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I am trying to build an console image for an RPi using the core-image-base recipe, but somewhere in my configuration, I seem to have switched something on that is increasing the number of recipes built by around 1000 which include many things that don't feel like they belong in a console image (libx11, gnome-desktop-testing, etc.)

I am trying to track down why these recipes are being included in my build. My method so far has been to run the following commands:

In most of the websites, I can see snippet with a bunch of bash commands ( With a Click to Copy Button), The problem with that button is this copy $ sign too.

Just like the image about, if I click copy, it will copy complete command INCLUDING $ Sign

I've already followed the method to deactivate automatic screen lock as explained in this article. However, when the screen turns off and I shake the mouse or press a key to wake it up, I'm still greeted with the lock screen (pictured below).

How can I disable entirely the Gnome lock screen, so that when I wake up the screen, it shows my desktop/apps and not this useless lock screen?

Please note that, unlike this question, I still want the screen to turn off after a period of inactivity, but I don't want the lock screen to show up when I wake the screen up.

I'd like to access my Ubuntu 16.10 VPS (Contabo) with using a GNOME environment with VNC, however I am still facing some issues that I couldn't solve so far. To install and configure the software I ran the following commands: