xdm password display [was: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?]

2020-10-04 Thread tomas
On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 07:20:22PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 04 Oct 2020 at 14:59:18 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 01:36:45PM +0100, Brian wrote: [...] > > > The tradition allows for configuring xdm to show stars when the password > > > is typed. > > > >

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-04 Thread Brian
On Sun 04 Oct 2020 at 14:59:18 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 01:36:45PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 04 Oct 2020 at 12:14:01 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > [...] > > > > Just a silly shot in the dark: are you sure it isn't taking keypresses? > > > Note that xdm

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 04 October 2020 06:14:01 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 05:46:05AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > > > Except I now have a different initial login screen that does not > > accept my passwd. It accepts and displays my username, but it loses > > the keyboard

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-04 Thread tomas
On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 01:36:45PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 04 Oct 2020 at 12:14:01 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > Just a silly shot in the dark: are you sure it isn't taking keypresses? > > Note that xdm doesn't display anything when you type into a password > > box. No dots, no

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-04 Thread Brian
On Sun 04 Oct 2020 at 12:14:01 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 05:46:05AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > > > Except I now have a different initial login screen that does not accept > > my passwd. It accepts and displays my username, but it loses the > >

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-04 Thread tomas
On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 05:46:05AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: [...] > Except I now have a different initial login screen that does not accept > my passwd. It accepts and displays my username, but it loses the > keyboard once it highlights the passwd box Just a silly shot in the dark: are you

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 04 October 2020 04:29:36 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 03 oct 20, 10:45:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 03 October 2020 08:12:56 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > The computer is controlling high powered machinery. Having the > > > > screen locker kick in,

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 03 oct 20, 10:45:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 03 October 2020 08:12:56 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > The computer is controlling high powered machinery. Having the > > > screen locker kick in, disabling our access to the application until > > > we have wasted a

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 03 October 2020 11:21:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 03 October 2020 08:12:56 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > I would try > > > > > > apt remove lightdm light-locker > > > > and task-xfce, the meta installer file was also selected > > > > > and either installing

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 03 October 2020 11:21:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 03 October 2020 08:12:56 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > I would try > > > > > > apt remove lightdm light-locker > > > > and task-xfce, the meta installer file was also selected > > > > > and either installing

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 03 October 2020 08:56:33 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 04:27:08AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The computer is controlling high powered machinery. Having the > > screen locker kick in, disabling our access to the application until > > we have wasted a minute

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-03 Thread Dan Ritter
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 03 October 2020 08:12:56 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > I would try > > > > apt remove lightdm light-locker > and task-xfce, the meta installer file was also selected > > and either installing xdm or just using startx to get X11 and > > XFCE up when you want it. > >

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-03 Thread David Wright
On Sat 03 Oct 2020 at 04:27:08 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > The computer is controlling high powered machinery. Having the screen > locker kick in, disabling our access to the application until we have > wasted a minute typing on a poor keyboard trying to log back in can be > quite dangerous

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-03 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 04:27:08 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > The computer is controlling high powered machinery. Having the screen > locker kick in, disabling our access to the application until we have > wasted a minute typing on a poor keyboard trying to log back in can > be quite dangerous when

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 03 October 2020 08:12:56 Dan Ritter wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > The computer is controlling high powered machinery. Having the > > screen locker kick in, disabling our access to the application until > > we have wasted a minute typing on a poor keyboard trying to log back > > in

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-03 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 04:27:08 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > Some of us like xfce4, please advise how to permanently disable > lightdm and its light-locker. _Forever_. We do know how to turn off > the monitor at the end of the day. If you are running XFCE on the beastie in question: The XFCE power

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-03 Thread songbird
Dan Ritter wrote: ... > I would try > > apt remove lightdm light-locker i don't even know what the package light-locker is as i don't see it here and i have lightdm installed (but i'm running testing and bits of unstable so perhaps it's not come by yet). i have a dislike for screen savers

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 04:27:08AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > The computer is controlling high powered machinery. Having the screen > locker kick in, disabling our access to the application until we have > wasted a minute typing on a poor keyboard trying to log back in can be > quite

Re: How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-03 Thread Dan Ritter
Gene Heskett wrote: > The computer is controlling high powered machinery. Having the screen > locker kick in, disabling our access to the application until we have > wasted a minute typing on a poor keyboard trying to log back in can be > quite dangerous when the machine has a runaway.

How to disable the screen locker on amd64 buster?

2020-10-03 Thread Gene Heskett
The computer is controlling high powered machinery. Having the screen locker kick in, disabling our access to the application until we have wasted a minute typing on a poor keyboard trying to log back in can be quite dangerous when the machine has a runaway. Anything we do with xset is