Subject: Re: bug#23286: Unable to unlock xscreensaver in Xfce

From: Danny Milosavljevic <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 20:42:09 +0200

Errr. Oops. Better not do what I said previously (at least not permanently).

Danny said:
> services (cons* (screen-locker-service xfce4-session "xflock4")

Because of [1], that is maybe not the right fix (however, it should work).

Can you do

 $ cat $(which xflock4)

please?

It seems to be a wrapper that just uses other tools to do the actual locking. Which ones?

It might be that it doesn't find xscreensaver-common but does find gnome-screensaver-command in your profile. Either way it's using something to lock the screen which then won't be able to unlock.

[1] https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/101806/why-doesnt-my-screen-lock-in-xfce