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When I'm watching a film in Mythtv the screen turns to black every 10 - 15 mins and I have to log back into Ubuntu. Very annoying!

How do I disable the black screen / screensaver / logout in Unity?

There no longer seems to be any options to turn the screen saver off as there were in Ubuntu prior to Unity.

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  As of 18.04 the screensaver and lock screen settings are located in two separate locations. The screensaver setting is located in Settings -> Power -> Power saving. The lockscreen setting is located in Settings -> Privacy -> Screen lock. If you only turn off the lock screen, the screen itself will still come up, just no login prompt to make it go away.
  
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When I'm watching a film in Mythtv the screen turns to black every 10 - 15 mins and I have to log back into Ubuntu. Very annoying!

How do I disable the black screen / screensaver / logout in Unity?

There no longer seems to be any options to turn the screen saver off as there were in Ubuntu prior to Unity.

unity screensaver

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  As of 18.04 the screensaver and lock screen settings are located in two separate locations. The screensaver setting is located in Settings -> Power -> Power saving. The lockscreen setting is located in Settings -> Privacy -> Screen lock. If you only turn off the lock screen, the screen itself will still come up, just no login prompt to make it go away.
  
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When I'm watching a film in Mythtv the screen turns to black every 10 - 15 mins and I have to log back into Ubuntu. Very annoying!

How do I disable the black screen / screensaver / logout in Unity?

There no longer seems to be any options to turn the screen saver off as there were in Ubuntu prior to Unity.

unity screensaver

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  Go to System Settings...Brightness and Lock:

  
  
  

  

  
  


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  The default screensaver idle time is 10 minutes, and the screen is locked once the screensaver activates:

  
  
  

  

  
  


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  You can adjust the idle time (or disable the screensaver), and also disable the lock:

  
  
  

  

  
  



• Simply close Brightness and Lock to apply the new settings.

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  This does not work. The X server has a separate setting that still causes the monitor to turn off after N minutes of inactivity.
  
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  And how do you disable that setting?
  
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  What I wonder is why this setting group is called "Brightness and Lock", when it has not much to do with brightness..
  
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  Now (as of 17.10) it is under Privacy menu
  
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If you want to wrap your app in a script that takes care of this for you when you launch it (or GUI simply isn't an option), the best command-line solution as of Ubuntu 14.04 is:

To disable the screen blackout:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay <seconds> (0 to disable)

To disable the screen lock:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled false

You probably want to add their inverses at the end of the wrapper script to return your system to normal behavior on exit. In such a case, you want to prevent against ungraceful termination (i.e. interrupt, or SIGTERM during system shutdown), so create a function to restore normal behavior and use trap <function> 0 (for bash-type shells) to catch exits and apply the restoration functions.

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  Is there a way to do this via SSH? I'm trying to disable the screensaver on my office computer while at home. When I run the code you wrote I get this error: (process:7353): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY
  
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  @Annan I have the same question, currently all I've found is askubuntu.com/a/743024/358498 which is quite convoluted
  
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  For your proposes the simplest approach would be to just kill the screensaver process, then start it up again when you return to your office. "pkill screensaver". Sometimes a hammer is the best tool for the job.
  
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To disable the automatic screen lock in Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome, these are the necessary steps:

1. Start the application "Settings"


2. Choose "Privacy" under the "Personal" heading


3. Choose "Screen Lock"


4. Toggle "Automatic Screen Lock" from the default "ON" to "OFF"

To make this answer more useful as a Google search result for common search terms such as "disable lock screen ubuntu" (how I found this page), I've added this answer to extend the context of this page to include the steps to disable the automatic screen lock in Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome. System Settings (called simply "Settings" in Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome) are organized slightly differently within Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome than as described by the answer listed above, requiring a different user flow.

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If the unity gui doesn't work, then you could try using xset

Open a terminal and type:

xset s off

To also prevent the display from blanking and to prevent the monitor's DPMS energy saver from kicking in, add the following:

xset s noblank
xset -dpms

Also try some things here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Display_Power_Management_Signaling#xset_screen-saver_control

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On Ubuntu 16.04 you have to go to System Settings -> Screensavers and switch to Settings tab:

Over there you can disable several types of locking.

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For me on kubuntu 16.04 (plasma) I have to go to System Settings -> Workspace -> Desktop Behavior -> Screen Locking -> turn off 'Lock screen automatically after'

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Only caffeine extension worked for me in Ubuntu 19.04 to disable automatic screen lock and have manual locking still working.

This is disable locking screen alltogether, so is not good:

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

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Consider this dialog:

this is not essentially a screensaver but it serves same function.

