On 23 March 2017 at 13:26, Gerardo Rosales <grosa...@f-m.fm> wrote: > Hi guys, I hope you're doing fine. > > I would like to get some guidance/opinions regarding this subject. The > default screensaver for xfce spin is xscreensaver that I didn't like it. > Reading about how to make it more appealing I found this: > > https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#toolkits > https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/toolkits.html > > Which made me feel more fond to it, but I kept reading and found that > light-locker can do the work without sacrificing (too much?) security. > > That brings one of my questions, is light-locker secure enough to be a > replacement for xscreensaver? > > Then, I set up a VM to test this instructions regarding installing > light-locker: > > https://kororaproject.org/support/documentation/screen- > locking-with-light-locker > > which basically says: > > * sudo dnf install light-locker > * sudo dnf remove xscreensaver* > * reboot system > > but they didn't work with this error > > $ xflock4 > Property "/general/LockCommand" does not exist on channel "xfce4-session". > > Doing more research led me to this: > > https://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce-bugs/2015-April/006548.html > > That adds this line '<property name="LockCommand" type="string" > value=""/>' , without quotes, to the file /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce- > perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml. > The patch is for xfce4-session 4.12.0 and the version installed is > 4.12.1-9.fc25. I checked the file in question and it doesn't have the line > therefore I added to it. > > Now, xflock4 doesn't show any error but the screen is not getting locked. > So, I kept researching and found this: > > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/101806/why-doesnt- > my-screen-lock-in-xfce > > that recommends create the property for the 'gnome-screensaver'. > > $ xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /general/LockCommand -s "dm-tool lock" > --create -t string > > after executing the above line, xflock4 works with light-locker. > > Now I have some doubts if the procedure is fine or if there is a better > way to achieve this? And regarding the line added, is this something that > could be included in the system? > > Thank you all for the help! > _______________________________________________ > xfce mailing list -- xfce@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to xfce-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >
That guide mentions using the power manager settings to set Light Locker to lock. Did you try that? That works for me.
_______________________________________________ xfce mailing list -- xfce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to xfce-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
