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kiri
Asked: 2013-10-12 19:20:36 +0800 CST

How do I disable the Cinnamon 2 lock screen?

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When my computer is locked, I am presented with the default Ubuntu lockscreen. When I enter my password and unlock it, I am presented with the Cinnamon 2 lock screen and I have to enter my password again.

How can I disable the Cinnamon 2 lock screen?

Note: I've installed Cinnamon 2 with these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
lock-screen

6 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    After a bit of searching in dconf-editor (inspired by the other answers and not gconf), I found the schema

    org → cinnamon → desktop → lockdown

    which contains a key called disable-lock-screen, set that to true (checked) to disable the Cinnamon lock screen.

    dconf-editor screenshot here

    Command Line

    To turn lock screen off:

    gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen true

    To turn back on:

    gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen false
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  2. After installing Cinnamon the way you did, and running it, opening gconf-editor, I coudn't find a cinnamon entry under desktop, only gnome. You can disable the Gnome lock screen, and see if that helps.

    enter image description here

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  3. Uninstalling gnome-screensaver fixed the double lock issue for me.

    If you prefer the gnome-screensaver, as OP does, simply remove cinnamon-screensaver instead.

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  4. you have to install gconf editor for that. after install gconf editor , open it navigate as desktop - cinnamon - lockscreen or desktop - gnome - lockscreen . there you can disabled the cinnamon lock screen.

    I think cinnamon using gnome lock screen.

    try it.

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  5. I installed xscreensaver on my system but cinnamon-screensaver still butts in and takes over.

    An easy solution is this:

    sudo mv /usr/bin/cinnamon-screensaver /usr/bin/cinnamon-screensaver.bak

    then:

    sudo vi /usr/bin/screensaver

    and add the following lines:

    #! /bin/bash

exit 0
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  6. Or do this:

    sudo chmod -wx /usr/bin/cinnamon-screensaver
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