xfce4-screensaver

Xfce4-screensaver is a screen saver and locker that aims to have simple, sane, secure defaults and be well integrated with the desktop.

This project is a port of MATE Screensaver, itself a port of GNOME Screensaver. It has been tightly integrated with the Xfce desktop, utilizing Xfce libraries and the Xfconf configuration backend.

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Features

• Integration with the Xfce desktop per-monitor wallpaper
• Locking down of configuration settings via Xfconf
• Support for XScreensaver screensavers
• (optional) Integration with ConsoleKit and Systemd
• DBUS interface for limited control and querying screensaver status
• Idle time and inhibition state are based on the X11 Screensaver extension
• Shared styles with LightDM GTK+ Greeter
• No GNOME or MATE dependencies. Requirements are lightweight and shared with Xfce.
• Full translation support into many languages
• User switching

Known Issues

• Allow embedding a keyboard into the window, /embedded-keyboard-enabled, may be non-functional. Onboard crashes when embedded.

Homepage

xfce4-screensaver documentation

Changelog

See NEWS for details on changes and fixes made in the current release.

Source Code Repository

Xfce4-screensaver source code

Download a Release Tarball

Xfce4-screensaver archive or Xfce4-screensaver tags

Installation

See the file 'INSTALL'

From source code repository:

% cd xfce4-screensaver
% ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
% make
% make install

From release tarball:

% tar xf xfce4-screensaver-<version>.tar.bz2
% cd xfce4-screensaver-<version>
% ./configure
% make
% make install

You may need to set your PAM auth type if it is not correctly detected.

--with-pam-auth-type=<auth-type> specify pam auth type (common or system)

If you are using bsdauth or shadow auth, then you will need to make sure the following is done after installation:

chown root:root $libexecdir/xfce4-screensaver-dialog
chmod +s $libexecdir/xfce4-screensaver-dialog

Example testing configuration:

./autogen.sh --disable-static --with-mit-ext --with-console-kit --enable-locking --enable-debug --sysconfdir=/etc

Reporting Bugs

Visit the reporting bugs page to view currently open bug reports and instructions on reporting new bugs or submitting bugfixes.

In the bug report please include information about your system, if possible:

• What operating system and version
• What version of xfce4-screensaver, i.e. the output of the xfce4-screensaver-command --version command

If you want to debug your installation you may also be able to get meaningful debug output when starting xfce4-screensaver from the debug script: ./src/debug-screensaver.sh