Select Your Language

Infrastructure and Management

Cloud Computing

Storage

Runtimes

Integration and Automation

  • Comments
  • Modifying screensaver timeout

    Posted on

    I have an environment where some analysts use a RHEL 7 Workstation through a VDI desktop - i.e. from their Windows desktop, they connect to a RHEV user portal and login to their RHEL VDI desktops.

    The default screen lock appears to kick in at about 5 minutes, which is way too short. We need at least 15 minutes, and there is also a display monitor where the screensaver should never kick in.

    According to some articles I found in a google search, I created two files in /etc/dconf/db/local.d - 00-screensaver and 00-session and set them as below:

    00-screensaver
    [org/gnome/desktop/session]
    # Set the lock time out to 900 seconds before the session is considered idle
    idle-delay=uint32 900
    [org/gnome/desktop/screensaver]
    # Set this to true to lock the screen when the screensaver activates
    lock-enabled=false
    # Set the lock timeout to 900 seconds after the screensaver has been activated
    lock-delay=uint32 900

    00-session
    [org/gnome/desktop/session]
    idle-delay=uint32 900

    Unless I've made a typo above is there anywhere else this parameter should be set?

    Paul

    by

    points

    Responses

    Red Hat LinkedIn YouTube Facebook X, formerly Twitter

    Quick Links

    Help

    Site Info

    Related Sites

    © 2026 Red Hat