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• 
  

  Go to System Settings...Brightness and Lock:

  
  
  

  

  
  


• 
  

  The default screensaver idle time is 10 minutes, and the screen is locked once the screensaver activates:

  
  
  

  

  
  


• 
  

  You can adjust the idle time (or disable the screensaver), and also disable the lock:

  
  
  

  

  
  



• Simply close Brightness and Lock to apply the new settings.

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  This does not work. The X server has a separate setting that still causes the monitor to turn off after N minutes of inactivity.
  
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  May 2 '13 at 10:47
  

  
  
  
  


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  And how do you disable that setting?
  
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  What I wonder is why this setting group is called "Brightness and Lock", when it has not much to do with brightness..
  
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  Oct 15 '14 at 17:41
  

  
  
  
  


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  Now (as of 17.10) it is under Privacy menu
  
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• 
  

  Go to System Settings...Brightness and Lock:

  
  
  

  

  
  


• 
  

  The default screensaver idle time is 10 minutes, and the screen is locked once the screensaver activates:

  
  
  

  

  
  


• 
  

  You can adjust the idle time (or disable the screensaver), and also disable the lock:

  
  
  

  

  
  



• Simply close Brightness and Lock to apply the new settings.

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 18 '12 at 9:46

ishish

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  This does not work. The X server has a separate setting that still causes the monitor to turn off after N minutes of inactivity.
  
  – Cerin
  May 2 '13 at 10:47
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  5
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  And how do you disable that setting?
  
  – matteo
  Oct 24 '13 at 18:18
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  11
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
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• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What I wonder is why this setting group is called "Brightness and Lock", when it has not much to do with brightness..
  
  – Claudiu
  Oct 15 '14 at 17:41
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Now (as of 17.10) it is under Privacy menu
  
  – Suncatcher
  Apr 19 '18 at 18:43
  

  
  
  
  

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• 
  

  Go to System Settings...Brightness and Lock:

  
  
  

  

  
  


• 
  

  The default screensaver idle time is 10 minutes, and the screen is locked once the screensaver activates:

  
  
  

  

  
  


• 
  

  You can adjust the idle time (or disable the screensaver), and also disable the lock:

  
  
  

  

  
  



• Simply close Brightness and Lock to apply the new settings.

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If you want to wrap your app in a script that takes care of this for you when you launch it (or GUI simply isn't an option), the best command-line solution as of Ubuntu 14.04 is:

To disable the screen blackout:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay <seconds> (0 to disable)

To disable the screen lock:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled false

You probably want to add their inverses at the end of the wrapper script to return your system to normal behavior on exit. In such a case, you want to prevent against ungraceful termination (i.e. interrupt, or SIGTERM during system shutdown), so create a function to restore normal behavior and use trap <function> 0 (for bash-type shells) to catch exits and apply the restoration functions.

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  works on ubuntu 16.04 (with unity DE)
  
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  May 17 '16 at 20:57
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Is there a way to do this via SSH? I'm trying to disable the screensaver on my office computer while at home. When I run the code you wrote I get this error: (process:7353): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY
  
  – Annan
  May 26 '17 at 18:24
  

  
  
  
  


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  @Annan I have the same question, currently all I've found is askubuntu.com/a/743024/358498 which is quite convoluted
  
  – tyleha
  Nov 30 '17 at 0:30
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  For your proposes the simplest approach would be to just kill the screensaver process, then start it up again when you return to your office. "pkill screensaver". Sometimes a hammer is the best tool for the job.
  
  – BobDoolittle
  Dec 2 '17 at 20:05
  

  
  
  
  


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  This also works on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
  
  – Joe Jordan
  Dec 27 '18 at 17:25
  

  
  
  
  

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If you want to wrap your app in a script that takes care of this for you when you launch it (or GUI simply isn't an option), the best command-line solution as of Ubuntu 14.04 is:

To disable the screen blackout:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay <seconds> (0 to disable)

To disable the screen lock:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled false

You probably want to add their inverses at the end of the wrapper script to return your system to normal behavior on exit. In such a case, you want to prevent against ungraceful termination (i.e. interrupt, or SIGTERM during system shutdown), so create a function to restore normal behavior and use trap <function> 0 (for bash-type shells) to catch exits and apply the restoration functions.

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  works on ubuntu 16.04 (with unity DE)
  
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  May 17 '16 at 20:57
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Is there a way to do this via SSH? I'm trying to disable the screensaver on my office computer while at home. When I run the code you wrote I get this error: (process:7353): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY
  
  – Annan
  May 26 '17 at 18:24
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Annan I have the same question, currently all I've found is askubuntu.com/a/743024/358498 which is quite convoluted
  
  – tyleha
  Nov 30 '17 at 0:30
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  For your proposes the simplest approach would be to just kill the screensaver process, then start it up again when you return to your office. "pkill screensaver". Sometimes a hammer is the best tool for the job.
  
