How to prevent my screens from turning off, when the screen is locked?

Question

I would like to have my screen fully powered at all times, but it goes to standby once I lock my PC.

Solution 1

Open your System Settings. We need to make changes to Power and Brightness & Lock settings.

Power Settings

Change the value of Suspend when inactive for to Don't suspend.

Brightness & Lock Settings

Change the value of Turn screen off when inactive for to Never.

This should help to achieve your desired result.

Solution 2

I had to install additional screensaver program XScreenSaver and use it instead of default one because accepted answer had no effect for me on Ubuntu 16.04 and 17.10.

1. Install XScreenSaver:

    sudo apt install xscreensaver
   

2. Add this command to Startup Applications:

    xscreensaver -nosplash
   

3. Disable default Super+L shortcut

   • Install CompizConfig Settings Manager

     sudo apt install compizconfig-settings-manager
     

   • Launch it and click "Ubuntu Unity Plugin"

   • Click the button next to "Key to lock the screen."

   • Disable

4. Add this command to enable Super+L shortcut for XScreenSaver in System Settings → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Custom Shortcuts:

    xscreensaver-command -lock
   

Comments

[Andreas Hartmann]

Thanks. For my particular issue (my speakers which were powered by the monitor would turn off when the screen gets locked) I just had to disable a setting of the display itself. Still, this answers the question I asked.

[questionto42standswithUkraine]

How can I add Super (=Windows button / CMD) + L as a custom shortcut if pressing that makes me logout directly :) when I want to set the shortcut? /// found out myself. Go to Settings --> Keyboard Shortcuts --> roughly in the middle, you find the topic System, at the 3rd line, there is Log out with Super+L Shortcut. Click on it and give it something you do not need like Super+;. Then go down to Custom Shortcuts and add Super+L for the custom logout command.