CentOS - Sep 2014 - xfce on CentOS 7: can't lock screen

Ok, trying to bypass the usual flames (I used CDE for years, then
KDE until it got dumbed-down too much, and we all know how GNOME
has turned out) ... I've decided to try out xfce on CentOS 7.

I grabbed xfce from epel by installing the following via yum:
  epel-release
  @xfce

So far it's pretty good, and is giving me the basic features I'm looking
at without getting in my way.  However, I can't seem to get the damned
screen lock function to work.  

Leaving the monitor idle doesn't generally do anything. (Although just
now, after having left it for a few hours, I got a blank screen with
a few vertical narrow white bars that wouldn't respond to any key or
mouse movement.  Switching to a text console and back to the graphics
console, however, brought up the xfce desktop again, but with no 
screen lock prompt.)

If I select the 'Lock Screen' menu item from the top right corner 
of the screen it does nothing; doesn't lock the screen, provides
no feedback that there's a problem, etc.

The page
<http://xmodulo.com/control-screen-lock-settings-linux-desktop.html>
describes (for XFCE) bring up "Settings Manager" => "Screen
Saver", but
there is no "Screen Saver" option in the Settings Manager.

A clue stick would be appreciated.

Devin

On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:43:20 -0600
Devin Reade wrote:
> I used CDE for years,
This interests me.  Is anyone using CDE on Centos these days?

I've never used CDE myself so I'm wondering how it stacks up against
"modern" desktops like KDE and Gnome.

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On 28/09/14 03:43, Devin Reade wrote:
> Ok, trying to bypass the usual flames (I used CDE for years, then 
> KDE until it got dumbed-down too much, and we all know how GNOME 
> has turned out) ... I've decided to try out xfce on CentOS 7.
> 
> I grabbed xfce from epel by installing the following via yum: 
> epel-release @xfce
> 
> So far it's pretty good, and is giving me the basic features I'm
> looking at without getting in my way.  However, I can't seem to get
> the damned screen lock function to work.
> 
> Leaving the monitor idle doesn't generally do anything. (Although
> just now, after having left it for a few hours, I got a blank
> screen with a few vertical narrow white bars that wouldn't respond
> to any key or mouse movement.  Switching to a text console and back
> to the graphics console, however, brought up the xfce desktop
> again, but with no screen lock prompt.)
> 
> If I select the 'Lock Screen' menu item from the top right corner 
> of the screen it does nothing; doesn't lock the screen, provides no
> feedback that there's a problem, etc.
> 
> The page 
> <http://xmodulo.com/control-screen-lock-settings-linux-desktop.html>
>
> 
describes (for XFCE) bring up "Settings Manager" => "Screen
Saver", but
> there is no "Screen Saver" option in the Settings Manager.
> 
> A clue stick would be appreciated.
> 
> Devin
> 
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> 
Hi,

I also use XFCE4 :-).

My solution was to install xscreensaver and configure/install that.

You can find it in nux's repo :-).

Make sure you start the daemon by running "xscreensaver" in terminal.

use the command "xscreensaver-command -prefs" to configure your
options.

Once everything is running it should work!

Good luck :-)

Kind Regards,
Jake Shipton (JakeMS)
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