Ubuntu 10.04
Under Preferences > Power Management I have changed the settings to never put the computer to sleep and never to put the display to sleep.
My display still goes to sleep and I am prompted for my password when I leave the computer unattended.
I would like to be able to hit the "Lock Screen" app I added to the top panel to lock my screen, but otherwise I would like it to just stay on.
Thank you.
Best Answer
Check System>Preferences>Screensaver and see if "Activate screensaver when computer is idle" is checked.
Also, if you hit
Alt + F2
and entergconf-editor
then navigate to/apps/gnome-power-manager/lock
you can see ifblank screen
is checked.