Re: XFCE doesn't lock my screen
On 1/22/14, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> 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?
Probably a "wishlist" type bug of xflock4 where it does not (when run)
check to see if the daemon is actually running and thereafter give a
message to the user if it is not running...
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