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r0cke+

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From: Mountain West, USA

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[SOLVED] Power Manager in Debian 13

I used Debian Bookworm with Xfce 4.18 the last two years and it was great.  I just installed Debian 13 stable with Xfce 4.20 and am having issues with the poser manager and suspend.  Formerly, I could use Settings to have the machine suspend after 15 minutes, then upon coming back to the computer it would just wake up without the need to type my username and password, and without the need to type the root password.  That is the behavior I would like to have now.  I never got the "power manager has timed out" message, either.  I suspect this is due to the upgrade in Xfce, which has eliminated some of the settings options previously present.  Thanks, in advance, for any suggestions.  I can only check this forum once or twice daily.

Last edited by r0cke+ (2025-08-15 03:50:23)

ToZ

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Re: [SOLVED] Power Manager in Debian 13

Formerly, I could use Settings to have the machine suspend after 15 minutes, then upon coming back to the computer it would just wake up without the need to type my username and password

Do you have a screensaver enabled and running? If so, check to make sure that lock screen is not enabled. Also check the power-manager settings on the System tab - there is an option there to lock the screen as well.

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r0cke+

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Re: [SOLVED] Power Manager in Debian 13

Thanks very much for the reply.  Neither idea was relevant to my case.  I had posted the same query on the Debian forum also, and got this interesting link: https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php … 27#p814827  So far, nothing has helped me, but from the link one can see that it has been an issue for many.

Last edited by r0cke+ (2025-08-12 21:10:25)

Deveg

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Registered: 2021-01-08

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Re: [SOLVED] Power Manager in Debian 13

I had to do this to get rid of that Screen Locker. Power manager does not work on my computer and display keeps go to sleep, no matter what i do.
Settings is "Never" But it does not obey. At least screen is back by moving mouse and Screen locker is not away.

Settings --> Settings Manager --> Sessions and Startup --> Aplications Autostart:
Turn off "Screen Locker (Launch screen locker program)"

Reboot.

Last edited by Deveg (2025-08-13 12:56:08)

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Debian 13
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HP Z640 Workstation
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r0cke+

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From: Mountain West, USA

Registered: 2017-10-25

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Re: [SOLVED] Power Manager in Debian 13

Removing light-locker and installing xfce4-screensaver solves the issue of having to retype the username and password, but still does not allow the auto-suspend after 15 minutes to work.  All screenlock settings are ticked off or set to never.

Last edited by r0cke+ (2025-08-14 17:42:27)

Dude Guyman

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Re: [SOLVED] Power Manager in Debian 13

Same problem on Debian 13 (Xfce 4.20). Screen was going blank and locking after ~6 minutes, no matter what setting used in xfce4-power-manager. It appears xfce4-power-manager does absolutely nothing now, or is being over-ridden. I removed light-locker completely, and now it still goes blank in ~6 minutes, but no longer locks.

The slider for "blank after xx-time" is completely missing from xfce4-power-manager, where I used to set it for 45 minutes. I cannot find a way to achieve that now. I do not use hibernation, suspend, or screensavers nor want a screensaver app installed.

Last edited by Dude Guyman (2025-08-14 19:50:24)

ToZ

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Re: [SOLVED] Power Manager in Debian 13

What version of xfce4-power-manager is installed in debian 13?

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r0cke+

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Re: [SOLVED] Power Manager in Debian 13

What version of xfce4-power-manager is installed in debian 13?

4.20.0-1

I have now done some more tweaking and several reboots. Light-locker is removed and xfce4-screensaver is installed. In the screensaver, Enable Screensaver is on, activate when idle is on, and all Lock Screen settings are off. In Power Manager settings sleep mode is on and all lock screen settings are off. With these settings, everything now appears to work. The system has entered sleep mode (suspend) on its own several times, and when it awakens there is no need to login. That is the behavior I wanted, so I will mark this as solved.