Screen Saver is activated, then you will need to enter your password to unlock the screen.
In System Preferences -> Security -> General you can specify a delay after Screen Saver or Sleep is started before the password is required, in case the screen saver starts and you quickly move the mouse to kill it. I use 5 seconds. But this is not idle related, just start of sleep or start of screen saver.
System Preferences -> Desktop & Screen Saver allows you to specify when to start after the system has been idle/inactive.
It is possible you have used mixed terms which are confusing me, so if you could clarify, that would be helpful.

Should we lock the desktop thread and start some new ones?

Lets face it, you can't read the whole thing now anyway!
I propose that we retire it and start some new threads for desktops based on WM/DE environment, so we'd have a thread each for:
· xfce
· gnome
· kde
· *box
· fvwm
And others that anyone can think of. The strength of this idea is it's biggest weakness - easy to see screenies for different desktops but you have several thread to view and can't look at it all together - but what are tabs for eh?
Vote soon!

miqorz wrote:I think it's a terrible idea and only creates a great way to be ignorant and delusional of every other desktop enviroment and window manager.
This is so typical of you miqorz - ignorance and ignorant behaviour, as you often clearly demonstrate, is something that some people will be just be prone to.
miqorz wrote:I wouldn't have made my recent "switch" to xfce if it hadn't been for screenshots I didn't seek.
Why do you assume everyone is as narrow minded and cynical as you?
Even if we keep it in one thread most people post links to their screenies along with an "XFCE and torsmo..." type intro - what forces such ignorant people to follow the links? Nothing. So...that's a stupid arguement.
I like the idea of monthly threads and i agree that loads of seperate threads could produce TOO many BUT we could limit it to a few specifics and then "Others" - how many ion or wmii people actually post their screenies frequently?
The poll is looking very much in favour of the switch at the moment!
I think we may hold another shorter poll afterwards tho - monthly vs individual

Xfce4: Problems with Sound and Screen Locking on ASUS G53S

Hello everyone,
I recently installed Arch for the first time, and decided to use xfce4 for my desktop environment. Everything seems to work well after I followed the instructions given in the wiki, except for the sound and screen-locking functionality. Regarding the sound, I made sure that my user account is added to the audio group, and installed the gstreamer1.0-base-plugins and gstreamer1.0-good-plugins packages. The xfce4-mixer applet starts up without any warnings and recognizes the available devices, but I am still not able to hear any sound. The "Lock Screen" applet simply does nothing upon being clicked. Do you have any ideas as to what I should try in order to fix these problems?
Thank you very much!

To be able to lock the screen you have to install and configure a screen locker or screen saver, e.g. xscreensaver, slock, i3lock, maybe combined with xautolock. When you use a screen locker and not xscreensaver, XFCE might not recognize it. Then create a symlink in /usr/local/bin/xflock4 or use a shellscript if you need to pass parameters.
My configuration: xautolock with i3lock. /usr/local/bin/xflock4 is this executable shellscript:
#!/bin/sh
xautolock -locknow
xautolock is started in the XFCE autostart with this commandline: xautolock -locker 'i3lock -d -i ~/Bilder/arch/arch-linux-lock.png'
PS: If you like i3lock and need user switching capabilities, I can give you a patch where Ctrl-S calls a custom command (gdmflexiserver by default)
Last edited by progandy (2012-06-17 14:19:12)

Screen Lock never works!

My iPod's screen lock has never worked. It tells me to enter the code, then the Screen Lock menu shows with the choice "Turn Screen Lock On >" saying that.
Help appreciated!
Thanks!
Laptop: IBM R40 - Desktop: Unknown Windows XP Owns an iPod, Palm Z22

Do you have the latest iPod/iTunes software?
iPod Updater
Upgrade to iTunes 6
Upgrade iPod's software
Try formating your iPod via "My Computer":
Go to "My Computer".
Right-click your iPod, click on "Format".
To begin the formatting process, start in “FAT32”, but make sure that “quick format” is not selected.
This process will take a while. But after it is done, be sure to perform a restore on your iPod.
Have you tried uninstalling-reinstalling your iPod's software?
Also, have you tried all the Five R's?
The Five R's
~~Kylene

TS2401 how do I restore since I've forgotten my screen lock password?

How do I restore Ipad2 since I've fogotten my password for the screen lock? The 4 digit code.

Just FYI, you posted in the forum for Apple Remote Desktop. The iPad forum can be found here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ipad/using_ipad
Regards.

Screen lock after resume

I would like to enable a screen lock after resuming from suspend. i am using the latest xorg thats in the repos, openbox, and slim.
anyone have any ideas?

jcolinzheng wrote:
thelastknowngod wrote:
jcolinzheng wrote:http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=3844
Add xtrlock & to the end of the suspend script.
P.S. On very rare occasions xtrlock fails to grab input focus, e.g. when the Opera address bar has input focus, most window manager hotkeys don't seem to work.
that application worked like i assume its supposed to. if that displayed a blank screen instead of showing the desktop then i would be a lot happier with it.
Haha, yeah, we just gotta find some app that takes full screen and run it before xtrlock.
there is xlockmore in community. that seems to do the job. it displays a screensaver when resuming though. if there was a way to configure it to just be blank that would be cool.
Edit: or just a picture of a login promt so the person wouldnt just shut down the machine thinking something is wrong with it.
Last edited by thelastknowngod (2008-12-13 16:51:34)

Screen lock image

With Mountain Lion I am trying to place a custom screen lock image. I found a previous post that specified a directory path but even though it said the image transferred successfully It still has that "unfriendly" padlock image. Is there a limit to the pixel dimensions of images that can be used as a screen lock image?

Hi all,
I've experienced the same issue and it disappeared after doing some weird steps.
First about the problem:
I have Surface Pro tablet, updated to Windows 8.1 many months ago. However yesterday this issue happened for the first time (not sure what triggered it) and continued today as well, even after restarting:
- Charms bar > Settings > Personalize. Click on background color or Accent color palette to try to change color: the pane and Start menu behind freezes and doesn't react on anything except for pressing Windows button on tablet, that throws back to
desktop. But when you return to that menu it appears the color has been changed after all (as much as could have been done in one click before it froze).
- Can't change lock screen: I didn't move the image selected there and previous images, they are still located at the same folder. But after selecting an image loading wheel spins and image never updates.
Fix:
After reading here that this replicates with account picture for some people, I wanted to check this on my tablet as well. My account picture shown the current image and 2 previous images to the right. When clicking first of those, nothing changed. When
clicking on the second one it shown the image from the first selected as account picture, and vice versa - when clicking on the first again it shown the second pic selected as account picture. After browsing and selecting other image, it didn't update in account
picture, but after going out from the menu and back again it appeared that the account image updated after all.
After that all started working normal again - can select account picture, change lock screen and personalize without problems. Weird, but it worked.

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