JZM, if you don't mind me asking, what version of Xubuntu are you using. I am trying to replicate the error. However I am using Xubuntu 14.04 64bit LTS and I can't find the option to set a screensaver.
Istimsak On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 8:38 PM, JMZ <florent...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Usually my favorite screen-blanking routine is this: cancel out all > screensavers in xscreensaver-demo, and then issue xscreensaver-command > -lock every time I want a locked screen (have Super+L as the hotkey for > this). > > In the past screensaver-command -lock would create a blank screen that > would remain blank until spacebar etc. is struck and the lock dialog box > appears. Now, the lock dialog box is stuck in a viscous circle with PAM. > The lock dialog box always stays "awake" and on-screen until it times out. > Then PAM takes over, box appears, ad infinitum. The screen never returns > to a state when the screen remains black until a key is struck. Having the > lock dialog box and PAM chase each other is distracting. > > How do I get back to a previous stage where the lock dialog box only > appears when a key is struck? Am I going the wrong way with my use of > xscreensaver-command? > > I'm running Aardvark pre-alpha. If this is an early bug, I deserve > running an ultra-unstable version of ubuntu. > > > Thanks, > > Jordan > > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm > an/listinfo/xubuntu-users > -- "Collaboration is the new innovation" (Istimsak Abdulbasir, 2016)
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