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 > > > 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. > > 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. > > 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). >
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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