Thanks Victor. I was just slightly bummed by it happening on 2 fresh installs. And wanted to report that I did find a workaround in case other users are experiencing it as well.
Curious - how can I check if they are overlapping? On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 12:58 PM Victor Forberger <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/31/18 1:45 PM, Sharad Mittal wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm new to Xubuntu. Installed it on 2 laptops. I must say I'm impressed > > with the lightness of the OS on an old Acer S3 with 4GB. > > > > Both installs had problems with locking the session - screen went blank. > > I went to TTY1 (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and back to X to get the display back - > > where it said on a black screen something like - "Session is locked. > > Wait few seconds". And then I would get the regular password screen. > > > > Installing gnome-screensaver (which required no dependencies) and > > unchecking light locker from startup applications works like a charm. > > > > Are Xubuntu folks aware of this? Didn't find it much in my google > searches. > > > > testing is underway for an xfce-specific screensaver: > > https://bluesabre.org/2018/10/15/xfce-screensaver-0-1-0-released/ > > The problem you describe, however, is probably related to > power-management. Make sure your have either power manager or > light-locker in control of separate functions -- that is, that the two > don't overlap with each other in trying to control the same thing. > > - Victor > > -- > -- > Victor Forberger > [email protected] > blog: http://linuxatty.wordpress.com > > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users >
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