Re: XFCE doesn't lock my screen

[Mike Kupfer <m.kupfer@acm.org>]

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> > Does the screen lock when you run
> > $ xflock4
> > ?
> 
> No, it just returns without doing anything.
> 
> > What screen saver do you use?
> 
> Don't know.  I just did "aptitude install xfce4 xfce4-goodies
> xfce4-power-manager" and then used "XFCE" session in GDM.

IIRC, Xfce normally uses xscreensaver, which needs to have its daemon
running.  What does "pgrep xscreensaver" produce?  You can (re)start the
daemon from the screensaver settings window (File > Restart Daemon).

mike