Re: Some recent update to unstable seems to have broken Xfce4 for me
On 28-12-2020 05:58, Celejar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Some recent update to unstable seems to have broken Xfce4 for me: I
> can't suspend the the machine anymore. When I try the keyboard shortcut
> I've configured (that has worked for years), I get an error popup
> window:
>
> Received error while trying to log out
> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs:
> Type of message, "(yb)", does not match expected type "(b")
>
> (I've googled this message and found other references to it, but no
> clear solution / interpretation:
>
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/626284/thunar-bug-should-i-report-to-xfce-or-ubuntu
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1233288/unable-to-logout-from-guest-session-on-xubuntu-20-04
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1729059
> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/xfce-wont-let-me-log-out-anymore.76968/
> https://www.reddit.com/r/xfce/comments/bej4xx/received_error_while_trying_to_log_out/
> )
>
> When I try the little "sleepy moon" icon, I get a different popup window:
>
> Failed to run action "Suspend"
> GDBus.Error:org.xfce.SessionManager.Error.Failed: Failed to lock the screen.
>
> Any ideas?
The only related? fault I can see with my set up, also Xfce unstable, is
I can't enter the password to unlock it.
I have no problem anywhere else.
Cheers!
Harry
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