Ubuntu – How to prevent screensaver from locking the screen in Unity

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Just upgraded to 11.10 and there is one pretty annoying thing: whenever Unity decides that my laptop was idle for too long, the screen goes black and — the most annoying part — locks up.

Thus, two questions: how do I configure this "idle" period and how do I prevent the screen from locking up in this case?

Thank you.

Best Answer

The easiest way to do this is open up the System Settings, Dash -> System Settings and select your screen.

You should be prompted with the following screen options;

Screen Options

You simply need to choose a setting that suits your needs - if you do not want the screen to turn off simply select 'Never'

Selection Options

You can also choose whether you want to 'Lock' the screen as well. Once done choose 'All Settings' and then close - you may have to log out and back in again for the changes to take effect.


Update

For 12.04 this setting screen has been renamed to Brightness and Lock - see below;

12.04 setting screen