[SOLVED] XFCE - no internal automatic screen locking?

dontbugme · 2012-09-17 18:29:43

Hello, Arch lovers & XFCE users!

I can't see an option "Lock screen after..." in XFCE power manager, only turning screen off or hibernating. Is it really impossible to make XFCE automatically lock screen after some amount of time, by XFCE settings only, not i.e. by xscreensaver's ones (I prefer xlock), or I've just watched inattentively through various XFCE settings? I'm really confused not to see that option with others in power manager. My XFCE version is 4.10.

Last edited by dontbugme (2012-09-21 13:51:53)

ajaykumar · 2012-09-18 02:40:27

Hi dontbugme,

I am using XFCE4 and I am using it from pretty long time in various distros. The xlock feature which I have seen includes,

Lock Screen when Suspend/Hibernate

which is present in the XFCE4.10 Arch package. And You can set the time for Suspend/Hibernate when inactive. Hence, I guess you can use xlock as lock screen after some time

With regards,
Ajay Kumar G

dontbugme · 2012-09-18 19:38:59

Yes, ajaykumar, XFCE power manager can lock screen when suspending/hibernating, I knew it
But I need to lock my screen without suspend/hibernate, i.e. 10 minutes of inactivity till auto-locking with xflock4 (system and monitor power are still there), then, on 30th minute - suspending or hibernating.

Quill · 2012-09-18 20:04:36

dontbugme wrote:

... I need to lock my screen without suspend/hibernate, i.e. 10 minutes of inactivity ...

I recently started using xfce (about 3 days ago) and have been seeking the same answer.

anonymous_user · 2012-09-18 21:01:35

Unless you really prefer an "internal" function for this, you could use xautolock and put something like this in your ~/.xinitrc:

xautolock -time 10 -locker xlock &

progandy · 2012-09-18 21:36:07

anonymous_user wrote:

Unless you really prefer an "internal" function for this, you could use xautolock and put something like this in your ~/.xinitrc:
xautolock -time 10 -locker xlock &

XFCE does not contain a timed screenlock. You'll have to use xscreensaver or xautolock. I chose xautolock, i3lock and a custom xflock4:

% cat /usr/local/bin/xflock4
#!/bin/sh
xautolock -locknow

dontbugme · 2012-09-20 19:27:32

progandy wrote:

XFCE does not contain a timed screenlock. You'll have to use xscreensaver or xautolock. I chose xautolock, i3lock and a custom xflock4

Thanks! If it is the only way - let it be so.

Last edited by dontbugme (2012-09-20 19:28:06)

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#1 2012-09-17 18:29:43

[SOLVED] XFCE - no internal automatic screen locking?

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