A workaround could be to replace /usr/bin/kde4/libexec/kscreenlocker with an empty executable script that does nothing. This way nothing would happen if you accidentally clicken the “Lock Screen” button anywhere. Ed Duncan schrob: > James Tyrer posted on Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:35:38 -0700 as excerpted: > > > In KDE-3, these two lines: > > > > [KDE Action Restrictions] > > lock_screen=false > > > > to: "$KDEHOME/share/config/kdeglobals" and they all go away -- including > > the button in the widget. > > > > Yet Another Missing Feature? > > No comment on the last question, but FWIW, locking returns with an error > dialog to the effect of "Won't lock desktop since it would be impossible > to unlock, no greeter app configured", here. Thus, the entries are still > there, but they don't actually do anything except display the dialog. > > I've not been terribly worried about it so haven't checked for sure, but > IIANM, that's because I don't have any X or kde screensavers installed. > I rely on screen power-down instead. So assuming your install isn't > monolithic packages, you could try uninstalling that and see if you get > the same lack-of-greeter-app "brokeness", that may not be so broken after > all. =:^) > > Of course, clicking the dialog button is still an annoyance, then. But > it's less annoying than having it lock by mistake and being forced to > type in the full "appropriately secure" password would be. > > FWIW, I very seldom click such things accidentally, and ignore it once I > know what it does or in this case doesn't do, but it's still annoying to > have the visual clutter in the menus. > >
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