Re: XFCE doesn't lock my screen
On Tue, 2014-01-21 at 19:44 -0800, Mike Kupfer wrote:
> 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).
But why doesn't xflock4 not lock the screen or at least provide some
output?
Stefan did you read if there is some useful information
in /usr/share/xfce4/doc/C/ ?
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