Have you tried https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man1.html#8
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xscreensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977993 Title: Can't lock screen Status in xscreensaver package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Similar to bug #10228, I'm currently unable to lock the screen with xscreensaver. Ctrl-Alt-L does nothing, and `xscreensaver-command -lock` reports "xscreensaver-command: already locked." <http://askubuntu.com/questions/120691/xscreensaver-already-locked>. I've tried the following to get it back up: $ killall xscreensaver # Returned with exit code 0 $ xscreensaver-command -lock xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0 $ xscreensaver-command -restart xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0 $ xscreensaver xscreensaver: 14:22:19: "gnome-screensaver" is already running on display :0 (window 0x3a00001) $ xscreensaver-command -lock xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0 Looks like there might be some conflict between gnome-screensaver and xscreensaver. I've no idea why gnome-screensaver is running - I'm running LXDE and xscreensaver by default. Workaround: gnome-screensaver-command --exit && xscreensaver & ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: xscreensaver 5.14-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Apr 10 14:17:53 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64+mac (20101008) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8 SourcePackage: xscreensaver UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-02-24 (45 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/977993/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
