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chaitunya

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Registered: 2018-10-19

Posts: 1

XFCE Lock Not Working

Hi,
I am using xfce4 on Debian, with gdm. Initially, I had gnome (which I still have), but I installed xfce.
Right now, when I lock xfce, the screen turns black, but the power button is still lit, meaning that the computer is on. When I try pressing buttons, nothing happens, so I have to login to another tty, then

sudo killall Xorg

to allow me to login to xfce.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Last edited by chaitunya (2018-10-19 05:12:31)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,492

Re: XFCE Lock Not Working

Hello and welcome.

Which screen locker/saver program are you using?

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denyer

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From: UK

Registered: 2018-10-20

Posts: 63

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Re: XFCE Lock Not Working

The underlying issue with gdm might be this -- https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comm … _solution/

Possibly either try installing xscreensaver to use as a locker, or another display manager such as lightdm rather than gdm?