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Unable to unlock xscreensaver in Xfce

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From: Albin <albin <at> fripost.org>
To: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Cc: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>, 23286 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23286: Unable to unlock xscreensaver in Xfce
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 22:18:23 +0200

Den Mon, 23 May 2016 10:11:27 +0200
skrev Re: bug#23286: Unable to unlock xscreensaver in Xfce:

> Albin <albin <at> fripost.org> skribis:
> 
> > Den Sun, 22 May 2016 23:43:14 +0200
> > skrev Re: bug#23286: Unable to unlock xscreensaver in Xfce:
> >  
> >> Albin <albin <at> fripost.org> skribis:
> >>   
> >> > Den Sat, 21 May 2016 06:37:49 +0200    
> >> 
> >> [...]
> >>   
> >> >> Please try to call these manually (in that order) and stop at
> >> >> the first one that doesn't throw an error:
> >> >> 
> >> >> $ xscreensaver-command -lock    
> >> >
> >> > Unable to unlock.
> >> >    
> >> >> $ gnome-screensaver-command --lock    
> >> >
> >> > Command not found.
> >> >    
> >> >> $ xlock -mode blank    
> >> >
> >> > Worked. ('xlock' also worked.)
> >> >    
> >> >> $ slock    
> >> >
> >> > Worked.    
> >> 
> >> IIUC, xfce-lock uses one of the above lockers.  For them to work,
> >> and if you want to be able to unlock your screen ;-), you need to
> >> make sure you use ‘screen-locker-service’  for each of them.
> >> 
> >> So:
> >> 
> >>   (operating-system
> >>     ;; …
> >>     (services (cons (screen-locker-service xscreensaver)
> >>                     %desktop-services)))
> >>   
> >
> > This was my original configuration which didn't let me unlock if I
> > had locked with xflock4. Any other ideas?  
> 
> Oh wait; since the command is called “xscreensaver-command”, not
> “xscreensaver” (well in fact there are both), this should be:
> 
>   (cons (screen-locker-service xscreensaver "xscreensaver-command")
>         %desktop-services)
> 
> Could you try this one?
> 

It didn't work.  I got the same authentication error when tried to
unlock.

> Thanks for your patience.  :-)

Likewise! :)

> 
> Ludo’.

Albin

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