Disable lock screen in 17.10?

Solution 1:

Post #10 here https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=171226 fixed it for me. I think I finally found a way to disable the inactivity curtain in gnome 3.10. Launch dconf-editor then drill down org > gnome > desktop> session. Find the key for idle-delay and change it's value to 0 .

Or you can do it in once step by running the command:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0

You'd think it would be easy to get rid of that annoying stuff...

Solution 2:

Same problem in 18.04. So, I tested a bit. Despite disabling all settings of screensaver and lock screen, the lock screen was still active. But there is a solution. Turns out, the "gnome-screensaver" is still active in the background. Removing it (apt-get remove gnome-screensaver) does the trick. Now you can even enable the screensaver again and it won't lock the screen anymore ;)

Solution 3:

In 17.10, I finally found that the entering Settings (top-right corner, then click the wrench in the drop-down), then changing Power -> Dim screen when inactive to OFF as well as Blank screen to Never worked.

I can't imagine what kind of thought process went into hiding these settings so far away in unintuitive locations would be a good idea, but that's what we're stuck with as a terrible default.