SOLVED: Lock screen time narc

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jeffpas

SOLVED: Lock screen time narc

Post by jeffpas »

Every time I lock my screen to walk away, Linux Mint emblazons a big CLOCK on the screen....... announcing to everyone the time I left and continually reminding the whole time I'm gone. Not to mention making me feel pressured.
As I already have a clock on my phone, a clock in my car...in the upper right of desktop all day..... and several clocks on the wall...... how do I get rid of this useless boob? Instinctively I looked in Settings--> Screen Locker but nothing is there.
I've tried articles all over the place and nothing will remove it. Has anyone successfully done this?
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Cosmo.
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Re: Lock screen time narc

Post by Cosmo. »

I have no "solution" (?) for your request, but I wonder, what kind of clock you have.
jeffpas wrote:announcing to everyone the time I left and continually reminding the whole time I'm gone.
I only see a clock, which does not show anything as the time / date of the day. I never have seen (or installed) a screen saver, which counts the time and announces anything (as long as the message option is not set).
jeffpas wrote:Every time I lock my screen to walk away... Not to mention making me feel pressured.
Again I cannot follow. How can you get feel pressured, if you went away? BTW: All the other clocks do not make you feel pressured? (2nd BTW: The clock on the screen saver and the clock on the desktop can never be seen at the same time, so none of both can replace the other - as you seemed to say.)

Hm, you could switch off your monitor, this would save some energy too.
WinterTroubles

Re: Lock screen time narc

Post by WinterTroubles »

Which edition of Mint/Cinnamon are you using?

In Mint 17.1 (Cinnamon 2.4) the ability to set a custom time format for the screen locker exists.. I would assume that selecting to use custom format and then blanking the box that you enter the actual required format into would achieve the desired result.

I can't remember if the above feature was present in Mint 17 (Cinnamon 2.2), sorry.

Regards
WT

Edit.. Tested my above suggestion in Cinnamon 2.4 (Mint 17.1) and it works as I suspected.
jeffpas

Re: Lock screen time narc

Post by jeffpas »

@Cosmo, that wasn't an answer, that was an argument ;)

@WinterTroubles, you win the prize. Tricky, but did exactly what I was looking for. A+~
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