Bug#1113849: task-xfce-desktop: light-locker recommend breaks Power Manager lock screen settings in XFCE
Package: task-xfce-desktop
Version: 3.81
Severity: important
Tags: d-i
X-Debbugs-Cc: donaldbroatch@googlemail.com, debian-boot@lists.debian.org
Dear Maintainer,
Package light-locker was dropped in XFCE 4.20 in Trixie. Lock-on-sleep is now
synchronized with xfce4-session and xfce4-screensaver.
xfce4-screensaver was added to Trixie, but light locker remains a recommend of
task-xfce-desktop.
Anybody installing XFCE with tasksel will find that Power Manager cannot alter
screen lock and suspend settings.
The default light-locker settings result in a long-standing bug in light-locker
appearing. This message appears after an unsuccessful attempt to suspend:
Authentication is required to suspend the system.
The issue is fixed by uninstalling light-locker and installing
xfce4-screensaver. The user can set lock and suspend using Power Manager, and
xfce4-screensaver is not affected by the authentication issue.
Please replace the light-locker recommend with xfce4-screensaver.
This issue is affecting people installing Trixie XFCE with Tasksel, and there
have been several reports of both aspects at the Debian Forum. See for example:
https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=827120
https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=163646
There is a previous bug report for this, but it only mentions the desirability
of adding xfce4-screensaver.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.1
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.43+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages task-xfce-desktop depends on:
ii lightdm 1.32.0-6+b2
ii task-desktop 3.81
ii tasksel 3.81
ii xfce4 4.20.1
Versions of packages task-xfce-desktop recommends:
ii atril 1.26.2-4
ii dbus-user-session [default-dbus-session-bus] 1.16.2-2
ii hunspell-en-us 1:2020.12.07-4
ii hyphen-en-us 2.8.8-7
ii libreoffice-calc 4:25.2.3-2+deb13u2
ii libreoffice-gtk3 4:25.2.3-2+deb13u2
ii libreoffice-help-en-us 4:25.2.3-2+deb13u2
ii libreoffice-impress 4:25.2.3-2+deb13u2
ii libreoffice-writer 4:25.2.3-2+deb13u2
pn light-locker <none>
ii mousepad 0.6.3-1
ii mythes-en-us 1:25.2.3-1
pn network-manager-applet <none>
pn nm-connection-editor <none>
ii orca 48.1-1+deb13u1
ii parole 4.18.2-1
ii quodlibet 4.6.0-6
ii synaptic 0.91.7
ii system-config-printer 1.5.18-4
ii tango-icon-theme 0.9.0-1
ii xfce4-goodies 4.20.0
ii xfce4-power-manager 4.20.0-1
ii xfce4-terminal 1.1.4-1
ii xsane 0.999-12.2
task-xfce-desktop suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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