Dear Maintainer,

The lockscreen after suspend is not reliable. Sometimes it is shown,
sometimes it isn't, but the screen is always locked. Sometimes my apps
are showing, no indication of the lockscreen, but mouse clicks, etc.
don't work. The screen is, and it really acts as if, the screen is locked.

If I type my passowrd and hit "enter", the screen is usable again. This
behavior of it not showing has caused me to write my passowrd and send
it in places I'd rather not to :(.

This problem seems to be caused because xfce4-settings is compiled with
upower-glib support[1]. The linked answer explains the problem, but this
other answer explains just how to recompile the debian package disabling
upower-glib support[2]. Please note the third answer too, as some
reported to disable it in another way[3] to do the trick (maybe it was
using versions that didn't disable it by default yet?).

The bug is also reported upstream[4] and upstream disabled compiling
with upower-glib by default 3 years ago[5].

Can you please disable upower-glib support in the debian package?



Best,
Rodrigo


[1]: https://askubuntu.com/a/1446916
[2]: https://askubuntu.com/a/1424719
[3]: https://askubuntu.com/a/1439372
[4]: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/issues/222
[5]: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/merge_requests/20

Hi Rodrigo,

I guess we can try to disable it at least for a try, but I think if we do that
we lose the lid events, preventing I think to disable the laptop screen when
the lid is closed.

It'd be best to fix the detection code there, but we can see what happens at
least.

Regards,

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xfce4-settings, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1077277@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> (supplier of updated xfce4-settings package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
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Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 10:49:47 +0200
Source: xfce4-settings
Architecture: source
Version: 4.18.6-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers <debian-xfce@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>
Closes: 1077277
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Thanks! I've been trying it in the last couple of days and it seems to
fix the problem reliably for me.

I've tried after sleep, after sleep and a new screen connected, sleeping
when the screensaver is active, etc.

Is there something else you want me to try?



Best,
Rodrigo

I wasn't really worried about not fixing the problem, but more about having
side effects of losing the LID closure detection.

Is there anything I can try to help you understand that?



Best,
Rodrigo

Well if you notice any new, undesirable behavior, please share it here. And I
guess we'll see once the new version gains exposure if there are any side
effect reported.

Regards,