Just finished installing last night. Love it! Most other arch-based distros I’ve tried do not have the config gui I would like for my aesthetics preferences or they add waaaaay too much software. This one has found the right balance and maintains a light footprint.
With that said, there’s only one thing that stops my install from being perfect. The lock screen. I’ve used the nordic theme throughout with supplied tools. I do not like the effect that just blurs the existing contents of the screen while locked. Not very privacy oriented. It’s still easy to tell what is on the screen (unless you’re trying to read typed text).
Is there a (fairly easy) way to make the screen blank and only offer the option to type in the password to see anything but that blank screen (or even stay on the original login screen until the password is entered)? I did search the forum here. If the answer is here, I may have not used the correct terms.
Thank you for any info you can provide to guide me in the right direction.
Hello @matlewis and welcome to the forum
There is a little ScreenLocker helper - not perfect but it works.
Try it by shortcut super + alt + l
or from LeftSidepanel → ScreenLocker
Hit “Cache current wallpaper for ScreenLock” first, then play with various effects.
I just tried the screen lock. It showed me a clock, all very nice, but it wouldn’t let me log back in. I understood I was supposed to type my password, but it doesn’t recognize it.
I was forced to reset the machine.
Has this happened to you?
Yes, of course, as always in any situation that asks me for the password.
I also have problems with this other block, when I come back it asks me if I want to kill Conky first, I cancel, and what I had open disappears, I open it again, for example the forum and I have to log in again.
I would like to eliminate both systems, if I’m going to be away for a short time I prefer to turn off the screen and if I’m not going to use it for more than an hour I turn it off, that so far came me avoiding problems of hibernation and screen lock
Do I uninstall betterlockscreen and something else or is that enough?
I took the photos with my mobile phone, they look very bad.