  – BobDoolittle
  Dec 2 '17 at 20:05
  

  
  
  
  


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  This also works on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
  
  – Joe Jordan
  Dec 27 '18 at 17:25
  

  
  
  
  

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If you want to wrap your app in a script that takes care of this for you when you launch it (or GUI simply isn't an option), the best command-line solution as of Ubuntu 14.04 is:

To disable the screen blackout:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay <seconds> (0 to disable)

To disable the screen lock:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled false

You probably want to add their inverses at the end of the wrapper script to return your system to normal behavior on exit. In such a case, you want to prevent against ungraceful termination (i.e. interrupt, or SIGTERM during system shutdown), so create a function to restore normal behavior and use trap <function> 0 (for bash-type shells) to catch exits and apply the restoration functions.

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To disable the automatic screen lock in Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome, these are the necessary steps:

1. Start the application "Settings"


2. Choose "Privacy" under the "Personal" heading


3. Choose "Screen Lock"


4. Toggle "Automatic Screen Lock" from the default "ON" to "OFF"

To make this answer more useful as a Google search result for common search terms such as "disable lock screen ubuntu" (how I found this page), I've added this answer to extend the context of this page to include the steps to disable the automatic screen lock in Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome. System Settings (called simply "Settings" in Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome) are organized slightly differently within Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome than as described by the answer listed above, requiring a different user flow.

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To disable the automatic screen lock in Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome, these are the necessary steps:

1. Start the application "Settings"


2. Choose "Privacy" under the "Personal" heading


3. Choose "Screen Lock"


4. Toggle "Automatic Screen Lock" from the default "ON" to "OFF"

To make this answer more useful as a Google search result for common search terms such as "disable lock screen ubuntu" (how I found this page), I've added this answer to extend the context of this page to include the steps to disable the automatic screen lock in Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome. System Settings (called simply "Settings" in Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome) are organized slightly differently within Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome than as described by the answer listed above, requiring a different user flow.

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  Only answer works on Ubuntu 14.10 with Gnome 3.
  
  – Fernando Kosh
  Feb 12 '15 at 20:56
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Vote this up! It is the only one that works on 16.04!
  
  – Theodore R. Smith
  Jun 27 '16 at 18:14
  

  
  
  
  


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  worked for me for Ubuntu 18+, other answer did not work for me
  
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  Aug 6 at 8:17
  

  
  
  
  

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To disable the automatic screen lock in Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome, these are the necessary steps:

1. Start the application "Settings"


2. Choose "Privacy" under the "Personal" heading


3. Choose "Screen Lock"


4. Toggle "Automatic Screen Lock" from the default "ON" to "OFF"

To make this answer more useful as a Google search result for common search terms such as "disable lock screen ubuntu" (how I found this page), I've added this answer to extend the context of this page to include the steps to disable the automatic screen lock in Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome. System Settings (called simply "Settings" in Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome) are organized slightly differently within Ubuntu 14.10 Gnome than as described by the answer listed above, requiring a different user flow.

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If the unity gui doesn't work, then you could try using xset

Open a terminal and type:

xset s off

To also prevent the display from blanking and to prevent the monitor's DPMS energy saver from kicking in, add the following:

xset s noblank
xset -dpms

Also try some things here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Display_Power_Management_Signaling#xset_screen-saver_control

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  Works on Ubuntu 16.04. The only (non-GUI) method that worked (of the presented here).
  
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If the unity gui doesn't work, then you could try using xset

Open a terminal and type:

xset s off

To also prevent the display from blanking and to prevent the monitor's DPMS energy saver from kicking in, add the following:

xset s noblank
xset -dpms

Also try some things here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Display_Power_Management_Signaling#xset_screen-saver_control

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  Works on Ubuntu 16.04. The only (non-GUI) method that worked (of the presented here).
  
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  Nov 15 '18 at 3:53
  

  
  
  
  

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If the unity gui doesn't work, then you could try using xset

Open a terminal and type:

xset s off

To also prevent the display from blanking and to prevent the monitor's DPMS energy saver from kicking in, add the following:

xset s noblank
xset -dpms

Also try some things here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Display_Power_Management_Signaling#xset_screen-saver_control

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xset s off

xset s noblank
xset -dpms

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edited Apr 14 '17 at 6:11

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edited Apr 14 '17 at 6:11

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edited Apr 14 '17 at 6:11

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answered Jun 11 '14 at 13:38

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answered Jun 11 '14 at 13:38

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