#835672 xfce4-power-manager: If installed without xfce4-session, fails to lock screen due to missing xflock4 script

Package:
xfce4-power-manager
Source:
xfce4-power-manager
Description:
power manager for Xfce desktop
Submitter:
Philip Hands
Date:
2022-05-16 13:39:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#835672#5
Date:
2016-08-28 10:20:56 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I am using xfce4-power-manager in conjunction with xmonad, and therefore
have not installed xfce4-session.

That results in xfce4-power-manager offering the option to lock the
screen on various events, but without the ability to actually do so,
which is somewhat confusing.

One can of course fix that by hand, by unpacking xfce4-session,
and copying xflock4 to somewhere in the user's path.

Cheers, Phil.
#835672#10
Date:
2022-05-16 13:37:10 UTC
From:
To:
This still happens in the current unstable.

A "simpler" solution is not to use xfce4-power-manager's screen lock

https://superuser.com/questions/1536856/xfdesktop-error-after-inactivity-none-of-the-screen-lock-tools-ran-successfully