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sticky-windows

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Registered: 2023-10-14

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How to properly lock the screen when closing the laptop lid? [SOLVED]

When i lock the screen via the menu button or via terminal with xflock4 or with xfce4-screensaver-command --lock i get a login prompt.
However when i close my laptop lid and open it again i can see the screen as if it was unlocked. I can move the mouse but otherwise can't interact with it. When enter my password i can interact with it again. Is this the expected behavior?
How can you do a normal screen lock when closing the lid?

Last edited by sticky-windows (2024-05-07 11:08:39)

sticky-windows

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Registered: 2023-10-14

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Re: How to properly lock the screen when closing the laptop lid? [SOLVED]

I've found a solution!
Disabling the option "Display fullscreen overlay windows directly" in the compositor tab from xfwm4-tweaks-settings fixes this.
also see: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/-/issues/715