#I am trying to add a lock screen to my laptop.

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hoary spear
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I want it so every time I boot up it starts on a lock screen.

haughty jay
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You skipped setting a password?

hoary spear
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I have a password

haughty jay
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So uhhh, what do you mean exactly by adding a lock screen?

hoary spear
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Well I am assuming it has something similar to windows 10, but maybe not

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Where when you turn it on it starts on a lock screen

haughty jay
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I'm not exactly familiar if this is possible. I've only seen it once in Cinnamon desktop, though that was waking up from a suspended state.

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What desktop environment are you on? I'll see if there's anything.

hoary spear
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Same I see it every time it goes to sleep

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Cinnamon, I think

dull saffron
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isnt this enabled by default on linux mint unless you change the option on cinnamon?

hoary spear
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Well if I did it was an accident

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Maybe when setting up is when you change it?

haughty jay
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Nate here is pertaining to something like cinnamon-screensaver

dull saffron
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ohh

haughty jay
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Like this, right Nate?

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hoary spear
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I just checked the screen saver app and can't find anything on turning it on at boot

hoary spear
haughty jay
hoary spear
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thanks, I will try to get that working, if i get that working will it just add different backgrounds to my lock screen?

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if so I will keep looking for something else that adds a lock screen on boot up, if that is possible.

haughty jay
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Not really. It also gives something similar to Windows' lockscreen.

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So no need to deal with the second one I guess.

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Usually just configs.

hoary spear
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k thanks i will try to set it up.

haughty jay
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Please tell me about it when you got it going man, have a good one!

hoary spear
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will do.

primal flame
# hoary spear will do.

all u gotta do is go to settings: login window, erase ur username from autologin field, and toggle the manual login switch near the top. done.

hoary spear
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dude, I am blind, thanks

hoary spear
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Now when I turn it on it asks for a login and I put mine in and then it asks for a password and no matter what I try to type in nothing shows up.

primal flame
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check ur caps-lock and numlock are in proper state

hoary spear
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They are

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I the my login and that works

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But when I try to type in the password no characters are typed

primal flame
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maybe it just hides

hoary spear
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Maybe

primal flame
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does it login to desktop?

hoary spear
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No

primal flame
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do ctrl alt F4 and login

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then after that is successful, do startx

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then do ctrl-alt-F7

hoary spear
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Nothing happened

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I tried multiple times

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I can boot into different OS's like normal cinnamon and the advanced options for cinnamon and Linux mint 22 wilma and the advanced options for that and UEFI firmware options

primal flame
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that's weird. all you did was tick the manual login option in the settings on Cinnamon, right?

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you didn't install another desktop or do something to remove the existing desktop did u, right after that?

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or did u install another greeter perhaps?

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show a picture of the screen that you get where you can put in your username and password after the computer starts up and loads to it.

hoary spear
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I didn't do anything like install a new greeter or different desktop.

uncut leaf
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The fact that startx failed is very worrying

uncut leaf
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