HOWTO: Disable password request after suspend

[tom4everitt]

An annoying feature/bug of Ubuntu is:

When the computer resumes from suspend, the screen will be locked. In fact, the screen will be locked even if you have enabled automatic login and set the computer not-to-lock, when screen saver is activated.

Initially this post only included my own solution, but for convenience I've also added the (IMO) most promising solutions suggested by other users in this thread as well. If none of these suggestions worked for you, and you've found another solution that does, please post it here so I can add it as well.


How to fix?

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"
Credit to itslofty below for this tip!

PS. For some reason my mouse doesn't show up after resume. To get it back I just switch to another workspace and then back again, i.e: ctrl+alt+rightarrow and then ctrl+alt+leftarrow.


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

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen 'true'

see RaymandJr's post below for further info.

[MetroPietro]

...same solution, slightly different method:
Under System > Preferences I don't have a "screensaver" control panel enabled, but I can access it through Gconf.
I start gconf from an icon that I enabled:
Applications > System Tools > Configuration Editor
Then:
Under apps/gnome-power-manager/locks, check:
"use_screensaver_settings".
And then:
Under apps/gnome-screensaver, uncheck:
"lock_enabled".
Thanks for the lead on this, tom4everitt!

[oldwismn]

The method described by tom4everitt to disable lock after resume from suspend works for me when I suspend with ctrl-alt-delete, but not when I suspend by clicking the power button.

This is not a critical problem, but stumped me until I discovered the work around.

[Crispy2]

Clean install of 10.4 nettop ed I can confirm suspend still wants a password even with all the correct options check/unchecked in gconf.

Please someone a solution.

[Herman]

EDIT: Reply not relevant to thread title, deleted.

[tom4everitt]

Apparently there is one more place where you can disable the password request. In the file /etc/default/acpi-support there is a line

LOCK_SCREEN=true

which can be commented out to disable screen lock. So just put a '#' in front of it, making it:

# LOCK_SCREEN=true

If someone can confirm that this works better for him/her, I'll add it to the top post.

[oldwismn]

I tried commenting out the "LOCK_SCREEN=true" line in /etc/default/acpi-support and also changing the line to "LOCK_SCREEN=false". Neither of these changes allowed resume from suspend without a password when I suspended by clicking the button at the right top of the screen (the "Indicator Applet Session" button) . The changes listed by tom4everitt in the top post allowed me to resume without a password when I suspended by hitting Ctrl+Alt+Delete and then selecting Suspend or used the "Shut Down" applet button.

[MoarningSun]

There are more than one way to initiate a suspend in Ubuntu, not all of them use the same settings.. For more discussion on this also see this bug report

[FireNoodle]

This was driving me nuts, I was hunting everywhere for autologin not working... took me a while to realize it was a totally separate issue.

Thanks to tom4everitt, his first post worked for me perfectly.

[Greblok]

Can I use the gconf-editor to disable password when using user switch?
If so, could anyone please point me in the right direction?

I have two user accounts, neither needs password on first login but when switching users, they are prompted for pw. Not needed at all in my enviroment.
Screensaver pw is disabled for both accounts.