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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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Prevent Ubuntu (GDM?) from locking when switching to another TTY
In TTY3 I use a simple window manager as my main working area, but sometimes I need to test stuff in a full Gnome environment, so I use it on TTY1, just as the default on a clean Ubuntu install.
But ...
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Fresh install takes ~10 seconds to unlock the desktop, how to fix or debug?
I've just installed Ubuntu 22.04 yesterday.
After locking the desktop, then entering my password and pressing Enter, I have to wait for a couple seconds until the desktop unlocks.
The UI is responsive ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Hangs when Unlocking
The problem manifests as follows:
I walk away from my computer, come back about 15 minutes later to find that the screen has gone black and the computer has locked (as expected). I tap the space bar ...
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How to solve this problem and change this lock screen?
Until last night I was using Ubuntu's default Windows environment. I don't know which Ubuntu's desktop was that. Maybe it was GDM.
Last night I installed KDE Plasma Desktop via Terminal. I did not ...
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After suspend, on resume, Ubuntu briefly shows content of session before displaying the lock screen [closed]
This happens to me about 10% of the times when I resume my laptop from suspend mode. I feel that this is problematic for privacy because someone physically near my laptop could briefly see what is in ...
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Freeze after waking up from suspend and entering password prompt, after updating to 21.04
I recently updated to 21.04, suspend and wake up worked fine before.
After the update I noticed that after waking up from suspend and pressing enter to open the password prompt, the screen freezes. I ...
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lockscreen not available Ubuntu 20.04.2
My look screen is not working or even "not presented".
After reboot I can unlock the device but after that I cant lock it anymore
Super + L not working
gnome-screensaver-command -l not ...
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change GNOME 3.36 gdm3 lock screen (screen shield) font colour - what css selector to target in gdm3.css?
I am aware from other posts that you can change e.g. the login screen background by modifying the css selector #lockDialogGroup in gdm3.css that you get when extracting the .gresource binary.
What is ...
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Can no longer lock my screen on Ubuntu 20.04 with vanilla GNOME, how to debug?
Background: I am using vanilla-gnome-desktop on a Ubuntu 20.04 which was installed from scratch. What was not done from scratch was the user profile. It got ported from another machine.
Now for some ...
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Remove blur effect on lock-screen
I have a slideshow running on my desktop (which is stored in ~/.local/share/shotwell/wallpaper/wallpaper.xml) and which also is shown in the lock screen.
Since 20.04, there is a blur effect on the ...
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Can't lock screen with shortcut on Ubuntu 20.04 gnome
In shortcuts i have Super + L for locking screen. But on pressing it - nothing happens. In syslog:
gsd-media-keys[1979]: Couldn't lock screen: Cannot invoke method;
proxy is for the well-known name ...
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Change Ubuntu's purple login screen to GNOME 3.36's
My login screen on boot is Ubuntu's purple login screen. On suspend, the login screen is GNOME's new one, with the blurred desktop bg.
How can I get rid of Ubuntu's and only have GNOME's?
Settings ...
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Lock screen blur missing in 20.04
After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04 featuring Gnome 3.36, the lock screen displays a solid purple color, instead of the blur-over-wallpaper effect. How can I fix this?
Gnome 3.36 removes the separate ...
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How to disable screen power saving in GDM3 login screen?
On the desktop login screen (GDM3) my computer will put the screens into power saving mode after 15 seconds of inactivity. I would ideally like to disable power saving in this situation, or at least ...
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The "Date" in Ubuntu 18.04 Lock Screen is not always center aligned. How to fix?
In Ubuntu 18.04, there appears to be an issue with the alignment of the shown "Date" in the locked screen, i.e. .screen-shield-clock-date{} in /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/ubuntu.css. It sometimes ...
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Caps lock indicator for Ubuntu 18.04 lock screen and login screen?
My laptop does not have a led or anything to show whether the caps lock is on or not, and while Kubuntu warns you on the lockscreen about whether your caps lock is on or not, Ubuntu seems to lack it. ...
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delay time of the lockscreen 'GDM3 Ubuntu 18.04'
How can I set the delay time of the lockscreen 'GDM3 Ubuntu 18.04' before it turns black. The problem is that when I press WIN + L, my lockscreen turns on, and for almost 1 second I see the clock and ...
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How to revert GDM to default Ubuntu 18.10 (to utilize new lock/login screens)
My question is pretty much summed up by the title. GNOME 3.30 touts a new lock/login screen, yet Ubuntu 18.10 lacks any changes to GDM. I was just wondering if there was a way to actually SEE and USE ...
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Ubuntu 18.10: Screen lock options grayed out
Recently upgraded to Ubuntu 18.10, having two problems.
Easiest to explain: when I open "settings", go to "privacy", select "screen lock", I get the popup window with the screen lock settings, but ...
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18.04 login fails after screen lock
After doing an update today, I can no longer login after a screen lock. I enter my password, the screen goes black and then returns to the login screen. The only way to login again is to reboot.
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Gdm3 lock & switch to greeter from command line
How do I lock the screen from the command line in Ubuntu 17.10? I just switched from lightdm, where I ran light-locker-command --lock, before that I used gnome-screensaver-command --lock. Both don't ...
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Is there an alternative lock-screen available? [duplicate]
I'm using lockscreen that came with Ubuntu Gnome. It's called GDM. can I replace it with LightDM or lockscreen that comes with KDE , LXDE or others?
what are the names of these packages? how to ...
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How can I set a limit for incorrect password attempts for GDM lock screen before action is taken?
I am currently running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18, though I used to (a long while back) run Windows 7, and though Ubuntu is better in most ways, there is still a feature lacking or at least a ...
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On-screen keyboard for lock screen
As I am having some trouble at the moment with the lock screen and entering my password, I was wondering if there was some sort of on-screen keyboard which could be displayed to me on the lock screen ...
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Smart lock like on Android?
Is it possible to configure either LightDM or GDM to automatically log in when my laptop is connected to a certain WiFi? Or even better, to check my location regardless of what WiFi I use?
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Set a different passwords for unlock and sudo [duplicate]
I am running a single-user Ubuntu install.
When I enter the password to unlock my screen after suspend/timeout, it is the same password I use for sudo - my user password. Is there any way for me to ...
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How to enable autologin but still require password
I am running Ubuntu GNOME 14.04, using gdm display manager and gnome-shell environment and I need to achieve the following behaviour: after boot, a selected user is automatically logged in, but a ...
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How to make the lock screen look like the login screen?
Is there any way to make the login screen from a locked session (either by using Ctrl+Alt+L or from a screen timeout) look like the login screen when you're starting a new session? I hate that ...
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