[xubuntu-users] Light locker issue on fresh install

[Sharad Mittal]

Thanks Victor. I was just slightly bummed by it happening on 2 fresh
installs. And wanted to report that I did find a workaround in case other
users are experiencing it as well.

Curious - how can I check if they are overlapping?

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 12:58 PM Victor Forberger <vforberger at fastmail.fm>
wrote:

> On 10/31/18 1:45 PM, Sharad Mittal wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm new to Xubuntu. Installed it on 2 laptops. I must say I'm impressed
> > with the lightness of the OS on an old Acer S3 with 4GB.
> >
> > Both installs had problems with locking the session - screen went blank.
> > I went to TTY1 (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and back to X to get the display back -
> > where it said on a black screen something like - "Session is locked.
> > Wait few seconds". And then I would get the regular password screen.
> >
> > Installing gnome-screensaver (which required no dependencies) and
> > unchecking light locker from startup applications works like a charm.
> >
> > Are Xubuntu folks aware of this? Didn't find it much in my google
> searches.
> >
>
> testing is underway for an xfce-specific screensaver:
>
> https://bluesabre.org/2018/10/15/xfce-screensaver-0-1-0-released/
>
> The problem you describe, however, is probably related to
> power-management. Make sure your have either power manager or
> light-locker in control of separate functions -- that is, that the two
> don't overlap with each other in trying to control the same thing.
>
> - Victor
>
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