On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 13:29:17 +0100 Donald Broatch <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Thanks. > > Would it be possible to bump up the severity level because this bug > means that Power Manager is basically broken in a fresh install of > Debian Trixie XFCE. > > XFCE 4.20 dropped light-locker, so power manager has no control over > screen blanking, and suspend fails after screen lock with default > settings due to a long standing bug in light-locker. > > Multiple topics asking for help with these issues at the Debian forum. > > > I decided that I should probably test this for myself, and found that Power Manager works as expected on my Trixie XFCE install even if I reinstall light-locker (I removed it after XFCE 4.20 dropped it in Testing and installed xfce4-screensaver). On a Trixie live 13.1 boot, installling xfce4-screensaver and logging out and logging back in results in Power Manager working as expected, even if light-locker is still installed. I'm not sure why some members at the Debian forum found this didn't work. It looks like the task-xfce-desktop fix of adding the xfce4-screensaver recommend resolves this, so the bug is now a minor tidy-up in xfce4-sessions. please ignore my previous comment
