Public bug reported:

Using a pure install of the "xfce4" and "xfce4-power-manager" packages
after a clean install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS does not lock the screen when
closing a laptop lid without manually adding the following property to
the local or global xfconf database(/etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-
perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml):

<property name="LockCommand" type="string" value="xscreensaver-command
-lock"/>


This property is undiscoverable and not well documented, if at all.

There was a patch to add this property back in 2015 @
https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/commit/settings/xfce4-session.xml?id=570093ffafa8a6226ce9dd0ee29e9e64539d4bc9,
but it does not appear to be in the current Ubuntu source.

Manually adding this prpoerty is accomplished by the following command:

$xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /general/LockCommand -s 'xscreensaver-
command -lock' -v -n -t string

Without this parameter and a named running screen locking
daemon(XScreenSaver by default), the system will Suspend---but, not be
locked upon Resume when triggered by a laptop lid-switch.

Please add or patch the Ubuntu version to provide this basic
functionality as "systemd-logind.service" is not overriding by default:


$ systemd-inhibit --list
     Who: NetworkManager (UID 0/root, PID 936/NetworkManager)
    What: sleep
     Why: NetworkManager needs to turn off networks
    Mode: delay

     Who: ModemManager (UID 0/root, PID 895/ModemManager)
    What: sleep
     Why: ModemManager needs to reset devices
    Mode: delay

     Who: UPower (UID 0/root, PID 1564/upowerd)
    What: sleep
     Why: Pause device polling
    Mode: delay

     Who: xfce4-power-manager (UID 1000/chris, PID 1614/xfce4-power-man)
    What: 
handle-power-key:handle-suspend-key:handle-hibernate-key:handle-lid-switch
     Why: xfce4-power-manager handles these events
    Mode: block

4 inhibitors listed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xfce4-session 4.12.1-3ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Jul 26 16:00:40 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-23 (33 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xfce4-session
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: xfce4-session (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic suspend-resume

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  Screen locking fails on Suspend/Resume for laptop lid-switch

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