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Re: Buster/XFCE unlock screen is blank



On Sat, 01 Jun 2019 11:04:28 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:

> It's worth noting here that xscreensaver has an IMO serious security
> vulnerability (unless maybe this has been fixed?): because it doesn't
> integrate properly with the desktop, it doesn't hide desktop
> notifications.  

I can't reproduce this in a quick test:

Terminal 1: sleep 5 ; notify-send foo
Terminal 2: xscreensaver-command -lock

No "foo" notification pops up over the screensaver image.

(This is with awesome, maybe the story is different for desktop
environments.) 


Cheers,
gregor

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