xflock4 doesn't lock xcfe4

gameslayer · 2022-06-30 16:03:38

Hey again, just wanted to report a issue where xflock4 doesn't lock the desktop

levi · 2022-06-30 18:26:34

Xscreensaver still works for me, although that's on a desktop with openbox and a few LXDE niceties. Perhaps it doesn't play well with XFCE, although for the time being I can[t imagine why. Although it is of course worth knowing if any software, particularly parts of aged DE's like XFCE, aren't working.

abaumann · 2022-07-01 08:24:26

xflock4 is just a shell script calling some screen lockers, do you have a screen locker installed?
I don't think xfce comes with its own screen locker..

levi · 2022-07-01 23:30:41

Okay, presumably the xfce4 meta package includes an actual screensaver. I wonder how he got XFCE installed without it therefore, but as someone who runs bits of LxDE myself I guess I shouldn't be surprised this happens.

gameslayer · 2022-07-02 13:04:30

You have never needed the screensaver to lock, on other distros like Manjaro never had it and I believe it's all managed by lightdm

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#1 2022-06-30 16:03:38

xflock4 doesn't lock xcfe4

#2 2022-06-30 18:26:34

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#3 2022-07-01 08:24:26

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#4 2022-07-01 23:30:41

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