Problem
Kali Linux keeps locking the screen when not used for a short period of time
Solution
You need to configure “Light Locker” to stop automatically locking the session.
Steps
- Click the icon at the top left of the screen (Kali Linux Logo)
- From the popup menu, click “Settings”
- From the next popup menu, click “Power Manager”
- Confirm that “XfcePower Manager” window has opened
- In the “XfcePower Manager” window, click the tab “Security”
- From the “Security” tab:
- Change drop down “Automatically lock this session” to “Never”
- Uncheck “Lock screen when system is going to sleep”
How to disable screen saver / screen lock on Kali Linux 2020
Thank you!
Kali 2020.4 does not have the option “Never” here.