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! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) -----------------------------