Desktop VNC requires login

[CodyCBakerPhD]

Follow-up to the now-working 'Desktop' button from #39, it now leads to this page

I tried my GitHub password (since my DANDI account was made via my GitHub account) but that did not work. I also tried my DANDI API key, that did not work either.

[satra]

did you do lock screen by any chance? we explicitly remove light-locker, so it shouldn't happen by default. did it?

[CodyCBakerPhD]

I can try again from a fresh server boot, but I'm 90% sure this was the first thing to pop up upon clicking the icon

[satra]

i can start the desktop without it, but leaving it going kicks open the screen lock window. i'll see if i can disable it somehow. i thought this was addressed, but will need to look at it again.

[luiztauffer]

hey @satra did you get a chance to look at it? I'm also getting locked out of my screen session after just a couple of minutes of inactivity. The only way I can find my way back to it is restarting the server =/

[satra]

i haven't figured out how to disable it. seems like there should be a config option somewhere.

[satra]

i've posted an issue here: jupyterhub/jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy#17

[satra]

@CodyCBakerPhD - this should help disable the screensaver and auto lock:

it creates a file here:

$ cat ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-screensaver.xml 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<channel name="xfce4-screensaver" version="1.0">
  <property name="lock" type="empty">
    <property name="enabled" type="bool" value="false"/>
  </property>
  <property name="saver" type="empty">
    <property name="mode" type="int" value="0"/>
    <property name="enabled" type="bool" value="false"/>
  </property>
</channel>

[CodyCBakerPhD]

Excellent, thanks!