How to unlock screensaver over ssh on ubuntu 21.04?

Dave

11/18/22, 7:18 PM

I want to unlock the black screen over ssh (screensaver). I have a desktop ubuntu 21.04 and I want to log into this via ssh and unlock the screensaver. I tried xdotool in a script:

#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0
xdotool type "1234"

and also ydotool:

#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0
ydotool type "1234"

xdotool does nothing and with ydotool i get an error ( ydotool: notice: ydotoold backend unavailable (may have latency+delay issues) terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error' what(): failed to open uinput device ).

How can I unlock the screensaver over an ssh connection?

Thanks

Regards David

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Dave

11/19/22, 6:59 PM

@Nmath: Thank you very much. I hope the question is now clearer.

Dave

11/19/22, 7:04 PM

@Organic Marble: Thanks, yes thats the question. When I use the kill command like you write `sudo kill -9`, he tells me the help of the kill command

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Dave

12/8/22, 5:31 PM

Solution: I don`t have a keyboard on this pc, because i have a touchscreen. When I insert a keyboard and use ydotool as su, it works. Maybe also this solution with keyboard but without sudo could work https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool/issues/36

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EN: How to unlock screensaver over ssh on ubuntu 21.04?

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