[accessiblelinux] getting kicked out of a GUI application
- From: Al Sten-Clanton <albert.e.sten_clanton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: accessiblelinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:44:32 -0400
Greetings!
Can somebody tell me how to lengthen or eliminate the time that Gnome
(at least, I assume it's Gnome) lets me sit idly before it kicks out and
requires me to use my password to get back in?
Here's an example. I was on a Web site, listening to an old radio
show. When the show was over, I used alt-f4 in the hope of getting back
to the relevant site or getting out ofFirefox altogether. Instead, I
found I had to type my password; only after that could I get off the
site. I've always thought the time allowed for me to do nothing was too
short, but in this instance it was quite irritating.
Has this to do with the Gnome screensaver, which I've noticed only a day
or two ago, or something else? Whatever it is, how can I change the
time or get the thing out of the way? (I realize that there's a place
for such time limits, but it's not on my Linux box here.) Thanks!
Also, I note with a modicum of pleasure that this looks to be the first
e-mail I'll have sent to a Linux list from my Linux machine. Some
things that others seem to do in a flash seem to take me a very long
time indeed. Anyway, thanks again.
Al
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