[CentOS] screensaver in C7

Tue Jul 22 00:41:57 UTC 2014
Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>

On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:52:43PM +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> On 07/21/2014 07:01 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 10:51:25AM +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> >> On 07/20/2014 03:22 AM, Fred Smith wrote:
> >>> I'm at the stage of poking at a C7 install in Vbox, and am struggling to
> >>> figure out how to control the screensaver. there doesn't seem to be a 
> >>> gnome screensaver package (like there was in gnome2), and I can't find
> >>> any installed packages that control it. gconf-editor doesn't have anything
> >>> that looks promising...
> >>>
> >>> how does one control the screensaver in Gnome 3?
> >>>
> >>> thanks!
> >>>
> >>
> >> I think System -> Tweak Tool -> Power or something like that is where
> >> you configure Lock.
> > 
> > thanks for the suggestion. but tweak tool doesn't contain (AFAICS)
> > anything about blanking the screen (which happens) or the timeout used
> > therefore, or about the fact that it also locks the screen. These
> > things all used to be done in gnome-screensaver.
> > 
> > this is my own personal workstation, and I'd like it to NOT lock the
> > screen when tne screen blanks from a timeout (I probably would not want
> > it to work that way at the office), but don't see any way to change that
> > setting, wherever it is being set.
> > 
> 
> Google is your friend:
> 
> "If you go into the "Activates" then type "settings" click on the icon
> that has a spanner and a screwdriver and says "Settings". When it has
> opened, click on the the icon that looks like a lock dial and says
> "Privacy". Now click on the item that says "Screen Lock" then click on
> the toggle switch next the text that says "Automatic Screen Lock". Press
> the button that says Close, and now the item that says "Screen Lock"
> should have "Off" next to it."
> https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/36256/how-do-i-disable-the-gnome-lock-screen/
> 

Ah, thanks. I'da never thought to look there. 'preciate the help!

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