[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#634640: Bug#634640: xfce4-power-manager: please disregard previous
On mer., 2011-07-20 at 03:01 -0400, Daniel Dickinson wrote:
> Package: xfce4-power-manager
> Version: 1.0.10-4
> Followup-For: Bug #634640
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> Ok, apparently I'm talking in my sleep or something. I discovered that power manager doesn't lock the screen (except for, if select, after hibernate and suspend. That means the only alternative to the screensavers is xtralock combined with a screen locker like i3lock or slock.
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> For a wishlist item I would suggest that xfce4-power-manager have the ability to lock the screen when it blanks it, e.g. using i3lock, or xtrlock, or slock, so that there is an alternative to the screensavers.
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> Another possibility (depending on dependencies, what's pulled in as a result) would be to use gnome-screensaver rather than xscreensaver as the default (it at least doesn't have bogus DPMS).
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You're mistaken. If you want something that automatically locks the
screen after a while, you want a screensaver (even in blank mode only).
Xfpm just locks the screen at suspend/resume, it's *not* a screensaver.
--
Yves-Alexis
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