[Leaplist] Fedora 8 screen lock is an annoyance

[Jesse Rhoads]

William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> patrick wrote:
>> Enrique and I both agree that Fedora Core 8 screen lock after only 3
>> minutes away from the keyboard is a PITA!
>>
>> I don't see the adjustment anywhere, which means it is either so obvious
>> that we can't see it, or it is just obtuse!
>>
>> Any help for us?  TIA
>>   
>
> I 2nd that motion in all ways. I think it's more like 5 or 10 minutes, 
> but it still is a PITA. I am using XFCE, & I searched high & low & can 
> find *NOWHERE* to adjust the delay. I also observe that the locker is 
> a gnome app of some sort, which might explain why I can't adjust it 
> under XFCE, but I figure there should be some little file somewhere 
> with defaults that could be tweaked .... *ANY* clues appreciated ....
>
Did you try looking at Screensaver settings?  I know it's not FC but in 
my Gnome on UBUNTU there's a checkbox to lock screen when screensaver 
activates.
HTH
-Jesse