#8 gnoppix 23.8 screen locking live install password required

[Gene Soo]

Installing 23.8 for both XFCE and KDE. screen locking is invoked requiring a password to unlock the screen. I was unable to find the password documented or referred to in Questions however I guessed "gnoppix" and that did unlock the screen. A preemptive solution is to disable screen locking before performing the install.

[Andreas Mueller]

Thank you, actually sddm was broken. Fixed in 0.0.9

[Andreas Mueller]

After a thorough consideration the change was implemented. Here the usability over the security. It makes sense when someone installs not to throttle the screensafer AND powersetting. However, be careful and never leave the computer unattended during installation.

# Check if KDE Plasma is running
pgrep -x "plasmashell" > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "KDE Plasma is running."
    gnoppix-ss_disabled_kde
    exit 1
fi

# Check if XFCE is running
pgrep -x "xfce4-session" > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "XFCE is running."
    gnoppix-ss_disabled_xfce
    exit 0
fi

# If neither KDE Plasma nor XFCE is found, print an error message
echo "Could not detect KDE Plasma or XFCE."
exit 2

Uploaded to community repo gnoppix-welcome-23.10
Fixed in Gnoppix 23.8.15 or public 23.9

[Andreas Mueller]

done with Gnoppix 23.9 thanks for reporting!