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0009060Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2025-01-07 17:272025-01-18 09:19
Reporterkpd Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Summary0009060: Lock screen activated despite settings set to not lock screen in Kali 2024.4
Description

Since Kali 2024.4, several users have reported that the lock screen is activated after a short period of inactivity, despite settings changed to prevent. Configuring power and display options to prevent screen lock does not stop the screen from locking automatically. I was running 2024.3 in a VM and had no problems. Performed an upgrade and first noticed the issue. Downloaded a new base install of 2024.4, and noticed the issue is also present with no additional changes.

To replicate issue, download new ISO image of 2024.4 in a VM and the screen logout will occur, even if the setting is disabled.

Several users affected, see this report and messages in OffSec Discord server for further examples.

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kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2025-01-08 16:47

reporter   ~0020226

Needs to be reported to the Desktop Environment (e.g. XFCE) developers?
fiktion5

fiktion5

2025-01-17 17:08

reporter   ~0020262

Per a discussion with XFCE developers in https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-power-manager/-/issues/260, xfce-power-manager (Version 4.20) no longer controls any applications that use the screensaver/screen lock.

light-locker is one of those screensaver/screen lock applications that is installed automatically in Kali. Killing this process and disabling it at startup seems to be the only way to stop the automatic lock-out at 10 minutes.

With xfce-power-manager version 4.20 no longer controlling applications like light-locker, should this be removed from automatic install?

I've attempted to use xfce-screensaver instead, but it appears it has issues with PAM as I'm not able to login after the screen locks (separate issue, I know).
kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2025-01-17 23:25

reporter   ~0020263

Just noticed this there:

Per Kali Bug Tracker, https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=9060, they suggested contacting the Desktop Environment developer.

As you can see i'm having "Reporter" permissions like you and obviously not part of the Kali team ;-)
fiktion5

fiktion5

2025-01-18 06:20

reporter   ~0020264

That may be a tad confusing with a name like"kali-bugreport", no?
kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2025-01-18 07:46

reporter   ~0020265

Last edited: 2025-01-18 09:19

Names are irrelevant, eg. the existing user "kali-rick" is unlikely a kali member. Only the the status matters, "Developer", "Manager" or "Administrator" are Kali team members :-)

Above text of me is also ending with "(e.g. XFCE) developers?" so a question not a suggestion :-)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-01-07 17:27 kpd New Issue
2025-01-08 16:47 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0020226
2025-01-08 18:41 dudah16x Issue cloned: 0009061
2025-01-17 17:08 fiktion5 Note Added: 0020262
2025-01-17 23:25 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0020263
2025-01-18 06:20 fiktion5 Note Added: 0020264
2025-01-18 07:46 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0020265
2025-01-18 09:19 kali-bugreport Note Edited: 0020265