On 1/28/26 16:47, Dick Steffens wrote: > For some unknown reason when my screen saver activates, suspend also > activates and I can't do anything with the computer until pressing some > keys. There may be a more correct set of keys, but what works for me is > <ctrl><alt><delete> (shudder). > > I've tried looking for where in the settings to control suspend. I find > several references, but none of them indicated that suspend should be > activated. Can anyone point to some other place where suspend may be > activated from? > > Environment is: > > Xubuntu 22.04 > > Desktop Environment Xfce > >
For Xfce, all the screen saver stuff is in the 'Settings Manager'. There are sometimes 3 places to check: xfce4-screensaver XScreenSaver (if installed) Power Manager For xfce4-screensaver, 'lock screen' tab, uncheck/disable "Lock Screen with System Sleep" Remove XScreenSaver if you do not use it as it will conflict with the Xfce version. In Power Manager -> System - set the appropriate "on Battery" and "Plugged in" settings In each case, uncheck "Lock screen when system is going to sleep" if you don't want it to do that. Since you are running a Ubuntu flavor, check to see if you have any other conflicting power management software installed. Since I run Slackware, my system is PURE Xfce as distributed by the Xfce devs. -Ed
