How do I disable the screensaver/lock in kali linux?

Question

If I am doing nothing for about 10 minutes or so, then my OS is locked and I have to login again which is very annoying. How can I disable this security feature?

Solution 1

Another solution is to increase the sleep to it max

Settings > Power Manager > Security

unchecked Lockscreen when system is going to sleep

Solution 2

Problem

Kali Linux keeps locking the screen when not used for a short period of time

Solution

You need to configure "Light Locker" to stop automatically locking the session.

Steps

1. Click the icon at the top left of the screen (Kali Linux Logo)
2. From the popup menu, click "Settings"
3. From the next popup menu, click "Power Manager"
4. Confirm that "XfcePower Manager" window has opened
5. In the "XfcePower Manager" window, click the tab "Security"
6. From the "Security" tab:
   • Change drop down "Automatically lock this session" to "Never"
   • Uncheck "Lock screen when system is going to sleep"

source: https://brakertech.com/disable-screen-lock-on-kali-linux-2020/

Solution 3

I had the same problem and solved it one hour ago. Here is how I did it:

In the drop-down Application-menu choose:

Usual applications / Preferences /Settings

This opens the window All Settings. Here, click on

Privacy (top row, 4th icon from the left),

which opens another window, where you click on the

top item in the table, to open even another window!

Now you finally can switch the screen saver off completely or choose another time span.

Solution 4

As the question is a bit old now, latest versions of Kali should have Settings located in the top right-hand corner of the screen when you click the down arrow. Then click the tools icon on the bottom left of that menu.

Alternatively, if in gnome GUI (default) you can use the following command in terminal to launch settings:

gnome-control-center

Once in settings, screen lock is located under Privacy on the left menu.

Solution 5

I was having the same problem. Just a bit easier, search for privacy and click on the privacy "link". Change the Screen Lock time or turn it off.

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Comments

[Mastro]

I couldn't find "Preferences / Settings" under Usual applications but I did a global search for "Settings" and found it that way. Then found Privacy. Thanks.

[sudhir tataraju]

fantastic, after a reorganization of the the screen, the answer through Application-menu is not available in the latest Kali, but yours is generic and still worked.

[Black]

I can't confirm if this works right now, since I am not using Ubuntu anymore.

[Daniel Garcia]

This is the solution for the latest version on Jan-2020

[UtpMahesh]

Thanks for your effort to describe the solution nicely.