Scheduled Maintenance: We are aware of an issue with Google, AOL, and Yahoo services as email providers which are blocking new registrations. We are trying to fix the issue and we have several internal and external support tickets in process to resolve the issue. Please see: viewtopic.php?t=158230

 

 

 

xfce (Debian 9) - locks laptop screen after a while

Graphical Environments, Managers, Multimedia & Desktop questions.
Post Reply
Message
Author
andy55
Posts: 84
Joined: 2012-08-20 12:59

xfce (Debian 9) - locks laptop screen after a while

#1 Post by andy55 »

Hi all,

I have been using Debian Stretch for a while (even before GA) and noticed something wired: when I don't touch the keyboard for a while the screen goes black but after a while even if I press any key it remaines as black. I can switch to the asci console a back to graphical environment (ALT+F1/7 keys) but I cannot unlock the black screen. The only option is to either reboot the laptop or kill the X server (with SYSRQ combination).
Screen saver is disabled.

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with it ?

THanks

lbuiyzxl
Posts: 66
Joined: 2017-05-11 08:35

Re: xfce (Debian 9) - locks laptop screen after a while

#2 Post by lbuiyzxl »

What is output of following command?

Code: Select all

$ pgrep -u $(whoami) -a |grep lock
I'm sorry for my bad English skills
I'm don't want to be a nuisance.

andy55
Posts: 84
Joined: 2012-08-20 12:59

Re: xfce (Debian 9) - locks laptop screen after a while

#3 Post by andy55 »

Code: Select all

8238 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/panel/wrapper-1.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/panel/plugins/libactions.so 2 10485794 actions Action Buttons Log out, lock or other system actions
8317 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/panel/wrapper-1.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/panel/plugins/liborageclock.so 16 10485801 xfce4-orageclock-plugin Orage Panel Clock Show time and date?
8349 light-locker
20254 grep lock

User avatar
stevepusser
Posts: 12930
Joined: 2009-10-06 05:53
Has thanked: 41 times
Been thanked: 71 times

Re: xfce (Debian 9) - locks laptop screen after a while

#4 Post by stevepusser »

Might be the xfce power manager settings that are blanking the screen. Can you adjust that to never blank the screen?

Image
MX Linux packager and developer

andy55
Posts: 84
Joined: 2012-08-20 12:59

Re: xfce (Debian 9) - locks laptop screen after a while

#5 Post by andy55 »

Thanks - have just changed the settings and will see what happens.
BTW what is your theme ? It looks very nice :-)

lbuiyzxl
Posts: 66
Joined: 2017-05-11 08:35

Re: xfce (Debian 9) - locks laptop screen after a while

#6 Post by lbuiyzxl »

Code: Select all

8349 light-locker
Yes,in fact you no disable light-locker as you want.
You should remove light-locker,so can complete disable light-locker
NOTE:you need careful that remove prompt say what will removed to avoid break your desktop environment.

Code: Select all

pgrep -a light-locker
view what parameter is pass to light-locker
then:

Code: Select all

man light-locker
I'm sorry for my bad English skills
I'm don't want to be a nuisance.

User avatar
stevepusser
Posts: 12930
Joined: 2009-10-06 05:53
Has thanked: 41 times
Been thanked: 71 times

Re: xfce (Debian 9) - locks laptop screen after a while

#7 Post by stevepusser »

andy55 wrote:Thanks - have just changed the settings and will see what happens.
BTW what is your theme ? It looks very nice :-)
The theme is Adwaita Dark Xfce, I believe it came preinstalled in MX Linux.
MX Linux packager and developer

Post Reply