[gentoo-user] screen locks too frequently

[John P. Burkett]

Since doing "emerge -D -uav system" and "emerge -D -uav world" last 
Saturday, I have noticed that my x86 machine locks itself up whenever 
the keyboard and mouse are idle for about 10 minutes. Unlocking it is 
simply a matter of typing the user's password. However, the frequency 
with which I have to unlock the system is annoying. I would like to 
either deactivate the locking system or increase the period of 
inactivity allowed before the system locks.  Unfortunately, I don't know 
whether the locking is done by gentoo, x11, fluxbox, or some other 
component of my system.  My only clue is the appearance of the locked 
screen: In the center of the screen there is a rectangle, within which 
appear, from top to bottom, the user's name, the machine's name, a blank 
for the user's password, and finally three buttons labeled "switch 
user," "cancel," and "unlock."  I would be very grateful for suggestions 
about how to discover what program is locking the system and how to 
change its behavior.

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John P. Burkett
Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
and Department of Economics
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881-0808
USA
phone (401) 874-9195
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