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Stefan Monnier
Jan 16, 2014, 1:30:03 PM1/16/14
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I'm using XFCE here, but the screen saver never kicks in.
And the screen lock doesn't either, even though when I go to the "xfce
power manager" I have the "lock screen when going for suspend/hibernate"
selected and the computer is set to sleep if inactive for one hour and
that it indeed suspends to ram after 1 hour of inactivity.
Stefan
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And the screen lock doesn't either, even though when I go to the "xfce
power manager" I have the "lock screen when going for suspend/hibernate"
selected and the computer is set to sleep if inactive for one hour and
that it indeed suspends to ram after 1 hour of inactivity.
Stefan
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Ralf Mardorf
Jan 16, 2014, 1:50:01 PM1/16/14
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On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 19:45 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> screenserver
screensaver :D
but to lock the screen there indeed is such a GNOME-server thingy often
used by some Xfce users.
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> screenserver
screensaver :D
but to lock the screen there indeed is such a GNOME-server thingy often
used by some Xfce users.
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Ralf Mardorf
Jan 16, 2014, 1:50:01 PM1/16/14
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On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 13:23 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I'm using XFCE here, but the screen saver never kicks in.
> And the screen lock doesn't either, even though when I go to the "xfce
> power manager" I have the "lock screen when going for suspend/hibernate"
> selected and the computer is set to sleep if inactive for one hour and
> that it indeed suspends to ram after 1 hour of inactivity.
Does the screen lock when you run
> I'm using XFCE here, but the screen saver never kicks in.
> And the screen lock doesn't either, even though when I go to the "xfce
> power manager" I have the "lock screen when going for suspend/hibernate"
> selected and the computer is set to sleep if inactive for one hour and
> that it indeed suspends to ram after 1 hour of inactivity.
$ xflock4
?
What screen saver do you use? Even a lock without screensaver not
necessarily has to be done by xflock4, it depends to the software you
did install for those tasks, it might be gnome_thingy_foo_bar_server or
what ever. It might be that no screenserver, no screen lock is
installed.
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Ralf Mardorf
Jan 16, 2014, 3:20:02 PM1/16/14
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Now I remember: gdmflexiserver
However, take a look that you have any screensaver installed and that
you autostart the screensaver with a --lock option. Is
xfce4-power-manager installed, assumed you won't use a screen saver?
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However, take a look that you have any screensaver installed and that
you autostart the screensaver with a --lock option. Is
xfce4-power-manager installed, assumed you won't use a screen saver?
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Stefan Monnier
Jan 21, 2014, 9:30:01 PM1/21/14
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> Does the screen lock when you run
> $ xflock4
> ?
No, it just returns without doing anything.
> $ xflock4
> ?
> What screen saver do you use?
xfce4-power-manager" and then used "XFCE" session in GDM.
xfce4-power-manager is installed and running.
Not sure what gdmflexiserver has to do with it (it just opens a new GDM
login screen).
Stefan
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Mike Kupfer
Jan 21, 2014, 11:20:02 PM1/21/14
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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
> > 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.
running. What does "pgrep xscreensaver" produce? You can (re)start the
daemon from the screensaver settings window (File > Restart Daemon).
mike
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Ralf Mardorf
Jan 22, 2014, 8:00:02 AM1/22/14
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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
> 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).
output?
Stefan did you read if there is some useful information
in /usr/share/xfce4/doc/C/ ?
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Zenaan Harkness
Jan 22, 2014, 8:30:01 AM1/22/14
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On 1/22/14, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.m...@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)
> 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?
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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Celejar
Jan 22, 2014, 8:40:03 AM1/22/14
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On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:26:17 +1100
Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote:
> On 1/22/14, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.m...@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...
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=513444
Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote:
> On 1/22/14, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.m...@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...
Celejar
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Stefan Monnier
Jan 22, 2014, 10:00:01 AM1/22/14
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> 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).
Aha! I installed xscreensaver, went to "settings" where it directly
> running. What does "pgrep xscreensaver" produce? You can (re)start the
> daemon from the screensaver settings window (File > Restart Daemon).
asked me to (re)start the daemon and now it seems to work.
Thank you,
Stefan
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