# Screen Locking Settings not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbie\ **Created:** [September 24, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/screen-locking-settings-not-working/81643 "2026-09-24T16:19:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nezkim](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nezkim](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Nezkim)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/screen-locking-settings-not-working/81643/1 "2026-09-24T16:19:28Z")
I started using EndeavorOS last week, running hyprland 0.56.2, this is how my screen locking settings are looking ![screenshot_20260924_221521](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/8/c8ce1085a3a0bca57a4eb7e16270d35b08bfc98c.jpeg) Even though screen locking is essentially turned off, my screen locks while im watching a movie or show after an estimated 15-20 mins of inactivity. I’m not sure what the fix for this is, I did try to look through the forums for something but i’m not sure I was thorough enough. Can someone please help me out with fixing this? I want to turn off screen locking it isn’t something I need at the moment ---
**Author:** ![VlPo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/vlpo/32/117737_2.png) [@VlPo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/VlPo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/screen-locking-settings-not-working/81643/2 "2026-09-24T16:29:27Z")
![c8ce1085a3a0bca57a4eb7e16270d35b08bfc98c](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/7/f76e5ff6cff2b68b9ad77586ae2e860aff05bae0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![swh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/swh/32/95303_2.png) [@swh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/swh)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/screen-locking-settings-not-working/81643/3 "2026-09-24T16:30:34Z")
Hi @Nezkim and welcome to the :enos:-Forum First, this is looking like KDE Settings. What you want, you have to set them up in hyprland conf. But I don’t know anything about Hyprland. So you have to wait until someone chimes in with more knowledge about Hyprland than me. ---
**Author:** ![Nezkim](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nezkim](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Nezkim)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/screen-locking-settings-not-working/81643/4 "2026-09-24T16:48:14Z")
so KDE isn’t causing this in any way whatsoever? ---
**Author:** ![swh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/swh/32/95303_2.png) [@swh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/swh)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/screen-locking-settings-not-working/81643/5 "2026-09-24T16:53:26Z")
I don’t know what effects the KDE System Settings have on a system with Hyprland installed, but I imagine there aren’t any. Like I said, wait until someone comes along who knows their way around the Hyprland configurations. But what I would recommend is that you install only one Desktop Edition at a time and run everything else in a VM. That way, you’ll avoid these problems. ---
**Author:** ![ddnn](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ddnn/32/126676_2.png) [@ddnn](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ddnn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/screen-locking-settings-not-working/81643/6 "2026-09-24T17:53:36Z")
Check your `.config/hypr/hyprland.conf` for a line with `hypridle`. Put a hashtag at the start of the line to disable it. Check below: ```auto #exec-once = hypridle ``` Note: Depending on how you installed hyprland (someone’s dotfiles, basic setup from Arch, etc.), this line may not be present in the file, and may be present in another file. So, you may have to check a few files to find the line. You can open the folder in Kate to search all the files at once using `Edit > Find in Files`. ---
**Author:** ![Nezkim](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nezkim](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Nezkim)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/screen-locking-settings-not-working/81643/7 "2026-09-24T18:21:45Z")
I couldn’t find the hyprland.conf file for some odd reason but i decided on a more stupid approach which is setting the timeout duration to a stupidly long number for inactivity in the hypridle.conf file, i’ll see if that fixes it for now. 🙃 Thanks for the tip though Leaving a screenshot for reference. ![screenshot_20260925_002051](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/1/61d56a8efad835214739da0ce29b4e7b5261dd58.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ddnn](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ddnn/32/126676_2.png) [@ddnn](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ddnn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/screen-locking-settings-not-working/81643/8 "2026-09-24T19:12:30Z")
Yeah, like I said, that line and the way it is set up can be different based on a number of factors, so this file you’ve shown is not present in my hyprland setup. The extremely long timeout method works, but you could also just comment out the entire thing in Kate, and Kate allows you to do it in one command by first selecting the line then pressing `CTRL+/`. This command can be found in `Selection > Toggle Comment`. Or you can just delete the entire thing since hyprland will immediately tell you if there’s an issue when you save the file, which means you can undo your changes. ---
**Author:** ![Nezkim](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nezkim](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Nezkim)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/screen-locking-settings-not-working/81643/9 "2026-09-24T21:34:44Z")
This did not work so I’m gonna try to see if there’s a different way to go about this ---
**Author:** ![Nezkim](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nezkim](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Nezkim)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/screen-locking-settings-not-working/81643/10 "2026-09-27T17:46:55Z")
Hello I fixed it, I commented out a line that started hypridle in /home/.config/hypr/conf/autostart.lua and that fixed it ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9ea52f9fd5ef8e609e593c362d61a36295f48be8.png) [@system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/screen-locking-settings-not-working/81643/11 "2026-09-29T17:46:59Z")
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