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    • art_of_shredA
      art_of_shred Banned @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

      @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

      @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

      What desktop environment is this machine using?

      I don't understand the question

      Debian is the OS. But the question here about sleep mode and logging in automatically are about the desktop environment that is running on top of Debian. Each desktop environment can be pretty unique so we have to know that to know where settings for it might be. For example in the Windows world... DOS 8 was the OS and Windows 98 was the desktop environment. As you can imagine, the majority of settings were part of the desktop environment, not the OS.

      I was able to find the suspend setting under Main Menu>System Tools>Administration>System Settings. I can't figure out the "login w/o password" part.

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403 @art_of_shred
        last edited by

        @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

        @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

        @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

        @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

        What desktop environment is this machine using?

        I don't understand the question

        Debian is the OS. But the question here about sleep mode and logging in automatically are about the desktop environment that is running on top of Debian. Each desktop environment can be pretty unique so we have to know that to know where settings for it might be. For example in the Windows world... DOS 8 was the OS and Windows 98 was the desktop environment. As you can imagine, the majority of settings were part of the desktop environment, not the OS.

        I was able to find the suspend setting under Main Menu>System Tools>Administration>System Settings. I can't figure out the "login w/o password" part.

        So I know you want to specifically avoid ever having to enter a password again.... but can you simply adjust the suspend settings to something really long, like 36 hours?

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403 @art_of_shred
          last edited by

          @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

          @DustinB3403 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

          @wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

          @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

          @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

          What desktop environment is this machine using?

          I don't understand the question

          Gnome, Unity, etc

          Did anything like that exist on debian 2?

          If you're paying attention, you'll see that I goofed and it's Debian 3.2.51-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux.

          salty are we?

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          • momurdaM
            momurda
            last edited by

            That is the kernel version - 3.2.51-1.
            That means youre running Deb 7 wheezy probably, so not that out of date

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            • wirestyle22W
              wirestyle22 @art_of_shred
              last edited by wirestyle22

              @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

              @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

              @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

              @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

              What desktop environment is this machine using?

              I don't understand the question

              Debian is the OS. But the question here about sleep mode and logging in automatically are about the desktop environment that is running on top of Debian. Each desktop environment can be pretty unique so we have to know that to know where settings for it might be. For example in the Windows world... DOS 8 was the OS and Windows 98 was the desktop environment. As you can imagine, the majority of settings were part of the desktop environment, not the OS.

              I was able to find the suspend setting under Main Menu>System Tools>Administration>System Settings. I can't figure out the "login w/o password" part.

              I honestly don't know how to narrow down what you're using. I never use GUI's. You may want to look for some of the common GUI's:

              cd /etc/
              ls -l

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              • dafyreD
                dafyre
                last edited by 

                cat /etc/*release

                Could give you details on what you are running.

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                • art_of_shredA
                  art_of_shred Banned @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                  @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                  @wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                  @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                  @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                  What desktop environment is this machine using?

                  I don't understand the question

                  Gnome, Unity, etc

                  How can I tell? I have no idea where to find that.

                  Normally it says when you go to log in. Can you log in now? What does it look like? Generally they are easy to eyeball.

                  That would be Gnome 3.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @art_of_shred
                    last edited by

                    @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                    @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                    @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                    @wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                    @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                    @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                    What desktop environment is this machine using?

                    I don't understand the question

                    Gnome, Unity, etc

                    How can I tell? I have no idea where to find that.

                    Normally it says when you go to log in. Can you log in now? What does it look like? Generally they are easy to eyeball.

                    That would be Gnome 3.

                    Sweet, that's modern and we can get that figured out then.

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403
                      last edited by DustinB3403

                      https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1466504

                      10.04 Solution

                      1. As you've probably already done, uncheck:
                        "lock screen when screen saver is activated"
                        in the System->Preferences->Screen Saver menu.

                      2. Type gconf-editor in a terminal. Under apps/gnome-power-manager/locks check:
                        "use_screensaver_settings".

                      3. If still asked for password, you can (also in gconf-editor) go to desktop/gnome/lockdown and check:
                        "disable_lock_screen"

                      11.10 Solution

                      1. First try the Lock/Unlock button in System Settings -> Personal -> Screen (suggested by brallan, below).

                      2. If this doesn't work, try the command
                        Code:
                        gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen 'true'

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        This is the file that needs to be edited:

                        /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          In that file you should see this:

                          # AutomaticLoginEnabled = true
# AutomaticLogin = user

                          Just remove the hashtags from the beginning of those two lines to uncomment them.

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                          • art_of_shredA
                            art_of_shred Banned @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                            In that file you should see this:

                            # AutomaticLoginEnabled = true
# AutomaticLogin = user

                            Just remove the hashtags from the beginning of those two lines to uncomment them.

                              AutomaticLoginEnable = true
  AutomaticLogin = user1
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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              Yup, then change "user1" to be the username of the user you want to be automatically logged in.

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                              • wirestyle22W
                                wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                This is the file that needs to be edited:

                                /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf

                                Learned something. Thanks!

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by

                                  Did it work?

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                                  • art_of_shredA
                                    art_of_shred Banned @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                    Did it work?

                                    Not confirmed yet, but I'll post when I know.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @art_of_shred
                                      last edited by

                                      @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                      Did it work?

                                      Not confirmed yet, but I'll post when I know.

                                      Thanks

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                                      • art_of_shredA
                                        art_of_shred Banned @scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                        @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                        Did it work?

                                        Not confirmed yet, but I'll post when I know.

                                        Thanks

                                        From what I can tell, yes it worked. That's both the no sleep and no login password required.

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