Good morning. I'm brand new to Debian and using XFCE4 for my desktop. I can't help but notice there is no XFCE4 Screensaver. After some idle time my screen will turn black which is what I want and I think that's from the APM. What I would like the system to do is require a login after I return. Right now it doesn't.
How do I get that to happen. Do I need to use xscreensaver?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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[Solved] XFCE4 Screensaver
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NakedRider
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NakedRider
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Re: [Software] XFCE4 Screensaver
Woops. Sorry for the post. I just found the answer in another thread.
As it turns out during the install you are asked if you want GDM orr lightdm. It gives no reason to pick one or the other. I picked GDM which turns out to be wrong for XFCE. Running "sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm" solved the issue. The screen blacking out was the APM but now it pays attention to the screen locking selections as well.
I rebooted just in case it mattered. Now everything works.
As it turns out during the install you are asked if you want GDM orr lightdm. It gives no reason to pick one or the other. I picked GDM which turns out to be wrong for XFCE. Running "sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm" solved the issue. The screen blacking out was the APM but now it pays attention to the screen locking selections as well.
I rebooted just in case it mattered. Now everything works.
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dlu2021
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Re: [Solved] XFCE4 Screensaver
The task selection in the debian installer installs one display manager per DE. So if you pick gnome it will install GDM, and if you pick XFCE then it will install lightdm. It sounds like you picked both gnome and XFCE during the install process. Could that be the case? When you picked XFCE did you deselect Gnome?
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NakedRider
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Re: [Solved] XFCE4 Screensaver
Yes I did install both Gnome and XFCE. I have a strong preference for XFCE but I wanted to check out Gnome since I haven't seen it in years.dlu2021 wrote: ↑2024-04-06 17:52 The task selection in the debian installer installs one display manager per DE. So if you pick gnome it will install GDM, and if you pick XFCE then it will install lightdm. It sounds like you picked both gnome and XFCE during the install process. Could that be the case? When you picked XFCE did you deselect Gnome?