Questions tagged [lock-screen]
The lock screen lets a user lock the currently-running session behind a password screen. This screen may either be blank or show a screensaver until mouse or keyboard activity is detected.
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Login keyring not being unlocked after login into the user from a password lock-screen
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Some time ago I modified the set timeout for user locking for wrong password input via modifing /etc/pam.d/common-auth.
I have lock-screen set up at start-up, meaning it ask me for my ...
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Ubuntu Account Lock Message
How to change the display message from "The account is locked due to 3 failed logins.(10 minutes left to unlock)" to “Login incorrect”
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Ubuntu 24.04 and dash to panel extension
The panel from the Dash-to-panel extension is visible when my screen is locked and anyone can interact with the app context menus.
This really irks me.
Is someone having the same issue? Has anyone ...
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How to log in into another session when the screen is locked?
I used to be able to log in with another account when locking the first session. However, ever since I updated to 24.04 from 23.10 this option disappeared. I can only see this screen:
What may be ...
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Automatic lock screen does not work in Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome 42.9
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 with GNOME 42.9 as desktop environment.
There is currently no automatic screen lock (I let the computer many hours at home and the screen never locked itself). How can I set ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 not wake up after lock screen
Today I installed Ubuntu 24.04 on dell latitude 5490, but I discovered a problem.
After pressing the Super+L key combination, my screen goes dark, and I can’t wake up the laptop even though the power ...
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Screen flickering when wake up from lock screen if multiple monitors are connected
My system is Ubuntu 23.10 with 6.5.0-41-generic kernel.
My hardware is a ROG Strix laptop with three monitors: the built-in, HDMI-connected, and a monitor connected through the type-C port.
If I lock ...
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Bug in Ubuntu Studio live USB lock screen and unable to file in Launchpad
although the default user has no password, it is impossible to get out of the lock screen which automatically appears after the display is switched off. Pressing enter on the lock screen with a blank ...
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22.04: Is it possible to allow any valid user to unlock the screen?
I have what may seem like a strange need: I would like to allow any valid user to unlock a screen that has been locked. Right now, only the user that actually started the X session can unlock the ...
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Screen lock logs me out completely. 24.04
I've clean installed Ubuntu 24.04. After some time of inactivity, the screen locks (even though I've disabled this in settings, not sure why the screen locks) and when I enter my password to unlock, I ...
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Screen lock keeps occuring on 24.04 even though I believe I've disabled it
I've recently did a fresh install of 24.04.
I'm having an issue where I believe I have disabled screen lock, but if I leave my computer for some time, it is locked when I come back to it. I only want ...
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Unable to login to Ubuntu 24.04
I'm unable to login to Ubuntu 24.04. When trying to login I get this screen.
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How can I have the user switcher default to being onscreen the Ubuntu 22.04LTS lock screen?
I've just installed the default install of Ubuntu 22.04LTS Desktop edition after a hiatus of using Ubuntu for a few years.
It is installed on an office computer and there are 2 very regular users that ...
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E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied) | How to fix [duplicate]
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?
it show on terminal ...
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High Resolution Display Reverts to poor Quality on Login and Top Bar in Ubuntu 20.04
I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my MSI Modern 15. Upon starting the system and reaching the login screen, the display resolution is noticeably low, around 1000x800. Once logged in, the resolution ...
