Hello again.
Did you install xscreensaver on your user Guix profile too? If not try it. Also
try invoking xdg-screensaver from a terminal, it may print more useful info
about why it's failing to run the screenlocker program, like which locker
exactly is trying to run.
On 5 March 2024 11:52:44
Hello Reza,
I can propose not a solution, but a workaround: Screen locking also does
not work on my Xfce desktop; so I run the command
xlock -mode blank
from a terminal. I do not know where it comes from, but it appears as
/run/setuid-programs/xlock
in my system.
Andreas
Hi William
Thanks for your response!
Did you add the boolean value to enable a PAM entry and disable the
setuid entry? Screenlockers usually refuse or complain when started with
setuid due to security.
I tried your suggestion but with no avail.
Also xdg-screensaver is a frontend that is par
On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 11:28:45 +0100
Reza Housseini wrote:
> Hi Guixers
>
> When I click "Lock Screen" in the desktop menu I get a popup with the
> warning
>
>Failed to run "xdg-screensaver lock". Ensure you have a
> locker/screensaver compatible with xdg-screensaver installed and
> running.
Hi Guixers
When I click "Lock Screen" in the desktop menu I get a popup with the
warning
Failed to run "xdg-screensaver lock". Ensure you have a
locker/screensaver compatible with xdg-screensaver installed and running.
I tried installing xlock and slock and setting up a screen locker
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